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justustwo


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Hi everyone we are new to this site, we have started our plan to travel around Australia, have just updated our caravan, even though it is still a second hand one, we have gone from a viscount sea-breeze to a Regent Crusader Adventurer with all the extras, very excited about it.biggrin



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pauline


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Welcome to you both and why shouldn't you be excited............

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Hi Dianne & welcome!

Are you going to be full time or part time nomads?. We took 2 years off to do the lap but it was not nearly long enough to see everything so we have to save up to see Tassie, Far Nth Qld, the outback and all the lother little bits we missed.

Plenty of advice can be found on here and all the peoples blogs of their travels can be very helpful too.

I have posted this list a couple of times before but I'll post it again, it may help you or any other newbies.

Take care

Jon

 

http://www.racq.com.au/travel/Maps_and_Directions/trip_planner
Use this for planning distances & times to travel in a day

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http://myparklist.com/default.asp?iPostID=&pageAction=BinnenI&iId=GJFIFJ
Very helpful site with the best & most comprehensive Australian caravan park reviews which members can add to if they wish   (membership is free with no strings attached).
Also, for a good list of caravan parks, try this:  
 http://www.goseeaustralia.com.au/caravanparkspage.asp

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http://ozcamps.net/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=29
 Handy site for bush camp sites (I use in conjunction with the Camps 5 book).

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http://ozcamps.net/test/tvstations2.html
Good site to check if a place has a TV  antenna or Telstra aerial (for phone or internet) nearby & in which direction.

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http://www.sanidumps.com/sanidumps_australia.php

http://www.toiletmap.gov.au/find.aspx?type=caravan
Two toilet dump point finder sites to choose from.

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http://www.toiletmap.gov.au/
In need of a toilet stop in a hurry? This site should help

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http://weather.ninemsn.com.au/
Type in the town on the left of the page & get a full weather report & 7 day prediction.
For a more comprehensive report   http://www.bom.gov.au/   is the place to go

http://reg.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/wind/selection_map.shtml
towing a caravan etc you often need to know the wind speed & direction

http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/radar/index.shtml
Great map to see what rain is falling where & work out how long till the rain reaches you

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http://tides.willyweather.com.au/
Tides for you fishermen & women

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http://australia.gov.au/topics/australian-facts-and-figures/school-term-dates
Always handy to know the dates of the individual state school holidays to avoid those increased crowds & prices.

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http://www.mydr.com.au/
Good Aussie site for health issues

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http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/tv/
Australian Television Guide.

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http://www.tropinet.com/uhf-repeaters/search.html
Good site for UHF repeater aerials for your UHF radios

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http://www.quarantinedomestic.gov.au/destination-western-australia.html

Australian interstate quarantine restrictions



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Welcome from me too justustwo, enjoy here and out there.

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justustwo


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That would be great Greg, plan it before we take the big road trip to my blue heaven.



-- Edited by justustwo on Thursday 31st of May 2012 06:21:35 PM

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welcome to a great site full of wonderful people and information keep us up to date with your travels



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As i sat in the park today watching the vans go by. Soon that will be us as free as a bird in the sky,,,,,smile     GO FOR IT<<< There is a lot of us on this site going to be on the road soon



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welcome to the site,we are fairly new here to,we take off on the 10th June to go up north,cant wait for some shineshine all though after reading some comments on here it looks like they have a lot of rain up there at the moment (hope it clears by the time we get there).Thanks Jon for all those sites they will come in handy.
Jill and Peter


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Hi sis as I said you'll love been a grey Nomad hope by the time your on the road we be able to do a bit of free camping together.

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justustwo


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Planning on being on the road for maybe 5 years, will start studing those sites thanks Jon.

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justustwo


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Just realised I could repy to you here



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Welcome from us too justustwo. Have fun planning and dreaming and enjoying that 'new' caravan.

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Not me Sis I like the heat I'm heading down


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Welcome here justustwo, & enjoy your travells.

JC.



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Hi justustwo
Welcome to the nomads forum we look forward to hearing from you regularly.

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Welcome to the life! I'm sure you won't regret it. It can be pretty scary (and exciting) in the gap between when you decide to do it and when you actually do - but after a week on the road you'll wonder what you were worried about.

Enjoy!!!

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