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Introducing ourselves
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Hi everyoneAfter lurking for quite awhile time to introduce ourselves - Ken and Lesley from Sydney. After many years camping and then owning our beloved Jayco Eagle for a few years we decided to upgrade to a full caravan to make life easier when touring now that we have both retired, especially for qu...
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A BIG WELCOME TO ALL NEW GREY NOMADS...
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A big welcome to all new Nomads who have recently subscribed to this very informative Forum.There is a (sticky) post called WHO IS THIS on the top of the page in the I DIGRESS Forum, which is a competition that has been running continuously now for a long period of time, where people post photos of f...
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May I ask a stupid question?
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Hi all, After many many months we have finally decided on a rig . We are looking at a 2010 Esperance motorhome. Phew at last you say, so do we. My question is, where do we take it to be serviced? It has around 66,ooo kms on it and while I've heard it doesn't technically need one until 80,000 being an Iveco, w...
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G'day and seeking info re map apps for ipad
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New to this site. Husband and I planning to do extended trips each year from next year. Have just returned to the Top End after 4 weeks in outback Qld with the camper trailer. Am looking to purchase a map app and have been browsing this site for up to date info...couldn't find what I was looking for. Can som...
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New to Grey Nomads Forum
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Hi to everyone on the forum. I have been caravanning for the last ten years and both me and the handbrake enjoy it very much. We live in Mundaring Western Australia ( Gods Country) and have been almost around our great country. We own a 24 feet 2007 Jayco Sterling caravan and pull it with a 2010 Holden 3.0...
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Hello! Visiting and need your insights!
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Hello!We are Roger and Susan from Tacoma Washington (USA). We are still working, early 60's, and our dream of visiting AU is coming true as we will arrive in your wonderful country for 6 weeks in October and November. We have studied as much as we can, however we would love some input from our kind of peop...
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Motorhome and my cat.
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I am desperate for some advice.We want to buy a motorhome but I have a cat that would not stay with anyone as we have tried.She is with me all the time and is 5 yo.I cannot give her away as she would fret and I cannot have her put to sleep.Is anyone out there who takes their kitty in a motorhome and how do they tra...
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Suburban SW6DEA gas/electric hot water system
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Recently it went to switch on the hot water system, and found the on/off switch behind the outside cover was stuck in the off position, so I sprayed some lanolin oil on the switch and surrounding area and operated the switch a few times and found it was moving again.so I turned on the system and found th...
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Airconditioing
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Hi everyone, I could not find a most recent post on this topic of airconditiong 2016, We have purchased a 97 Jayco starcraft pop top 16ft. I have priced rooftop sparrow at a cost of $3700 installed, Heron Q but all the comments read say either don't work or too loud at a cost of around $2700 installed. Dom...
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Perth to Uluru via Warburton
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hi everyone :) Has anyone recently headed from Perth to Uluru via Kalgoorlie, Laverton and Warburton . They say the roads are really good now . Thanks Cal -- Edited by Cal on Wednesday 27th of July 2016 01:18:28 PM
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Kokoda caravan
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Hi there we are new to the site and were wondering if anyone can give us information re warranties. We purchased a new Kokoda semi off roader last March to which we added cruise master suspension and were told it would be ideal dirt and rougher roads. However we seem to have had some rather major cra...
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NEW to Grey Nomads and the learning curve has started. Seeking advice on front or rear wheel drive motor homes
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Hi everyone. I am new to the Grey Nomads and starting to gather information, look at rigs both new and old and start to plan my big adventure to travel our sun burnt country extensively. I am not planning to leave the tar very often and if I do it will be on graded dirt. As it will primarily be me travelling al...
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Newies but Oldies..
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Hi all. We were members for some years but haven't had any input for quite a while now as we have other priorities to take care of. I can't remember the user name that we may have used, so have started again. We recently purchased a 17', 2002 jayco Heritage (always liked them). My wife & I have Just s...
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Traveling without an address
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How do you travel around Australia without an address for voting, mail, rego etc ?
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New on here.
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Hi, Just joined up today. (Not sure if this is the right place to post an introduction.) I'm just about to set off on my first longish holiday, heading off a week from today. I'm going North in WA and as its my first retirement holiday, time is not an issue. My laptop will be going with me, so I'm hoping to kee...
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Hi
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just say hello to everyone just starting out on travells as my health permits looking forward
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caravans with a small toilet room
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Hi, I look at all the caravans for sale and the facilities are so very limited. I was hoping to find a 14-16' pop top with a small toilet cubical. It seems that most offer a large "COMBO" shower /toilet stall. Does everyone like sitting in a wet shower stall to do their business? The other option offered ...
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Hi lads
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Hi there lads , thanks for letting me join this forum how to pick up a few pointers and maybe help soon one out aswell We have a 19 ft Starcraft outback being pulled by a Toyota 100 series v8 petrol ( dose the job just nicely )
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soon to get a rig and hit the road ut need advice
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Hi D Ho! I'm from Melbourne but am retired and live in Shanghai China. My wife will retire in a couple years and we are interested in becoming "snow Birds" for 6 months of the year. We're not really interested in snow- we want to leave the Shanghai winter and recharge our batteries. We thinking of gett...
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newbee
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hi all i would like to introduce our self, my name is Robert and my wife is Sharon. my wife and i come from maryborough q.l.d and this is the first time we own a 18ft 2001 jayco westport poptop. i have never towed a caravan before so i would like to hear some ideas on how to set up my van for towing. the car is a 20...
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