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Kenilworth Qld
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Am staying at the showg rounds for three days...Terrible TV Reception Good on the Computer and Phone...Lovely Town My bike and I are going to the bowling club Friday night for a feed and raffles.....Then onto Six Mile creek for a night Qld Anybody know much about this spot....Supposed to be about 6 k...
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On the road again
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If you see on the road come and say G'day, I leave Brisbane 25-jly head west to Bedourie up to Mt Isa accross to Darwin then home along the Savannah way to Cairns. Dennis
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Cost Effective Maintence !
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First up, the following is not to cause any travellers panic, regarding their RV motor. It is to possibly make you aware that the described motor problem can be, hopefully, solved very inexpensively. (Read on.) My T 3500 (218,000 klms) diesel Mazda had started to suffer with, "blow back"...
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Insight into Sanity..............
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Howdyeeeee Nomads,, excited ,and not so excited , We r in Ravenshoe, what a fantastic little town ,full of excited PPL who like to peer over the gap between Sanity and freedom,,,, the free camp is great, been here 4 days now,, might move on tomorrow , or the next day,,,, PS ,stay excited, remember today...
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Oh well, it's just another day !??
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The following can only apply to G/N solos, as we can't blame anyone else. (??) The bed in my Mazda is east west, at the back. It takes two steps to reach the "kitchen", and another two to reach the drivers seat. The storage area top, which is on the left hand side of the bed, is usually covered in a...
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where is it !!??, please
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Seeing that three quarters of the population live over there, I have made a point of staying away from the east coast for some years. But, as the CMCA, (solos) are having a get together over there in October, it's time to go back. I did the magnificent Tweed River scenic drive when last there, and at the po...
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Going to Tasmania at the end of November
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Plan B is working out well I am camped just below Townsville and by tonight will be at Bluewater Park 30kms north of Townsville, I have moved up here quickly and intend to catch up with the budget by staying for a while in the excellent free camps within 30kms of there. Toomulla Beach where I stopped on the...
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Saunders Beach north of Townsville
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Well made it up to Townsville and beyond to Saunders Beach Camps6 #40 and intend to spend a few days here before moving on to Bluewater Park 5kms further up the coast. It is a lovely beach here as the pics will testify but there are few official camping spots but the ranger comes only Thursday and Monday mo...
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Towards Townsville
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Drove up to Mackay and on to Seaforth to have a look at the Seaforth Camping Reserve, it was very crowded and charged $21 per night for an non powered site for up to 6 people with no discount for pensioners or singles. I moved on to Ball Bay Camping Reserve Camps6 #66 they had the same inflexible pricing str...
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Good campspots in NSW
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Hi fellow travellers. I'm heading up the NSW coast from Victoria in November. Have been up there a few times but can always enjoy a new spot. I am looking for some advice on top spots to spend a week or two just staying very still and chillaxing. Love being near water. Coast and Blue Mountains are of intere...
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Leaving THIS Saturday4/812
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Hi all,just letting you know I will be on the road from this coming Saturday 4th August.Heading from Bendigo uptowards Red Cliffs/Cullulleraine for the first stop. I am looking forward to this trip.
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heading south from Cairns
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Today I,m in Cairns --travelling in a motor home --plan to go south slowely to Brisbane --would like company /someone with another m/h --prefer female company -------mulfarm1@bigpond .com.au mobile 0438951101
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Met another Solo!
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Had my first meet with another SGN at Rocky Creek Campground! We went to Mareeba, Coffee World, looked for another GN at Mareeba Rodeo grounds (to no avail, unfortunately) & a general look around - a great social day! Can certainly encourage others to get together and don't forget to say G'day!...
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New Bike
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Have had my E Bike replaced with a new one slightly better....This chap who lives in Noosaville has new Battery operated Bike for sale at $450.00 each I have seen them and they are fantastic red and Blue with Batteries and charget suplied Any body interested Iwill supply name and address with Ple...
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St Lawrence Recreational Reserve
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Arrived here yesterday just after mid day and plan to stay here until Monday morning making 3 nights at St Lawrence Camps6 #89, just the thing to keep well ahead of the budget having spent nothing for 2 days. This is a huge camp ground with excellent facilities, how about a hot shower for 3 minutes costi...
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Clairview Beach
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Just around 40kms north of St Lawrence is Clairview Beach Camps6 #88 and that is as far as I have travelled today. The Camps book says that it is a day stop only but it has been changed so drive past the Caravan park along the esplanade for a couple of kms and you will find a long stretch of the coastline where...
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Second Visitor in a week.
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Yeoeleven left this morning, after a very pleasant day yesterday. Was nice to meet another "Nomad" again. aj had left the day before, after resting up here before continuing on her way home with William and his new lady-friend. Had a great time chatting, and then I took him on a run aroun...
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I'VE FOUND MY VAN!!
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After searching forever and with lots of helpful advice from fellow members I have just purchased my first van It's a toyota Liteace. Automatic and has a good body. It only cost me $2000 and probably needs a bit of work but I'm over the moon! I'm happy to spend a bit of money to get it to where I want. Are ther...
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Solo Nomads posting in other topics.
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I think I have worked out why so many Solos are saying they never meet up with anyone along the road. I have noticed a lot of Solos only ever post in the Solo Grey Nomads section. They never post in General Forum for instance. If they did there would be triple the amount of people knowing aboout them and thei...
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Catching up with Sheba.
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Left Dululu and headed to Rockhampton via Mount Morgan and then followed Shebas instructions to get to her place. I must admit that she gave clear instructions but in some cases I was wondering if I was on the right track but continuing on found the next marker. We had a good day talking about the forum an...
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