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Almost ready for the first big trip.
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Hi all Grey Nomads! Heading north for winter for my first big trip, & more than a little bit excited. Looking forward to meeting some of you on the way. Ive got an Avan Aliner which is great to tow on the back of my Ford Kuga, but Im really confused about all the weights-ATM, GTM, ball weight etc. Im almo...
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G’day Everyone
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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 near Mudgee for 6 nights over Easter. Looking f...
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Hi, new member here just after some advice on motorhomes
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Hi, we are looking at purchasing a motorhome with the outlook and dream of travelling Australia in the near future.Looking at a swagman signature 26 ft or Winnebago explorer diesel 26ft , any advice would be appreciated on these vehicles or similar. Thank You Andrew and Elke
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Hi there from tea gardens
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graeme and jan here we have bought a 2003 Winnebago explorer 10.3 p32 chassis 6.5 L gmc been on a few short trips to Qld we are 52 and love it went around aus for 3 years before kids at 21 years old and have the travel bug again put a bike rack on new awning cover solar panels and the list goes on having a few iss...
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COVID Corner
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Hi, we intend to depart Cairns in two weeks time heading for WA via Ayers Rock, traveling through Warburton, Leonora, on to Geraldton and to Broome. With the current G2G application, which has a self-quarantine direction, we need to supply a quarantine address, which of course we do not have and it se...
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G’day to all forum members
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Gday to all, Having read this forum in the past and enjoyed the read and have decided to join. My wife (Kerrie) and me (John) have done reasonably short trips in our (we are 3rd owners) 2003 jayco tandem axle outback pop top, apart for a trip to Lismore and Grafton in NSW(same trip family in area) and Port L...
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Tow Tug
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Hello everyone, first time on the forum. We are aspiring new grey nomads and are looking for a ute tow tug, (not SUV) and would appreciate some advice. Our home away from home is a 19' poptop I reckon about 2.5 tonne. We have a short list of Isuzu, Mitzy, Colorado, we feel that the Rangie/Mazda is a bit to...
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Hitting the road......brains trust advice
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Hi folks mark and ivone smith here, new to this world. just retired, plan to travel this great country and just getting the basics sorted at the moment. We got the tow vehicle but now we have hit utter confusion on the right caravan for us. We have a couple of brands in mind that we think our budget is able to...
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electric brakes
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whats the best product out there ,is redarc tow-pro elite a good way to go ?
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Deleting posts.
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Hi Webmaster. I read in your introduction that you can ban & delete posts on this forum. And rightly so. So surely, a post & comment that came in yesterday (Monday) afternoon should be wiped. Sure, you have closed the post, but I feel that all trace of the highly offensive post should be remove...
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G’day from The NSW Central Coast
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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 near Mudgee for 6 nights over Easter. Looking f...
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Hello everybody :)
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Thanks for adding me. I've been reading the forums for some time. I'm a part time nomad. I like to keep it simple in off grid places accessible by normal 2WD vehicles. Renault Koleos and Golf pop top.
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G'day from Cairns!
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Hey everyone, I never thought I'd see the day that I'd consider myself a Grey Nomad, but here I am, time goes by so fast, and life is so short, isn't it? I'm 53 and based in Cairns, with my two boxer dogs/fur babies, Hugo & Paisley. I decided to buy another van in July 2020, and I do a lot of weekends away to...
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New here, and doing some reseach for a future life of travelling.
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Hello from Sydney Australia.My name is Graham. I have just turned 65, although people dont believe me when I tell them my age.I am in the research stage of finding what sort of vehicle I need. I plan to retire soon, and hit the road for as long as I canI am currently a single guy, but that may change at any sta...
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new member
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Thanks for allowing me to become a member. I look forward to positive interaction, advice / info' if needed and friendly banter. Recently retired and heading off in caravan late April / early May via Roma, Carnarvon Gorge, Longreach, Cloncurry > various NT stops, then down to Broome (a bit of det...
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GN Newbie - Shane n Gayle
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Hello good people Many thanks for accepting us to the GN Forum. Taking the time to read through the the enormous amount of info, on this site, the input is invaluable and much appreciated. My wife and I are doing something our friends and family never expected. We are just over 50, and have given up our pr...
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New
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Hi, new here so hope I can contribute. Been travelling for 15 years for five months a year. Used to live in Tassie but for the past three years we now live in Queensland.
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Hi to all, Baileys Cartagena series 2 ATC stability control unit not working
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We arrived at Wilsons Promontory without a problem, when we hooked up in the rain to come home. I noticed the green light failed on the ATC stability control failed to light up , we continued regardless and made a 30 minute stop at my daughters which is about 20minutes from home as we tried to leave th...
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Hello from WA
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Hello, newbie also. Just retired and about to take off end of march and stick to WA at the moment, away from the coast in the wheatbelt south east of Perth until it cools down. I have a very simple set up just a 2011 hyundai iload with shelving and a big gell cell 12v battery in the back to run the engel fridge,...
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Assistance
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I would appreciate ANY feed back on the following caravan Colorado Touron 200E. Built 28/11/2018 Looking at purchasing one
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