No imagination at all. I thought the same thing Marj.

It certainly isn't my idea of being a Nomad.

I guess it wouldn't do for us to all be the same.

Gday...

Unfortunately, I have always had a misplaced idea of what a Grey Nomad was.

I had thought (and still think) that a Grey Nomad is one who decides to spend their life in a wandering lifestyle seeing this country. My misguided interpretation was that this wandering was not just taking a four month holiday each year to visit either the same place/s or different places.

The dictionary defines Nomad as -  person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.

Seems there are not that many actual Grey Nomads I have met on the road albeit they have been great people to meet.

cheers

John

rockylizard wrote:

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Gday...

Unfortunately, I have always had a misplaced idea of what a Grey Nomad was.

I had thought (and still think) that a Grey Nomad is one who decides to spend their life in a wandering lifestyle seeing this country. My misguided interpretation was that this wandering was not just taking a four month holiday each year to visit either the same place/s or different places.

The dictionary defines Nomad as -  person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.

Seems there are not that many actual Grey Nomads I have met on the road albeit they have been great people to meet.

cheers

John

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You got it in one, we do a mix of free camping, reasonable price CPs, house sitting and staying with family (in the van of course)

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We plan on going to the same place again next year,(for four weeks) that will give us a total of two years running. 

Only fifty more to go! (That will make me One hundred and XXX)

Hope we get to like the people alongside?

If it's om AC or TDT you know it's going to be rubbish.

Dusty

 

 

I watched ch 9 and hubby siad 'sell the caravan'    it was not our idea of what we want to do at all.  Very disappointed with the coverage!

Jean

no·mad (nmd)
n.
1. A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
2. A person with no fixed residence who roams about; a wanderer.

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migratory (mgr-tôr)
Traveling from one place to another at regular times of year, often over long distances. Salmon, whales, and swallows are all migratory animals.

What we saw tonight on ACA was a paid for comment by Big 4. It was a shameless add about how great a caravan park is.
Nothing to do with Grey Nomads (mechanised swaggies) just a few migratory people.

At least we got to meet Cindy.

Shirley watched ACA after seeing the add during the cricket in the afternoon.

I said OK, I have some stuff to do in the garage as it will be the usual add/infomercial for a caravan park chain as is usual for these supposed current affairs show. I also said for her not to complain that she lost 5-10mins of her life when the show was over.

Well she came out to the garage saying exactly what you guys have said.

I reminded her that my parents stopped touring as they aged and then went to the same Park in Hervey Bay from June to October each year. Over time they moved up the pecking order to the better sites. They became part of a community that continued back home in Melbourne.

I am sure their annual trip north, and the friends they made up there, added years to their lives.

It is a different mindset to what most on this Forum are familiar with, and although not for us personally, good on them for getting out there.

Besides whilst they are camped up in the Caravan/Tourist Parks for long periods there is more room for us out in the bush.

I saw one of the programs and I think there is a need for both types of camping. I spent all my school years at a caravan park owned by my Uncle. We "worked" for a few hours then played the rest of the time. I doubt we Would have holidayed anywhere if we had not done that, we had no money and I guess it helped him staff the park in the busy times. I loved it as a kid and families still need that sort of thing.
Then the scouting years with my children and tenting and roughing it was an experience we enjoyed at the time. Again budget was a factor.
My brief experiences of the more nomadic style camping by rivers, lakes etc in my mature years is certainly more attractive now.
Horses for courses. The only unfortunate thing about the program was that it is putting across an image of wealthy mature people who feel it is their time to enjoy life and that's what they are going to do.... The baby boomer thing came up again and i cop a lot of this, dont know about the rest of you. Apparently us baby boomers are dragging the country down and we dont care about any one else???

Not all of us are in the position to do the luxury van park thing (should we wish to) but still would like to have the opportunity to enjoy this wonderful country of ours, experience as much as we can on our individual budgets. The added bonus for our type of travel is that we also get to meet some lovely people along the way and forge firm friendships as well. Thank you all for your friendship.
Tess

Gday...

How perceptive you are Wombat .... and I thought you didn't notice anything from your hole

Welcome to all the newbies -

mcrobbie27
Louie the fly
Wendy Joy
essandess
rellsbells
margrat
David51
inform
Wobbly Bob
Laurie
Greganne
micis51
ag
Sue-Ann
Daggs
KFT
IceRays
Karryn
ilddle
JohnListon
Hichhiker42

Cheers

John

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RL what does perceptive mean?

I even have a tv and internet connection down my hole

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Gday...

Hmmmmmm ... now let me see ........... perceptive ...... I think it means of or relating to perception ..... soooo it must have something to do with your TV and internet connection ...... how is the perception down there in your hole?

And if ya got TV AND internet ... no wonder you are so mischievious  

Cheers

John

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in reagrds to the 'perception down there in your hole' I think you need to knock off the pe and you will have the correct word

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 Gday...

Gawn .... ya reckon ...... I thought I had it sussed

Cheers

John

Gday...

Well done Esmeralda .... once you start 'camping', it's a bit hard to stop .... bit like opening up a good bottle of white  ... or a block of chocky

cheers

John

Esmeralda wrote:

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Welcome to the newbies too - I hope they realise there are travel options out there and that luxury caravan parks aren't all there is.  Apart from a number of cheap/free camping options there are also more affordable caravan parks if you look around.

By the way, so far I have travelled only staying at caravan parks (I travel alone) but after the Greens Lake experience I have set myself up a bit more for bush camping - I have the shower and shower tent and a better outside cooking setup.  Dad has put a couple of 12V plugs inside the van (and I have one outside).  Also, the van is going in to get the bed raised to provide better storage for the porta potti and to get the 12V setup completed as I now have a folding solar panel.

By the way I've also bought a bike, though I should have thought about storage at home - small unit and carport, no garage - but getting there.

Cheers Helen

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 you do not need a shower tent, just habg the shwer head from a tree and away you go, Ihave a very long len's for my camera

I see you have now got the bug after going to Greens Lake, you can still go to CP on the odd times

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another 5 to add to the list

Trailboss
jewell
glynprvs
voyager
abugslife

Welcome to you all

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 Gday...

Ditto to ya'll

Cheers

John