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Welcome to the Grey Nomads Forum! The forum is intended to be a place where travellers, soon-to-be-travellers, and dream-of-being-travellers can exchange tips, advice and information and have a chat in a friendly and welcoming environment. Newcomers ... don't be shy in saying G'Day and asking a...
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Looking for a new GPS Tracker
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Friends I would appreciate your advice to which is the best and worst GPS tracker to buy. I have been looking a WITI Anti-Theft system Kind Regards
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Silicone Odour
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Hello my name is Vicsta and this is my first post. I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem with our new caravan. We love our new Urban caravan but it has a really strong smell of silicone inside the van. I slept in it for 1 night and woke up the next morning with a bad headache and I felt quite unwe...
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Disconnect. LPG to Refrig in van..
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Is there anyone in or around Laidley Qld who can disconnect the gas to my 3 way refrig in my van. Refrig is on way out I want electric replacement. Send meßage to ourzahali@gmail.com thanks Ollie.
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Caravan Insurance
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Hi Everyone Can anyone help me as to which is the best insurance company to go to for a good price. Last year our caravan was broken into while it was in our driveway and of course I have securely cameras. lock on the hitch and a lock on the wheels. They forced the door open stolen everything broken into the l...
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Looking for help with awning arms being too short
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Hello everyone we have been using the forum for troubleshooting and as a reference for a few years now , we have an old 1994 Windsor Sunseeker pop top that we have been restoring but have a few problems that I cant seem to find an answer to . 1 - When the awning is fully extended to its right length the tension...
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Rims for Jayco Swan
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Hello all. Noel here, first post in about 5 years. I have an issue with a rim/tyre on my 2019 Jayco Swan Outback. The tyre slowly deflates over time, whether on the hub or as a spare. I have taken it three times to tyre places such as Bridgestone who put it under pressure under water etc and advise there is no...
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Search Function.
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Could someone help me with the search function. Every time I put a word in the search function I get no results to match your query. This is on search and advanced search. A simple word like caravan brings up no results. Hope you can help.
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Projecta PM 335J
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Can l direct swap my agm battery for a lithium battery order the Projecta PM 335J have to be reprogrammed,?
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New member from S.A.
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Thanks for accepting me to the forum. I have an off road 15' pop top, ensuite van and a 4x4 tug. I rarely visit van parks as I have set it up for off grid camping. Free camps and low cost camps are my main areas to visit. Most travel is from April to October as sitting in a sweat box is not my idea of fun, lol. Much o...
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Introducing
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New member, thanks for approving me
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Armidale to Newcastle
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Hi everyone We are new to caravanning and have been on the road for 9 days now, were from Newcastle and have been to South West Rocks, Nambucca Heads and now in Armidale. When we were heading to Armidale from Nambucca we encountered the big climb up to Dorrigo, what we were wondering is the bes...
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How long should we spend in Tasmania
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Hello, Chris and Annie from Canada, preparing to do the Big Lap in a camper van starting July 2025. We were reading about the Spirit of Tasmania and how you have to book the ferry almost 9 months in advance and we were wondering how long we should spend in Tasmania. We're thinking that a month should be pl...
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Price gauging in parks
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I would like to know how we let these parks get away with it.
I tried booking at the Tasman park Yallingup and peak season they want $132.00 per night, what do they offer that is different to the not peak season, do we get dinner served is it a cabin, no it is a site and slab even with an ensuite it is still robb...
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Hello Gray Nomads - New here (first post).
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Hello fellow Grey Nomads. Let me introduce myself: My name is Philip Middleton, I'm actually a Pom but I was brought over to Australia at 18 months old, educated and lived in Australia ever since. So I kinda consider myself an Ozzie. Never left Australia (never felt the need). Not sure I really qual...
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Domestic Fridge fitted to Caravan.
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Hi all. As I had difficulty finding any useful information on the internet pertaining to running a domestic fridge on an inverter I thought I would post some. I just completed removing my 180 litre 12v fridge as it was making an annoying high pitch whine on and off. I had it looked at, but on the day, it wou...
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Newbe to forum
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Hi All, just introducing my self to the forum. I original signed up to find out more about Diesel Heaters in caravans, however I now have it working, through trial and success. So if any one has questions I'd be happy to discuss what I have learned. Cheers Donjo.
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Kings 120amp lithium Batteries
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Hi all, new to forum. Wondering if any-one has any experience with the Kings 120amp lithium battery. I`ve had some battery problems and needed to replace my Projecta charger and batteries so I thought i`d give this a go. I`m well aware you "get what you pay for", but at $350 and a quarter of the weight o...
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New to the Forum - At the start of the Journey
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Hi everyone, Last weekend we bought our first caravan with the intention to start our grey nomad travels. We settled on a Jayco journey outback 19.6-3 and am hoping to pick it up next February. We have previously done the big lap staying in a tent but we were alot younger then and comfort is more our thi...
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Newbie from North Queensland
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Hi everyone, my name is Lynette and I live at Malanda in far north Queensland. I've had a coaster bus motorhome for the last 18 years but haven't done too many trips for the last decade. I lost my partner to lung cancer 3 weeks ago and I've decided to deal with my grief by going back to what I was doing befor...
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