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Ray Treadaway 1191078 Intro
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Hola and greetings........This Ray, have just joined and planning an AWD and Caravan trip around Australia. At present doing one in NZ and will complete sometime next year (2022) and than shift to Australia to explore and do 'a lap' of the country. Am single and in a previous life have been, for many y...
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Hello from the L plates
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Hello all, we have finally picked up our van, we had planned last year with the kids and grandkids to do up the middle to Darwin. Thank you Covid for vetoing that (although it did allow us to get our own!:) Anyway it's on again in about 5 weeks, no grandkids this time as work commitment have stopped them. N...
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Hello from Adelaide
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Hi Just purchased Newlands Tourister 550, pick up in late August. Happy :)
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New Member
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Hi Anne & Andy our first big trip and we are interested in seeing how many days you would allow travelling with caravan at a relaxed pace from Alice Springs to Darwin via Kakadu.
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Newbie from Townsville
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Hi, just joined. I live in Townsville and am about 6 months off from retirement. We just bought a Jayco Starcraft Outback with dual axles, 19'6" with island bed layout. The van is in immaculate condition, you would swear its just came off the showroom floor. We bought it from a relative of a friend in C...
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Newbies from SA
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G'day all, signed up a few weeks back but just been soaking up some of the info here so far. Was recently made redundant and decided to have a go at retirement. Retired our X Trail and bought a new MUX ready to take home an Ezytrail camper sometime in January, ordered after the last Camping and Caravan show...
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G’day from the NSW Central Coast
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Gday Everyone Permalink Reply Quote Gday everyone I recently upgraded from a soft floor camper trailer to a Jayco Swan. Much easier setup and a lot less arguing with the missis. My tow rig is a 2017 GXL Toyota Prado with a few extras. Our next trip is to Reflections holiday park Cudgegong river ne...
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Gel coat cracking in Jayco Optimum
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Hello nomad friends.....hope everyone is healthy. I have a 2008 Jayco optimum long wheel base with only 77000 kms and was under cover for the first 8 years of it life. Since I purchased it in 2016 I have only done 20000 ks and have polished it twice. I would like to hear what others have done as I am in the bel...
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To be or not to be
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Hi! there everyone. I am a newbie. I am in the process of selling my home and " hitting the road". I turned 70 last year and decided that life was passing me by. A lifetime ago I had the pleasure of a solo life on the road for, four years, then life got in the way. My question is this - at 70, am I whistling-Dixie,...
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Design RV Model: Forerunner Touring
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any comments on this make and model??
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Newbie Hi
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Greetings all, this looks like a friendly site for travellers. Glad to be here. Hoping to hit the road in July. Work and covid put a hold on the last two years plans so getting restless.
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Jim Featherby
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Jayco Journey - Tanks not filling!
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Greetings to anyone who has an older Jayco Journey and can help with this issue. Just got this second hand caravan and am getting ready for a first trip. Tanks won't accept water through the 50mm white plastic fillers. There's clearly a lot of air pressure generated when I try to fill, even with sink tap...
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RogerHTas
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New member
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Hello everyone, Just got a Kea Nomad M700 for some touring and I am pleased to be excepted to join thanks
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New member
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Hello! We have just bought a (gorgeous) second hand Jayco Journey. We realise how lucky we are in these weird times to get our hands on a caravan at all (!) let alone one in our budget / state. COVID has forced us to close our business earlier than planned (YAY) and rethink / bring forward our retirement p...
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Hello from a Newby
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Hello Everyone, Just introducing ourselves as Newbies to your forum. This looks like a terrific site with a lot of friendly and helpful people. We are busy planning our road trip from Brisbane to Perth in October 2021. Regards, Gavin and Julie. (Sydney) -- Edited by Gavin and Julie on Thursday 8th of...
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New member
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Hi everyone new to this forum hoping to get some great advice from time to time. we have just bought our caravan Colorado and are hoping to get away in a few days time, planning on Moonta as we loved it last time when we had our first van. cheers Irish guinness
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New GM - Places to store Motorhome undercover Melbourne Victoria and best wifi network system
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Hellooooo All GNs! So excited to pick up our new Motorhome next week. Would love some feedback on places to store undercover a 7.2metre MH near the Bayside region. Also, as I need to work from our MH what is the best system to install to be able to work from anywhere in AUS? Wifi, internet, bluetooth requ...
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M Alston
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In our seventies and looking forward to returning from the UK to Australia to carry on nomading.
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G'day all. Our names are Mike and Kathy Bennett. We spent six months on the road in 2008. Returned to the UK because of grandchildren in 2013. Big mistake! Could never adapt to this weather! We're planning on returning in November (2021 -covid permitting) and looking at purchasing a smallish...
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Hello Everyone
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Hello Everyone, Just a quick hello from someone who is new on the forum. Regards, Gavin and Julie.
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Newby
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Hello Everyone, Thank you for allowing me to join The Grey Nomads Forum. I love the website and have gathered a lot of ideas on where i would like to travel. First on my list i think will have to be The Grampians. I am also looking forward to the whole of the South Australian Coast. We are lucky to live in a bea...
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