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Ray n Shell · Ray n Shell

Hi everyone, Have spent quite sometime reading this site and realized what a massive amount of information there is to be had. We also found we were missing out on a few things not being members, so here we are. We are fairly new to the caravan scene but have 15 years plus in a camper trailer. It was a mutua...

Moorey · Moorey

I am planning to sell in the first half of next year, set up a van and tug to see some more of this beautiful country we have. I will be traveling solo and hope to meet other nomads along the way.

Trecky · Trecky

What a fantastic site with a wealth of information and fun too. We get our Coromal Element van on Saturday. At the moment our heads are spinning as newcomers to caravanning, however we are so excited. We will be taking our travelling companion with us at times, a beautiful Border Collie named Shelby. L...

Geoffstc · Geoffstc

Hi Everyone, I'm an avid reader of the Grey Nomads Times - great magazine. Keep up the good work. Just about to collect our new Crusader Muskuteer Athos van. (Trying to sell our 2002 Boroma.)

unsatisfied and over-it · unsatisfied and over-it

Hello everyone. My adventure in our playground is due to launch around March 2016. I'm looking forward to getting out there and meeting up as I travel around I drove 12 years interstate and last 10 years on Sydney trains. ( you can take this job and shove it) tune running around in my head House on the m...

vik351 · vik351

Hi all from Adelaide ... Hope this is right (New Topic) Just joined up to check out what the next phase of life will bring now I have chucked in me plummers mate (Plunger) Had a van yonks ago and did 1/2 a lap with SWMBO and two kids... Now thinking along the lines of a Motorhome built for two ,walk through j...

Marton · Marton

We're glad to officially join the Grey Nomads site after a couple of wonderful years travelling around in our Newlands van. Four and a half months last year and seven months this year. We've made many friends and have been delighted to visit so many terrific places as we have travelled around this huge...

dirvine · dirvine

Hi. I am new to this semi retired part of life and before my partner and I venture out I am seeking some advice from people who have gone through painful and stressful experience of traveling, and trying to decide what type of accommodation they should purchase.. Currently we have a 4WD and when we do out...

Kenny · Kenny

Hi folks, I have a Jayco Westport Van on hold -- tare 1600kg -atm 2020 -- looking myself blind in deciding as to what to aquire for a Tug -- Aus is a lot "Wilder"than NZ, looking at Toyota, Cruiser, Prado, Terracan Ford ranger/ BT50 -- prefer Diesel -- The Terracan i am thinking about has the re...

Mouse · Mouse

Hello fellow nomads I have just joined up. Mrs Mouse and I will be heading off from Tas during 2016 to go up and down and around the big island. But in the meantime I am heading off for a practise run bringing a camper back from the Isa to tassie for a friend. I am considering going across to Townsville (I hav...

ollwarra · ollwarra

Hi All I'm new to the forum, I really enjoy reading all the comments. I have a question that I'm hoping someone will be able to provide some answers to. We are from the Hunter Valley. We bought a motorhome which requires an LR licence. I am able to drive the vehicle in NSW provided my husband (who has a tr...

JenBoat · JenBoat

Hello fellow travellers, I hope the journey is proving wonderful. I'm at the tail end of a community health career, and have spent years saving up for a caravan and a vehicle that will take me off the highway. Half way there, own the van but the vehicle is financed but have decided to set sail re...

Hewy54 · Hewy54

Hi there. I have been a member of other forums for years - lots of reading, not much posting. I am a recently retired (18months ago) school teacher, looking to get a few more things done before we head off on more trips. We have a Vista Crossover XL (after upgrading from tent to softfloor camper to Kimberl...

OutbackMK · OutbackMK

Nearly time to pull the pin! 70 series is all tricked up still ironing out a few bugs in the Starcraft, I would like to reciprocate and share the mods to our van following the excellent ideas from this forum. Nada & Brian

Rasty · Rasty

Hi Folks, Another newbie hits the forum. My wife and I have been around once many years ago when the children were under ten ,now over thirty, we bush camped (as in tents)as much as posibble for 18 months, best life experience we and I our children have ever had. Now its time to crank up and do it again ,but...

