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Darwin-April 2012
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Is anyone heading in this direction????? Hoping house will be sold and settled by then Robyn
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Food 4 Life
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hi guys a little tip for cheap food from Food 4 Life while in the Sydney & Newcastle areas, you only need to be on a Centrelink Benifit, http://www.bcs.org.au/LifeCare/Food4Life.aspx
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A start, of sorts
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Hi all, I've started my Big Lap with a ferry crossing and quick run up the Newell Hwy et al to Brisbane. Along the way I picked up a hitchhiker of the rodent variety! Looked about in Brisbane for rat traps but they are sold out of the traditional (cheap) variety so opted for an expensive one but by then he/...
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fishing
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There has got to be more than a worm on a line and patience.......surely and i think i read somewhere a licence is needed. HELP! dawa
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Herron Point near Mandurah WA
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Moved on to Herron Point, another Camps6 entry #262 and a good choice it is although the price of $10 with no pensioner discount was more than the National Parks rate. There are flushing toilets but no showers and the location is right on the estuary. I was told when I moved in that there was good TV recept...
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Yalgorup National Park, Martin Tank Lake near Mandurah WA
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Yalgorup National Park and the Martin Tank Lake Campground has is a trail walk from the campsite called the Lake Pollard Trail nominated as a grade 2 walk of 6 kms, there is an alternate return route for the adventurous. I just met a couple of German travelers who had been told that the best time for the wa...
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GN stickers. What do they look like?
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Hi all, Was wondering if somebody could add a pic of what the stickers look like please. I am in Mt Gambier, SA, and at present there are so many caravans, motorhomes, etc around, I always look for stickers on them when in a car park or around the lakes etc. If I knew what to look for exactly then I would cert...
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Newbie solo about to start the new life
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Hi all. Just joined up after reading a lot of the articles/stories on here and found it very interesting and helpfull. Have just (well in the middle of) upgraded fro a HiAce camper to a jayco conquest/Merc. Putting my house and business on the market and joining all of you in what I hope is going to be an ex...
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Alexandra Bridge near Augusta WA
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Alexandra Bridge is my next destination just a few kms from Augusta and Margaret River in WA, I arrived there at around 1pm and decided to stay for two nights. It is a huge bushland camping ground stretching over several levels, I decided on the upper level expecting that there would be more chance of in...
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Jonathan
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Hope you're not caught up in all that rain Jon. Or anyone else, for that matter.
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beginning
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Will be in deniliquin at the beggining of April Did a shake down cruise and bought a few more things for the camper. Thrown out are extra cutlery and plates etc. Otherwise I didn't have anything surplus aboard. http://drenea.blogspot.com.au/ for some pics dawa
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Giant Sting Rays at Hamelin Bay WA
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Went to Hamelin Bay, a very attractive beach setting with a launching ramp and around the ramp were giant sting rays cruising the shallows. They must have been fed by fishermen returning to the ramp because they were very tame, their skin is velvety smooth and they dont mind being touched but I kept ver...
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motorhome vs caravan - solo lady travellers help??
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Please help solo ladies out there. Been researching so confused yet again?? No spring chicken, motorhomes look the easiest and safest, but have limitations for sightseeing. Never towed a caravan let alone try and hitch one up. Would love your opinions on what decision you came to. Please let me know...
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Denmark
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As Ellen mentioned in the Boxing day thread I have been camping on her property with the back packers for the past couple of weeks. She also has invited any Grey Nomad from the forum here to contact her by PM if they would like to visit. Since I haven't been traveling my usual contribution to the forum has c...
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Gas prices in Victoria
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Does anybody know what the go is with the hike in gas prices today? A few weeks ago I noticed that all the stations were the same price, this week they are still all the same price just a lot higher??? I havent heard the news so dont know if this is a carbon tax thing or what the heck is going on. Tess
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holiday or a new way of living life
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I was reading the replies to Shazzas post about traveling on a pension.Then i read how much someone else spent and i go 'crikey'!!!!! Then I thought some more about this. I am not going on holiday I am starting a new way of life here. A nomad...traveling from place to place and my home is my camper. My addr...
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New to Grey Nomads
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I am just starting to look into traverling solo. I will be getting a campervan as I think that will suit me best. Other then that I have no idea what I will need as I have never done this before. I have only ever been camping on short trip (4 weeks at most at a time). I will be making this my life, just traveling....
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Can you travel just on a Pension
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I am on a pension and I was wandering if there are many out there just on a pension traverling. Is it hard to manage just on the pension? I will be in a campervan and have back up money for repairs and services but just have the pension for everyday expenses. Shazza
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insurance
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HI all thinking of changing my insurance I was put onto a company that goes thru winnibago, talked to them sounds good cheaper than what I have now has anyone had any dealings with this ins company.
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