The Grey Nomads - General

Gary and Kerry · Gary and Kerry

Handed in my notice today so come 25th Feb I will be unemployed. The next phase of our life starts 1st March when we hit the road permanetly. Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gary and Kerry · Gary and Kerry

We headed off Friday afternoon for rapid bay with the new van and car. Anybody who knows the road to cape jervis will appreciate it is a challenging trip with lots of windy steep hills. I was a little bit disappointed in the way the new tug handled the conditions but thought maybes i was driving a little ca...

al · al

Hi all Thanks for all the information that was forth coming on this subject. I have fitted 2 * 120mm fans at the top vent and and 1 *120mm at the bottom vent all are controlled via a thermostat which is fitted on the fins at the back of fridge or can be manually controlled. Have filled in every space between...

Denise · Denise

Hi , I've just joined up ...am readying an ex tradie van for a trip maybe to Tassie first in early Autumn. I wanted to share with you something I've found...I live in a shed so am already living a camping life but not on the road yet. Bunnings have a super big black heavy duty plastic storage bin which makes a...

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

THE CARAVANERS CREED.As we travel down the highways with our caravan in tow,We prayer to the almighty that the forecast rains wont show,We ask that roads are solid, roos and wombats nowhere near,And with some luck by afternoon we're settled with a beer... Our camping site is not five star, not four o...

clazandaza · clazandaza

Well, Olga turned out to be a polite little lass. We had a little wind and rain but not much worse than a normal wet season day. Just blew over a couple of pot plants. Big Monsoon trough in place now right down to Mackay. Should get a sheitload of rain out of that. Ian

littlejohn46_2000 · littlejohn46_2000

my wife elly and i are going to be joining all u lucky folk in about 2 years , sounds a long way off i think it will come around all to fast. our delemar is that we want t buy a duel cab the only ones that are available are the mits triton and the nissan navara both 2.6 litre. i have spaoken to both company's and th...

milo · milo

all I can say is she has got guts, and I hope she makes it been following her since day one ,I'd love to go solo around Aus , but I dunno about the sea? I'd be painting the deck all day http://jessicawatson.com.au

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

Australia DayAustralians are a funny lot, you'll often hear one curse,How things have started badly, and they'll probably get worse,The weathers dry, the sun's so hot it's stolen all the water,The Government has never done the things we think they oughta'.But if we hear a tourist say his home is muc...

Fence sitter · Fence sitter

Be gentle, I'm new here! Hi All, we have sold our motel and are picking up our Jayco Outback Discovery pop top in the first week of February, gettting excitited for our holiday (or gap year as hubby describes it) ( I like to call it managing our mid life crisis). No home base (so bad luck if we get sick of ea...

jandas fun · jandas fun

Hi All leaving 15th March for Perth and return and wanting any suggestions of places that are a must to see or avoid. Any extra spares to take for vehicle or van? Probably going via Dubbo-Broken Hill-Port Augusta-Ceduna-Norseman-Esperance-Albany-Margaret River. have 6 to 8 weeks. We wiil be trav...

kesue · kesue

Just read the lead story on truck drivers on the Newell and we have just travelled down the highway from Brisbane to Melbourne. We found that the interstate drivers with the B doubles etc. were generally good and understood that we didn't want to hold them up and would be pulling over as soon as possible...

dave06 · dave06

Haiti earthquakes, how long has it been, 11 days, 12, hell I forget but another "live" one was pulled from the rubble this morning just imagine, covered in concrete blocks, crushed beneath tonnes of rubble, no light, no sound, no food, no sign of being saved, no drink, no speech with other f...

joebee · joebee

Yesterday in Sydney's western suburbs got to 43C and now sitting here it's just on 22C and drizzling.

joebee · joebee

What sort of prices are you paying for insuring motorhomes and caravans, and are there any insurance companies that are fair to Grey Nomads that can be recommended. I am just trying to find out what we will be up for when we take the big jump.

Delta18 · Delta18

Have you lost your camera recently? Mislaid it somewhere in a national park? Left it in a taxi? Dropped it in the gorilla pit? Anyone can be a victim of the thoughtlessness and/or sleepiness that can lead to Camera Loss. How can I prevent Camera Loss? I hear you ask, wishing Id get to the point. Well, you c...