SilverBrumby · SilverBrumby

Hi fellow Nomads, We recently purchased our first van, a 21 foot Montana, affectionately now known as Monty. We have been on several short trips, and so far have found out a whole lot of what NOT to do. We hope to spend more time travelling, as my husband is now retired. After a bad bullying experience at w...

Neil n Chris · Neil n Chris

Hello, newbies Neil and Chris from Albany here, retired, drive a Triton dual cab pulling a Bailey Barcelona, been through the ranks of Swagging it, tents, camper now caravanning!!

lizgar · lizgar

Hi All, Hubby & I have ordered our new caravan which we will be taking delivery of next June. We have previously camped so are looking forward to some luxury. For our first trip we are driving from Brisbane to Melbourne to collect the van, then then off to Darwin. We are taking 6 weeks to do this and w...

Dave+Addy · Dave+Addy

Big hello from us both Dave and Addy We are a couple of expats (British) and decided we had had enough of the rat-race so in may this year we sold everything and now we are just travelling around Asia. Recently we went to Brisbane to look at a nice little 4x4 rig and we liked it so much we have ordered one and s...

Big Gorilla · Big Gorilla

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 several months where people post photos of famous peo...

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	Hello from Ray n Shell (Preview) Hi everyone, Have spent quite sometime reading this site and realized what a massive amount of information there is to be had. We also found we were missing out on a few things not being members, so here we are. We are fairly new to the caravan scene but have 15 years plus in a camper trailer. It was a mutua...	Ray n Shell	5	622	07:33 PM Jan 4, 2016 by Spokkie
	Hi from David (Preview) I am planning to sell in the first half of next year, set up a van and tug to see some more of this beautiful country we have. I will be traveling solo and hope to meet other nomads along the way.	Moorey	4	508	12:39 PM Dec 17, 2015 by Moorey
	Hi from Trecky (Preview) What a fantastic site with a wealth of information and fun too. We get our Coromal Element van on Saturday. At the moment our heads are spinning as newcomers to caravanning, however we are so excited. We will be taking our travelling companion with us at times, a beautiful Border Collie named Shelby. L...	Trecky	7	790	07:40 PM Dec 21, 2015 by KFT
	Hi from Geoff (Preview) Hi Everyone, I'm an avid reader of the Grey Nomads Times - great magazine. Keep up the good work. Just about to collect our new Crusader Muskuteer Athos van. (Trying to sell our 2002 Boroma.)	Geoffstc	3	612	05:12 PM Dec 15, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Hello I'm Darrell (Preview) Hello everyone. My adventure in our playground is due to launch around March 2016. I'm looking forward to getting out there and meeting up as I travel around I drove 12 years interstate and last 10 years on Sydney trains. ( you can take this job and shove it) tune running around in my head House on the m...	unsatisfied and over-it	5	813	07:48 PM Dec 12, 2015 by madcart
	Adelaide says HI (Preview) Hi all from Adelaide ... Hope this is right (New Topic) Just joined up to check out what the next phase of life will bring now I have chucked in me plummers mate (Plunger) Had a van yonks ago and did 1/2 a lap with SWMBO and two kids... Now thinking along the lines of a Motorhome built for two ,walk through j...	vik351	8	725	05:28 PM Dec 15, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Hello (and an enquiry) from us, Marijke and Tony. (Preview) We're glad to officially join the Grey Nomads site after a couple of wonderful years travelling around in our Newlands van. Four and a half months last year and seven months this year. We've made many friends and have been delighted to visit so many terrific places as we have travelled around this huge...	Marton	6	758	10:00 PM Dec 10, 2015 by Marton
	Hi and some advice please (Preview) Hi. I am new to this semi retired part of life and before my partner and I venture out I am seeking some advice from people who have gone through painful and stressful experience of traveling, and trying to decide what type of accommodation they should purchase.. Currently we have a 4WD and when we do out...	dirvine	6	813	09:45 AM Dec 7, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Advise please -- tugs- (Preview) Hi folks, I have a Jayco Westport Van on hold -- tare 1600kg -atm 2020 -- looking myself blind in deciding as to what to aquire for a Tug -- Aus is a lot "Wilder"than NZ, looking at Toyota, Cruiser, Prado, Terracan Ford ranger/ BT50 -- prefer Diesel -- The Terracan i am thinking about has the re...	Kenny	4	771	06:52 PM Dec 17, 2015 by Hetho
