The Grey Nomads - General

Terro · Terro

Maybe one for the ladies, but generally asked. Thinking of changing our van to a rear entry-kitchen set up. Some people we met a couple of years ago had a rear kitchen and experienced what they described as "bouncing" whilst travelling. This caused mayhem in the kitchen cupboards with a ge...

BobnBev · BobnBev

Yep its still raining and we have had over 6 inches of rain over night, dont know what it would have been like if we had of had heavey rain like up north.. There is water where Ive never seen it before. Dont like the chances of a good grape seaon this year... But it dose dry out quickly in this part of the world,...

Technomad · Technomad

Who cares say some but to those that do we have left the Torquay area and are preparing to manage a park in Adelaide for awhile ahead of relief work Australia wide. Catch up later Marg, Graham.

petengail · petengail

http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/beast-file-woolies-coles

petengail · petengail

I was listening to the post Yasi conversation on the ABC this morning and a lady said that the price of bananas had gone from $2 per kg to $7, overnight, in her local (read big 2) supermarket. Now these bananas would have been sourced and paid for well before the cyclone. The big 2 supermarkets will jus...

John-Pam · John-Pam

Hi Forum Planing a trip to the Barossa and surrounding areas, have done this trip before but some time ago. Anny suggestions on caravan parks, places to see or visit from there.[Time frame 4 to 6 weeks] staying off main highway John

petengail · petengail

http://www.funny-videos.co.uk/videocaravanescapepursuit.html

rocan · rocan

lucky townsville spared from any major damage.we've had no power for 36hrs and don't know when it will be restored.council will be busy cleaning up for months to come. lot of camping areas wiped out hope they're operating by winter for the southerners coming up. wouldn't like to go thru another cyclo...

DellieMay · DellieMay

I know there's probably a lot of our forum members up north, but Just thinking of Bill12 who is on Magnetic Island. hoping you are safe mate, and just know we are thinking of you and all up there. Stay safe Dellie and Dero

blaze · blaze

What a great reception, decided that we had enough driving for the day and pulled into Iron Knob to see if there was a van park. Dropped into the pub to get some local info and a cool ale. No caravan park. The owner of the Iron Knob told us he had a 15 amp socket on a light pole that we could plug into for the night...

Gerty Dancer · Gerty Dancer

At 10pm when we were camped in our little tent at Wombeyan Caves the other night, Mr D said he had a sore arm and couldnt get comfortable. Asked for more details, he had pain down his left arm and his fingers were a bit tingling too. Thats a sign of a heart attack, but what to do? We had no mobile signal, and alt...

blaze · blaze

well just about to hook up, fill the water tanks and start heading west. Hoping for cooler weather. best of luck to all in north queensland, stay safe cheers blaze

blaze · blaze

well yesterday with the high temps my aircon didnt quite work as well as it should, went for a drive around Nurioopta in the Barrossa today. Mitsubishi dealer in nuri rung their sevice centre in todunda to see if it was possible, not able to fit it in until next week, he then pointed us in the way of the ford...

petengail · petengail

Had a fellow Grey Nomad visitor last night. He popped in for a cuppa, so much for the cuppa, however we drank home brew on the back deck and talked about our travels. Mostly his, and the amazing places he had been. He camped in his camper on the road outside. He had caught some flathead and a couple o...

robell · robell

hi, just recieved this in an email, could be a GN prayer. Something To Think About! Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules, just as any game has certain rules. The fir...

dolphinrider · dolphinrider

Posting here where everyone can see it. I know that there have been hundreds of posts in regard to wireless internet,but for those who are still confused I am sending a copy of an e-mail I sent to Optus (our provider) after I asked them about using it while travelling in a caravan. Hope this helps. We use...

oldies · oldies

After much talking and research we have made the decision ( 6 months ago) to become full time travellers and sell business and house..plan is in 18 months. So have started on the decluttering of the house. l started to notice small things happening around the house... didn't take much notice just p...

ozi2 · ozi2

G'day everyone, hope this finds you all in a safe place if up North and out of harms way. My post concerns the disgraceful behaviour of our 2 major food/fuel retailers with their predatory pricing tactics..........ie, offering cheap milk and bread at the checkout and having you pay for it at the fuel...

blaze · blaze

Have add a link on the bottom of all my ost to the wife's travel blog, now you cant believe all you read of course. I notice on there yesterday she was being plain nasty about the aircon in my disco, now I ask you whats wrong with undoing the windows . cheers blaze

lilly31 · lilly31

my god how big is that cyclone hope all our nomads friends and there familys are doing ok up there ... must be very frightening to be in it path .... wish you all well up there nomads and everyone else .. dont think Q.L.D need any more devesteration ..

