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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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New member who has just discovered this forum
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Hello everyone. I've been caravanning for years, both when married and now divorced, and just discovered this forum. Retired copper and did 32 years, 19 of those in HWP. I love to travel on my own, both with the caravan and when traveling overseas. I'm packing my van this week as I've never crossed the N...
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New member in NQ
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Hi folks, I've been reading your posts for a while now vicariously living the life on the road through your posts. There is so much out there to enjoy and now I'm retired I intend to get amongst it. Unfortunately my nearest and dearest has decided that camping is no longer in her range of desire or capac...
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new member
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Hi I am a new member from W.A. Thank you for accepting me. We are replacing our original van and getting a slightly bigger one to travel to other states.
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New to Group
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Hello everyone, I'm new to the group, thanks for accepting me as a member. If you don't mind me asking and I'm sure it has probably been asked B4. i have just purchased a 1989 Hino Rainbow m/home, I would like to fit a two speed diff or a highway diff, has anyone done this and if so what diff is suitable. Beari...
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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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