	Gregory Development Road (Preview) Hello fellow nomads I have just joined up. Mrs Mouse and I will be heading off from Tas during 2016 to go up and down and around the big island. But in the meantime I am heading off for a practise run bringing a camper back from the Isa to tassie for a friend. I am considering going across to Townsville (I hav...	Mouse	4	650	09:12 PM Dec 3, 2015 by Mouse
	introducton and light rigid licence (Preview) Hi All I'm new to the forum, I really enjoy reading all the comments. I have a question that I'm hoping someone will be able to provide some answers to. We are from the Hunter Valley. We bought a motorhome which requires an LR licence. I am able to drive the vehicle in NSW provided my husband (who has a tr...	ollwarra	6	898	09:05 AM Dec 4, 2015 by Webmaster
	Hi to fellow nomads (Preview) Hello fellow travellers, I hope the journey is proving wonderful. I'm at the tail end of a community health career, and have spent years saving up for a caravan and a vehicle that will take me off the highway. Half way there, own the van but the vehicle is financed but have decided to set sail re...	JenBoat	5	666	07:51 PM Dec 3, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Hello to all from Hewy54 (Preview) Hi there. I have been a member of other forums for years - lots of reading, not much posting. I am a recently retired (18months ago) school teacher, looking to get a few more things done before we head off on more trips. We have a Vista Crossover XL (after upgrading from tent to softfloor camper to Kimberl...	Hewy54	3	690	09:49 AM Dec 7, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Nomads in Training (Preview) Nearly time to pull the pin! 70 series is all tricked up still ironing out a few bugs in the Starcraft, I would like to reciprocate and share the mods to our van following the excellent ideas from this forum. Nada & Brian	OutbackMK	4	687	05:11 PM Dec 4, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Kingdom Kensington 2012 (Preview) Hi Folks, Another newbie hits the forum. My wife and I have been around once many years ago when the children were under ten ,now over thirty, we bush camped (as in tents)as much as posibble for 18 months, best life experience we and I our children have ever had. Now its time to crank up and do it again ,but...	Rasty	2	863	01:24 PM Nov 28, 2015 by Dougwe
	Hello to all (Preview) Hi fellow Nomads, We recently purchased our first van, a 21 foot Montana, affectionately now known as Monty. We have been on several short trips, and so far have found out a whole lot of what NOT to do. We hope to spend more time travelling, as my husband is now retired. After a bad bullying experience at w...	SilverBrumby	3	562	02:53 PM Dec 8, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Greetings! (Preview) Hello, newbies Neil and Chris from Albany here, retired, drive a Triton dual cab pulling a Bailey Barcelona, been through the ranks of Swagging it, tents, camper now caravanning!!	Neil n Chris	2	474	01:35 PM Nov 28, 2015 by Dougwe
	Newbies (Preview) Hi All, Hubby & I have ordered our new caravan which we will be taking delivery of next June. We have previously camped so are looking forward to some luxury. For our first trip we are driving from Brisbane to Melbourne to collect the van, then then off to Darwin. We are taking 6 weeks to do this and w...	lizgar	2	555	02:30 PM Nov 27, 2015 by Dougwe
	Hello from two new nomads (Preview) Big hello from us both Dave and Addy We are a couple of expats (British) and decided we had had enough of the rat-race so in may this year we sold everything and now we are just travelling around Asia. Recently we went to Brisbane to look at a nice little 4x4 rig and we liked it so much we have ordered one and s...	Dave+Addy	2	458	02:33 PM Nov 27, 2015 by Dougwe
	A BIG WELCOME TO ALL NEW GREY NOMADS.. (Preview) 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 several months where people post photos of famous peo...	Big Gorilla	4	635	04:20 PM Nov 29, 2015 by Big Gorilla
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