Ma · Ma

Who is going to be REALLY patriotic on Tuesday and chuck some LAMB on the Barbie. We've got our lamb leg steaks and lamb snags, how about you? what are you having?

tezza · tezza

No power here due to storm, guess we will have to eat the yabbies we were saving for lunch tomorrow for tea now. oh well, the price we pay.

clazandaza · clazandaza

Best of luck to us and to Cruising Granny. We are likely to be close to the path of dear old Olga tomorrow or Monday. Very very hot and still here right now (calm before the storm). We have all the emergency gear ready to go but I dont know how the poor old van will cope at the side of the house. Having s...

STEVO · STEVO

After venting on the Sundowner Caravan Park at Port Macquarie, we feel we must comment on this lovely caravan park which is located about 19kms outside of Tamworth. We had a wonderful 9 days stay there. Internet access was hit and miss so I couldn't contact Kantiki while there, but otherwise it was...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	I did it (Preview) Handed in my notice today so come 25th Feb I will be unemployed. The next phase of our life starts 1st March when we hit the road permanetly. Bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	Gary and Kerry	14	1061	07:22 PM Jan 27, 2010 by Smokeydk
	First trip in the van (Preview) We headed off Friday afternoon for rapid bay with the new van and car. Anybody who knows the road to cape jervis will appreciate it is a challenging trip with lots of windy steep hills. I was a little bit disappointed in the way the new tug handled the conditions but thought maybes i was driving a little ca...	Gary and Kerry	15	1509	09:42 AM Feb 1, 2010 by Gary and Kerry
	up date on 3 way fridge and fans (Preview) Hi all Thanks for all the information that was forth coming on this subject. I have fitted 2 * 120mm fans at the top vent and and 1 *120mm at the bottom vent all are controlled via a thermostat which is fitted on the fins at the back of fridge or can be manually controlled. Have filled in every space between...	al	12	2837	12:13 PM Jan 27, 2010 by Cruising Granny
	Travelling bathtub ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi , I've just joined up ...am readying an ex tradie van for a trip maybe to Tassie first in early Autumn. I wanted to share with you something I've found...I live in a shed so am already living a camping life but not on the road yet. Bunnings have a super big black heavy duty plastic storage bin which makes a...	Denise	42	1864	03:45 PM Jan 27, 2010 by JRH
	THE CARAVANERS CREED ; (Preview) THE CARAVANERS CREED.As we travel down the highways with our caravan in tow,We prayer to the almighty that the forecast rains wont show,We ask that roads are solid, roos and wombats nowhere near,And with some luck by afternoon we're settled with a beer... Our camping site is not five star, not four o...	justcruisin01	6	3610	07:08 PM Jan 27, 2010 by Cruising Granny
	BLOWN OVER (Preview) Well, Olga turned out to be a polite little lass. We had a little wind and rain but not much worse than a normal wet season day. Just blew over a couple of pot plants. Big Monsoon trough in place now right down to Mackay. Should get a sheitload of rain out of that. Ian	clazandaza	14	1073	11:35 PM Jan 25, 2010 by Cruising Granny
	choosing our towing vehical (Preview) my wife elly and i are going to be joining all u lucky folk in about 2 years , sounds a long way off i think it will come around all to fast. our delemar is that we want t buy a duel cab the only ones that are available are the mits triton and the nissan navara both 2.6 litre. i have spaoken to both company's and th...	littlejohn46_2000	19	1276	04:42 PM Jan 25, 2010 by Mick themungrel
	she's got gutsss (Jessica watson) (Preview) all I can say is she has got guts, and I hope she makes it been following her since day one ,I'd love to go solo around Aus , but I dunno about the sea? I'd be painting the deck all day http://jessicawatson.com.au	milo	4	757	11:17 AM Jan 25, 2010 by william the third
