Centrelink will only pay your rent in a van park if you don't own a home or already receive rent assistance. 

thinking off setting of next year need tips and hint will be traveling with two dogs. Want to do road trip happy to take my time. Even work from time to time

Hi Barb ..

.. and a big welcome to the group .. Once you get a taste of it, it sorta keeps you wanting to stay on the road .. good luck !

Jon ..

Cindy! Where are you???

I am researching places to go and see I am hoping to hit the road around may next year  once all my loose ends here are settled. The open road beckons me with my 2 dogs and getting to know myself as a new independent woman. I am thinking about a Ford Tansit campervan as all the websites I have read they seem ideal for my situation any advice welcome

Thanks Johnathan I hope to hit the road around may next year and get too know myself again

Hey thanks everyone for the welcome Iain to keep intouch and read the website so I can research and plan my trip for when I can hit the road

hi anne-marie here, madie and i live in gatton qld and have a hino bus.
i want to travel with madie till she is old enough to go to school - then may think about home schooling her. see what happens.
we got our bus about 18 months ago and have been fixing up all the problems that i have found - currently getting rust done.
we are off in january for a month long trip so if you see a red bus with just been on the front - that is us.

A very big welcome to you Anne-Marie and to Madie .. Follow your heart .. be happy !

Jon

i agree with johnathan ..anne-marie go for it .hope to meet up with you out there one day .. what a great life experience for maddie ....

I am looking for hints as I will be travelling alone with my dogs  just taking my time and seeing australia on the trip of a life time.

Hey there all the newbies,

welcome to our world of endless adventure, take your time, no need to race...enjoy every inch of the road you travel and make the most of every new friend you make.

I am off to Tamworth after New Years in Adelaide so anyone heading that way look out for the white dual cab with the 3m white antenna......bumper sticker is on the front bar and rear window so if ya see it come say G'day.

I don't usually bite on the first date and never very hard....(unless asked to that is....lol)

Hoo Roo Happy Days
Grumpster

hey there everyone thankyou for welcoming me to the group I am just waiting for settlement going to get myself outfitted to travel and I will be able to meet the solo travellers

might see you round Grumpy One i be in tamworth too working my butt off ... i wish

Hey Lilly,

Well ya sure wont miss my truck, it's one of a kind in most respects from the bonnet decals to the bullbar and canopy there are very few with the look of mine....

On a personal note just look for the ugly bald guy with RM Williams or Dr Who Tshirt n jeans on that will prob be me..... don't think there are many that are quite as ugly as me so another one of a kind to watch out for......


Hoo Roo Happy Days
Grumps

Hey Tamworth people... I am trying to call in between Hillsborough and Dorrigo dog shows for a couple of days. Will try to get a spot at the showgrounds, cause I will have the dogs with me.....they like country music too. I have the white BT50 and the big old viscount 18' van both with my stickers on. please say 'hello' if you spot me, I look just like my avatar, except I have lost a couple of kilos. Cheers Allara

I am gunna have a lot of people meet out there when the time is right I can not wait to get my van and have all my loose ends tied up..

Any one coming to tamworth bring plnty of mozzie killer they are bad here too ... specially down near river i say most of camping spot would be same ......

a lot of water hanging around with the floods hearing all about them here on the news hope by the time I get to hit the road next year mozzies not as bad but must remember to put mozzie protection on my list.

we had big storm again last nite and river was up again last nite from storms up nundle way on chrissy day .. dont think i would be camping on river bank this year if i was coming here for the festival ..

Lilly, whats the showground like? Thanks

Allara ..... showgound will be find dosent matter how much rain we have .. it high and dry ... would be still plenty of mozzie thoe .. it just a fact of life with plenty off rain anywhwere ....

Hey Guys N Gals,

Well I have just doen a three day trip from Millicent (50Km West Mt Gambier) to Maslins on the outskirts of Adelaide, have done mistly back road and there are mozzies thick as doesnt matter where ya go...

A LARGE can of bushmans is the cure......all I use now cause it works instead of feeding the buggers, trivia time...

Did you know that the male mozzie lives for 3 days only and his only purpose is to provide reproductive duties to his ladie(s)..who are the little suckers that bite then die shortly afterwards.

If you tighten the skin where the mozzie is biting it prevents them from removing the proboscus thus causing them to overfill and eventually explode.....

Hoo Roo Happy Days
grumps

Hey cool! beautiful roads and scenery down there watch out for the brown snakes in the bushes at Maslins...The beach is noted for them... Especially this weather...Not far from where I am living at the moment till I get my chance to hit the road

I am looking forward to looking and driving through the country and just getting the feel of everything....

HELP!!!

Howdy

My name is Colleen and im currently in Nyah Victoria.. I have been travelling and House Sitting for the past 1 yr and 3 months in different parts of Australia.. I am planning my next big adventure to Bunbury,WA as have a confirmed house sit on January 27th 2011.. My family are pretty worried about me doing this trip on my own with my little dog Ricki but i feel i will be ok.. I was just wondering is there anyone who is planning to drive the Nullarbor on the dates of Jan 24th and 25th and wont mind letting me follow them it will put everyone even me at a little bit more of ease.. Or if anyone has any tips they can give me much will be appreciated..

Thanks

Colleen :)

Thanks Gill

I am new at this and yes realised i could start a new topic.. Thanks heaps for replying and the advice..

Hi Colleen,

Welcome to the Forum.   If you click on the Search button, and type in "Driving the Nullabor.", there are 5 posts dealing with this subject.

Cheers,
Sheba.

-- Edited by Sheba on Wednesday 9th of March 2011 03:29:32 PM