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Rear Kitchen Vans. (Preview) Maybe one for the ladies, but generally asked. Thinking of changing our van to a rear entry-kitchen set up. Some people we met a couple of years ago had a rear kitchen and experienced what they described as "bouncing" whilst travelling. This caused mayhem in the kitchen cupboards with a ge...	Terro	10	1661	06:52 PM Feb 7, 2011 by Cruising Granny
	RAIN OVER NIGHT IN MILDURA (Preview) Yep its still raining and we have had over 6 inches of rain over night, dont know what it would have been like if we had of had heavey rain like up north.. There is water where Ive never seen it before. Dont like the chances of a good grape seaon this year... But it dose dry out quickly in this part of the world,...	BobnBev	6	894	06:48 PM Feb 7, 2011 by Cruising Granny
	Finished in Torquay (Preview) Who cares say some but to those that do we have left the Torquay area and are preparing to manage a park in Adelaide for awhile ahead of relief work Australia wide. Catch up later Marg, Graham.	Technomad	7	731	11:34 PM Feb 7, 2011 by blaze
	Further to my post on bananas - this should be interesting to all Australians... (Preview) http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/beast-file-woolies-coles	petengail	14	1637	11:33 AM Feb 6, 2011 by sandsmere
	Bananas ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I was listening to the post Yasi conversation on the ABC this morning and a lady said that the price of bananas had gone from $2 per kg to $7, overnight, in her local (read big 2) supermarket. Now these bananas would have been sourced and paid for well before the cyclone. The big 2 supermarkets will jus...	petengail	36	2767	10:25 PM Feb 9, 2011 by Cruising Granny
	Barossa Trip (Preview) Hi Forum Planing a trip to the Barossa and surrounding areas, have done this trip before but some time ago. Anny suggestions on caravan parks, places to see or visit from there.[Time frame 4 to 6 weeks] staying off main highway John	John-Pam	13	1137	06:16 AM Feb 7, 2011 by howdrink
	I managed to stumble on this and found it funny - hope the link works (Preview) http://www.funny-videos.co.uk/videocaravanescapepursuit.html	petengail	3	984	02:18 PM Feb 6, 2011 by dolphinrider
	townsville (Preview) lucky townsville spared from any major damage.we've had no power for 36hrs and don't know when it will be restored.council will be busy cleaning up for months to come. lot of camping areas wiped out hope they're operating by winter for the southerners coming up. wouldn't like to go thru another cyclo...	rocan	9	949	02:23 PM Feb 6, 2011 by dolphinrider
	Bill12 (Preview) I know there's probably a lot of our forum members up north, but Just thinking of Bill12 who is on Magnetic Island. hoping you are safe mate, and just know we are thinking of you and all up there. Stay safe Dellie and Dero	DellieMay	19	1182	10:44 PM Feb 6, 2011 by Cruising Granny
	Iron Knob Hotel (Preview) What a great reception, decided that we had enough driving for the day and pulled into Iron Knob to see if there was a van park. Dropped into the pub to get some local info and a cool ale. No caravan park. The owner of the Iron Knob told us he had a 15 amp socket on a light pole that we could plug into for the night...	blaze	9	2406	12:23 AM Feb 4, 2011 by DellieMay
	Emergencies in isolated areas. ( 1 2 ) (Preview) At 10pm when we were camped in our little tent at Wombeyan Caves the other night, Mr D said he had a sore arm and couldnt get comfortable. Asked for more details, he had pain down his left arm and his fingers were a bit tingling too. Thats a sign of a heart attack, but what to do? We had no mobile signal, and alt...	Gerty Dancer	30	1849	08:13 PM Feb 7, 2011 by _wombat_
	onto the iron knob (Preview) well just about to hook up, fill the water tanks and start heading west. Hoping for cooler weather. best of luck to all in north queensland, stay safe cheers blaze	blaze	2	613	08:02 PM Feb 2, 2011 by Firefly
	good sevice story (Preview) well yesterday with the high temps my aircon didnt quite work as well as it should, went for a drive around Nurioopta in the Barrossa today. Mitsubishi dealer in nuri rung their sevice centre in todunda to see if it was possible, not able to fit it in until next week, he then pointed us in the way of the ford...	blaze	1	631	06:09 PM Feb 1, 2011 by petengail
	I had a Grey Nomad Visitor (Preview) Had a fellow Grey Nomad visitor last night. He popped in for a cuppa, so much for the cuppa, however we drank home brew on the back deck and talked about our travels. Mostly his, and the amazing places he had been. He camped in his camper on the road outside. He had caught some flathead and a couple o...	petengail	1	640	06:12 PM Feb 1, 2011 by Happywanderer
	something to make you think (Preview) hi, just recieved this in an email, could be a GN prayer. *Something To Think About!* *Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest:* *Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules, just as any game has certain rules.* *The fir...*	robell	7	1549	01:36 PM Feb 2, 2011 by Gerty Dancer
	Wireless Internet Thread Restarted (Preview) Posting here where everyone can see it. I know that there have been hundreds of posts in regard to wireless internet,but for those who are still confused I am sending a copy of an e-mail I sent to Optus (our provider) after I asked them about using it while travelling in a caravan. Hope this helps. We use...	dolphinrider	15	2238	10:13 PM Feb 4, 2011 by milo
	House chucking a hissy fit ! (Preview) After much talking and research we have made the decision ( 6 months ago) to become full time travellers and sell business and house..plan is in 18 months. So have started on the decluttering of the house. l started to notice small things happening around the house... didn't take much notice just p...	oldies	12	931	11:23 PM Feb 2, 2011 by Sheba
	What can we do about retail predators? (Preview) G'day everyone, hope this finds you all in a safe place if up North and out of harms way. My post concerns the disgraceful behaviour of our 2 major food/fuel retailers with their predatory pricing tactics..........ie, offering cheap milk and bread at the checkout and having you pay for it at the fuel...	ozi2	10	1260	08:16 AM Feb 2, 2011 by Antique Pete
	Add a link to the travel blog (Preview) Have add a link on the bottom of all my ost to the wife's travel blog, now you cant believe all you read of course. I notice on there yesterday she was being plain nasty about the aircon in my disco, now I ask you whats wrong with undoing the windows . cheers blaze	blaze	1	576	09:27 PM Feb 1, 2011 by Sandra K
	CYCLONE YASI (Preview) my god how big is that cyclone hope all our nomads friends and there familys are doing ok up there ... must be very frightening to be in it path .... wish you all well up there nomads and everyone else .. dont think Q.L.D need any more devesteration ..	lilly31	18	999	07:57 PM Feb 3, 2011 by Happywanderer
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