	THE LUCKY COUNTRY ; (Preview) Australia DayAustralians are a funny lot, you'll often hear one curse,How things have started badly, and they'll probably get worse,The weathers dry, the sun's so hot it's stolen all the water,The Government has never done the things we think they oughta'.But if we hear a tourist say his home is muc...	justcruisin01	3	569	07:23 PM Jan 24, 2010 by ibbo
	Ah the preparation.... (Preview) Be gentle, I'm new here! Hi All, we have sold our motel and are picking up our Jayco Outback Discovery pop top in the first week of February, gettting excitited for our holiday (or gap year as hubby describes it) ( I like to call it managing our mid life crisis). No home base (so bad luck if we get sick of ea...	Fence sitter	10	922	02:32 PM Jan 27, 2010 by colsa
	NULLABOR TRIP ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi All leaving 15th March for Perth and return and wanting any suggestions of places that are a must to see or avoid. Any extra spares to take for vehicle or van? Probably going via Dubbo-Broken Hill-Port Augusta-Ceduna-Norseman-Esperance-Albany-Margaret River. have 6 to 8 weeks. We wiil be trav...	jandas fun	38	3921	01:52 PM Jan 28, 2010 by colsa
	Truck drivers on the Newell (Preview) Just read the lead story on truck drivers on the Newell and we have just travelled down the highway from Brisbane to Melbourne. We found that the interstate drivers with the B doubles etc. were generally good and understood that we didn't want to hold them up and would be pulling over as soon as possible...	kesue	29	2579	09:06 AM Jan 28, 2010 by Mick themungrel
	what a miracle filled world in which we live (Preview) Haiti earthquakes, how long has it been, 11 days, 12, hell I forget but another "live" one was pulled from the rubble this morning just imagine, covered in concrete blocks, crushed beneath tonnes of rubble, no light, no sound, no food, no sign of being saved, no drink, no speech with other f...	dave06	3	589	04:37 PM Jan 27, 2010 by dave06
	What a change in the weather (Preview) Yesterday in Sydney's western suburbs got to 43C and now sitting here it's just on 22C and drizzling.	joebee	5	494	10:19 AM Jan 25, 2010 by dave06
	Motorhome and Caravan Insurance (Preview) What sort of prices are you paying for insuring motorhomes and caravans, and are there any insurance companies that are fair to Grey Nomads that can be recommended. I am just trying to find out what we will be up for when we take the big jump.	joebee	13	1768	08:50 AM Feb 23, 2013 by bowlerbear
	Who has lost a camera? (Preview) Have you lost your camera recently? Mislaid it somewhere in a national park? Left it in a taxi? Dropped it in the gorilla pit? Anyone can be a victim of the thoughtlessness and/or sleepiness that can lead to Camera Loss. How can I prevent Camera Loss? I hear you ask, wishing Id get to the point. Well, you c...	Delta18	9	1466	08:21 PM Jan 24, 2010 by Delta18
	AUSSIE DAY (Preview) Who is going to be REALLY patriotic on Tuesday and chuck some LAMB on the Barbie. We've got our lamb leg steaks and lamb snags, how about you? what are you having?	Ma	27	1287	06:58 PM Jan 24, 2010 by jimricho
	powers out (Preview) No power here due to storm, guess we will have to eat the yabbies we were saving for lunch tomorrow for tea now. oh well, the price we pay.	tezza	7	839	12:25 PM Jan 24, 2010 by tezza
	IN FOR A BLOW (Preview) Best of luck to us and to Cruising Granny. We are likely to be close to the path of dear old Olga tomorrow or Monday. Very very hot and still here right now (calm before the storm). We have all the emergency gear ready to go but I dont know how the poor old van will cope at the side of the house. Having s...	clazandaza	25	1139	07:36 PM Jan 24, 2010 by wendyv
	Kootingal Kourt Caravan Park near Tamworth (Preview) After venting on the Sundowner Caravan Park at Port Macquarie, we feel we must comment on this lovely caravan park which is located about 19kms outside of Tamworth. We had a wonderful 9 days stay there. Internet access was hit and miss so I couldn't contact Kantiki while there, but otherwise it was...	STEVO	5	3165	10:47 AM Jan 27, 2010 by Kantiki
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