For your info jolks...Current Affair on 9 tonight,they're taking a look at life on the road.
Cheers
Dougwe said
12:53 PM Jan 6, 2012
Just set the recorder David in case I have a seniors moment and forget to watch it.
Vic said
03:48 PM Jan 6, 2012
Thanks David, have just told my "recorder" SWMBO, so will blame her if we miss it.
We have been watching "A man and his camper van" on Thursday nights at 8PM on SBS2, a bloke in a VW combi van travelling around the UK, he does a bit of cooking in it from wild vegies/herbs he finds along the way, but very interesting.
Only one for about half an hour, but well worth it.
-- Edited by Vic on Friday 6th of January 2012 03:48:31 PM
Happywanderer said
04:28 PM Jan 6, 2012
I watched that guy last night too Vic. Found it very interesting.
Happywanderer said
07:15 PM Jan 6, 2012
Did you see Cindy?? I did!
Vic said
07:27 PM Jan 6, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
Did you see Cindy?? I did!
Yes the man and his campervan is a great show Marj,
It's only 4.30 over here in WA at the moment so will look out for Cindy on the CA show at 6.30 in Perth.
What does she look like???????
-- Edited by Vic on Friday 6th of January 2012 07:28:13 PM
Esmeralda said
07:28 PM Jan 6, 2012
I saw it = way to go Cindy!!
Vic said
07:31 PM Jan 6, 2012
Yeh.....but how do we identify her ???????
Esmeralda said
07:37 PM Jan 6, 2012
The host tells you her name and she talks about RV ownership increasing.
lilly31 said
07:38 PM Jan 6, 2012
You will just watch it lol
Happywanderer said
07:40 PM Jan 6, 2012
Cindy is blonde and looks too young to be a grey nomad. They introduce her as the organiser of thegreynomads website and they also show the front page of thegreynomads site, so you can't miss her.
I think she had a slight accent.
Louis the fly said
07:42 PM Jan 6, 2012
Hi Guys. My name is Lou. I was watching a current affair tonite and decided to look you up on internet. Hubby and I are just retired and wanna be part of the "SKin' clan. We don,t have a motor home, but we love going to stay in onsite cabins.
I,m wondering if you could suggest some delightful out of the way places to visit. We,ve done all the usual touristy places in Victoria, but Im sure there are many places stil to explore. Anybody able to give us a point in the right direction.? Would be truly greatful. We love rivers, waterfalls, creeks and places to fish. Cute little towns with arts and crafts, and scenic places, markets, friendly townspeople. Any suggestions??
Vic said
07:44 PM Jan 6, 2012
Thanks Esmerelda and Marj, off to watch the 5PM News, then Who wants to be a millionaire (I do) , 9 News and then CA! Hmmmm......should keep me offline for awhile, only 4.45PM (1645 hrs) here in Perth at the moment!
So I've got to look for the hot blonde !!
Sheba said
07:48 PM Jan 6, 2012
Just saw Cindy on TV, and she is blonde. Accent could be Canadian.
Cheers,
Sheba.
goinsoon said
07:48 PM Jan 6, 2012
Just watching it, what a lot of bullsh1t, a total beatup, this is not what grey nomading is all about.
This show was all about luxury caravan parks, I don't know about anyone else but I could not afford that life.
The only bit of truth in the report was the tiny piece about this site.
Happywanderer said
07:57 PM Jan 6, 2012
Welcome Louis the fly, you will find all sorts of valuable info on here. You don't need to have a van to be a grey nomad, just a yearning to travel this great land. If you've done all the touristy places in Vic, time to head over the border. You will be pleasantly surprised.
Dougwe said
07:57 PM Jan 6, 2012
gunadoo wrote:
For your info jolks...Current Affair on 9 tonight,they're taking a look at life on the road.
Cheers
7 did one too on Today Tonight.
Happywanderer said
08:00 PM Jan 6, 2012
What channel were you watching goinsoon.
Happywanderer said
08:02 PM Jan 6, 2012
If you watched 7 Todaytonight you would have seen a completely different story of lots of caravan parks, some quite flash, families travelling together and nothing to do with Greynomading. Not something I could afford. 9's ACA was the Greynomad story as mentioned by gunnadoo at the start of this thread.
rockylizard said
08:03 PM Jan 6, 2012
Louis the fly wrote:
Hi Guys. My name is Lou. I was watching a current affair tonite and decided to look you up on internet. Hubby and I are just retired and wanna be part of the "SKin' clan. We don,t have a motor home, but we love going to stay in onsite cabins.
I,m wondering if you could suggest some delightful out of the way places to visit. We,ve done all the usual touristy places in Victoria, but Im sure there are many places stil to explore. Anybody able to give us a point in the right direction.? Would be truly greatful. We love rivers, waterfalls, creeks and places to fish. Cute little towns with arts and crafts, and scenic places, markets, friendly townspeople. Any suggestions??
Gday...
Welcome Lou and partner. This is a great place to gain info and meet and discuss a whole range of subjects with a great bunch of like-minded people. Well, we are like-minded most of the time.
We even have our own resident Wombat - he is definitely unique .
There is a wide range of info - use the 'search' function for a topic perhaps, or simply scroll back through old threads within each sub-forum. If you can't find what you are looking for, ask a question.
Again, welcome.
cheers
John
Dougwe said
08:06 PM Jan 6, 2012
Welcome from me too louis the fly. Enjoy.
goinsoon said
08:09 PM Jan 6, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
If you watched 7 Todaytonight you would have seen a completely different story of lots of caravan parks, some quite flash, families travelling together and nothing to do with Greynomading. Not something I could afford. 9's ACA was the Greynomad story as mentioned by gunnadoo at the start of this thread.
We watched the Ch. 9 one and it was a beatup, it was all about people in luxury big4 parks, bugger all to do with greynomading - sorry
Dougwe said
08:09 PM Jan 6, 2012
Have fun in Geelong Marj and don't worry too much about that fuel gauge. It really doesn't matter how much you get out of Myrtle just as long as you get from a-b and back again.
Happywanderer said
08:11 PM Jan 6, 2012
Thanks Doug. Heading off in the morning.
goinsoon said
08:12 PM Jan 6, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
What channel were you watching goinsoon.
nine
Happywanderer said
08:14 PM Jan 6, 2012
Its just that I can watch both as on at different times here. Their stories were quite different. Yes it was on 9.
Gerty Dancer said
08:51 PM Jan 6, 2012
Watched the show with Cindy in it tonight... definitely better-looking than anybody else in the show.
It was not about my kind of Grey-nomadding, more the migratory sort who go to the same site in the same (expensive) tourist park every year for many years... 52 years in one case! Mr D said that showed a definite lack of imagination. Each to their own of course.
Boroma577 said
08:54 PM Jan 6, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
Did you see Cindy?? I did!
Me too...
_wombat_ said
08:56 PM Jan 6, 2012
Have not seen the program yet, it's only 1800 here in WA, but I did manage to grab some shots from the ACA web site.
Now we know what our Cindy looks like, sorry Cindy some of these are not very good
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Friday 6th of January 2012 08:57:07 PM
For your info jolks...Current Affair on 9 tonight,they're taking a look at life on the road.
Cheers
Just set the recorder David in case I have a seniors moment and forget to watch it.
Thanks David, have just told my "recorder" SWMBO, so will blame her if we miss it.
We have been watching "A man and his camper van" on Thursday nights at 8PM on SBS2, a bloke in a VW combi van travelling around the UK, he does a bit of cooking in it from wild vegies/herbs he finds along the way, but very interesting.
Only one for about half an hour, but well worth it.
-- Edited by Vic on Friday 6th of January 2012 03:48:31 PM
Yes the man and his campervan is a great show Marj,
It's only 4.30 over here in WA at the moment so will look out for Cindy on the CA show at 6.30 in Perth.
What does she look like???????
-- Edited by Vic on Friday 6th of January 2012 07:28:13 PM
I saw it = way to go Cindy!!
Yeh.....but how do we identify her ???????
The host tells you her name and she talks about RV ownership increasing.
They introduce her as the organiser of thegreynomads website and they also show the front page of thegreynomads site, so you can't miss her.
I think she had a slight accent.
I,m wondering if you could suggest some delightful out of the way places to visit. We,ve done all the usual touristy places in Victoria, but Im sure there are many places stil to explore. Anybody able to give us a point in the right direction.? Would be truly greatful.
We love rivers, waterfalls, creeks and places to fish. Cute little towns with arts and crafts, and scenic places, markets, friendly townspeople. Any suggestions??
Thanks Esmerelda and Marj, off to watch the 5PM News, then Who wants to be a millionaire (I do) , 9 News and then CA! Hmmmm......should keep me offline for awhile, only 4.45PM (1645 hrs) here in Perth at the moment!
So I've got to look for the hot blonde !!
Just saw Cindy on TV, and she is blonde. Accent could be Canadian.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Just watching it, what a lot of bullsh1t, a total beatup, this is not what grey nomading is all about.
This show was all about luxury caravan parks, I don't know about anyone else but I could not afford that life.
The only bit of truth in the report was the tiny piece about this site.
If you've done all the touristy places in Vic, time to head over the border. You will be pleasantly surprised.
7 did one too on Today Tonight.
9's ACA was the Greynomad story as mentioned by gunnadoo at the start of this thread.
Gday...
Welcome Lou and partner. This is a great place to gain info and meet and discuss a whole range of subjects with a great bunch of like-minded people. Well, we are like-minded most of the time.
We even have our own resident Wombat - he is definitely unique .
There is a wide range of info - use the 'search' function for a topic perhaps, or simply scroll back through old threads within each sub-forum. If you can't find what you are looking for, ask a question.
Again, welcome.
cheers
John
We watched the Ch. 9 one and it was a beatup, it was all about people in luxury big4 parks, bugger all to do with greynomading - sorry
nine
It was not about my kind of Grey-nomadding, more the migratory sort who go to the same site in the same (expensive) tourist park every year for many years... 52 years in one case! Mr D said that showed a definite lack of imagination. Each to their own of course.
Me too...
Have not seen the program yet, it's only 1800 here in WA, but I did manage to grab some shots from the ACA web site.
Now we know what our Cindy looks like, sorry Cindy some of these are not very good
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Friday 6th of January 2012 08:57:07 PM