The Grey Nomads - General

maxtheturtle · maxtheturtle

Hello! We are looking at buying a villa in a retirement village as our base (and selling our home) - apparently in some villages we can store our caravan there when we're home and our villa will be secured and maintained while we travel... Has anyone done this? Any advice or suggestions? We haven't dec...

mike and Judy · mike and Judy

We are home at last, cleaned out the cobwebs, couldnt take the cold of Vic, so the west of the state will wait for another time, and now we transfer the whole contents of van and car to lounge room floor, for the big clean up, do you all do this???, and find a place for all the frig magnets, got 3 frigs absolutl...

Toolern Vale · Toolern Vale

Basil started a very interesting thread in August 2008 about tyres. So I started doing a little research into tyres and punctures. There are 2 kinds of punctures.....repairable and irrepairable (tyre writeoff). The punctures that are repairable, are those through the tread pattern. Changing...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Is it permissible to advertise various caravan and camping bits and pieces as well as full units on this site to give other GN's first pick of items up for disposal . I have noted a number of Sports Fishing Forums have a section to advertise pre-loved items to aother members.

jandas fun · jandas fun

My good wife tells me this should be here and not there (our biography) so ive typed it all out again.Gawd this computer business is confusing. John age 63 retired. wife Anne 56 working casual to pay for our trips. Caravanning 12 months and managed 3 so far.1 week ballina 1 week Dubbo zoo and 6 weeks nsw an...

Anneke · Anneke

We are almost so far that we are on the road as grey nomads. both retired last year. Already did some short trips, to try our T-Van. Anybody else who is traveling with a T-Van? We are thinking to go first to Victoria and than slowly towards W.A. Like this website and read all the stories. take Care. Maybe w...

Bridgee · Bridgee

Before we spend up to $1500 to have a bull bar fitted to our Patrol we were wondering what experiences and opinions others may have on this subject. We've heard of some instances where kangaroos have collided with vehicles side on and done extensive damage, so a bull bar would not have prevented it...

tonyd · tonyd

Followed a long thread on another forum last night about the merits of diesel and petrol 4WDs. Unusually, the majority seemed to favour petrol, given its present cost, and the higher costs of servicing diesels at shorter intervals. I appreciate the generally better economy of diesel engines, but d...

mike and Judy · mike and Judy

When the discision to sell the house was made all the furnitue was advertised in the Trading post, that turned out to be not quick enough for the settlement date, so it put into a garage sale, prices were no where near what we paid for it, or what we considered what it was worth, that was the first shock, h...

MikeMin · MikeMin

We sold our house today after a very long sales campaign. We are now ready to go.... Settlement is 23 March and we now have to rapidly plan our departure. What is the best option taking into account that we intend being on the road for at least 2 years!!!! From Melbourne, should we take the east coast a...

sandyandrod · sandyandrod

Hello to all members from the newbies We are planning on doing a trip through central NSW during March and April. Everything is organises EXCEPT that we have 2 house cats that obviously can't go with us. We have tried everywhere to get someone who would come into our home each day and feed them and make su...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Just had two almost unused 8 ply LT Dunlop tyres changed on the van after one had the tread separate from the case at about 60 KPH. The only warning was a short duration flapping and it was off the case in one piece , the casing held up until I got it off the road then collapsed . According to the deal...

romanyrebel2 · romanyrebel2

hi guys, just wondering which insurance company you maybe would recommend, i would like one with roadside assist to save having both insurance and racq and would prefer not to join cmca for personal reasons, just for the advantage of their insurance cover. all joy. shadow

tonyd · tonyd

Quick check on how to do a bit of laundry while out in the scrub. Does anyone have experience of the little hand-powered machines you see in camping shops? They look like a small egg, mounted in a frame, and are turned by hand. Do they work? Cheers, Tony

Pam · Pam

We are heading across to WA in March /April. Is there much difference between the various caravan parks across the Nullarbor? Just wondering if all are OK. Also wondering how strict the WA quarantine inspection is. I have read on the web that you must get all grass seeds out of your radiator etc. What a...

Wombat 280 · Wombat 280

Anyone out there with a Dometic B3300 aircon mounted on a motorhome who can tell me what the power draw is to start and run the unit. Have been into the dometic site but no help on this topic. Thanks

Basil Faulty · Basil Faulty

Yeah wipe the smirk of ya faces.....I know I was warned about spares..... So I try to buy an oil filter and whadayaknow, nil stock.... so nil desperandum I look elsewhere and Autopro has a nongenuine one slightly more expensive than the genuine one..... I suspect there may be some nasty busness going...

Road Ranger · Road Ranger

If there is so many old farts, sorry, "Grey Nomads" traveling around the country why havent we formed a contract with an oil company so we can get our fuel cheeper, fleet owners get a huge discount, we are MANY strength in numbers as they say, anyone have any ideas on how to go about this ?

Gary and Kerry · Gary and Kerry

Have just set up a telstra prepaid wireless account on the new laptop. It seems that you don't get an email account using the prepaid system,so am looking at others to use. Don't like yahoo or hotmail, always seem to get to much c**p on them. GMail seems to be in vogue at the moment. Does anyone use it?

mikeody · mikeody

Hello All, Now here's a question for those who have been around caravans a while. My van [1989 Coromal Aussie Tourer] like many other vans has a 12V globe within each of the usual overhead light fittings [shared with 240V globes] operated by a separate [brown] switch mounted on each of the lights. Is it...

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	Retirement Villages as a home base... has anyone done it? (Preview) Hello! We are looking at buying a villa in a retirement village as our base (and selling our home) - apparently in some villages we can store our caravan there when we're home and our villa will be secured and maintained while we travel... Has anyone done this? Any advice or suggestions? We haven't dec...	maxtheturtle	15	1283	09:22 AM Jan 25, 2009 by Basil Faulty
	home (Preview) We are home at last, cleaned out the cobwebs, couldnt take the cold of Vic, so the west of the state will wait for another time, and now we transfer the whole contents of van and car to lounge room floor, for the big clean up, do you all do this???, and find a place for all the frig magnets, got 3 frigs absolutl...	mike and Judy	4	818	02:52 PM Jan 24, 2009 by Pam
	Tyre Punctures and Prevention (Preview) Basil started a very interesting thread in August 2008 about tyres. So I started doing a little research into tyres and punctures. There are 2 kinds of punctures.....repairable and irrepairable (tyre writeoff). The punctures that are repairable, are those through the tread pattern. Changing...	Toolern Vale	2	910	02:46 PM Jan 24, 2009 by dave06
	GN Adverts (Preview) Is it permissible to advertise various caravan and camping bits and pieces as well as full units on this site to give other GN's first pick of items up for disposal . I have noted a number of Sports Fishing Forums have a section to advertise pre-loved items to aother members.	Wombat 280	8	1128	02:51 PM Jan 23, 2009 by Webmaster
	just a quick introduction (Preview) My good wife tells me this should be here and not there (our biography) so ive typed it all out again.Gawd this computer business is confusing. John age 63 retired. wife Anne 56 working casual to pay for our trips. Caravanning 12 months and managed 3 so far.1 week ballina 1 week Dubbo zoo and 6 weeks nsw an...	jandas fun	12	1166	10:58 AM Jan 23, 2009 by dave06
	Just to say hello (Preview) We are almost so far that we are on the road as grey nomads. both retired last year. Already did some short trips, to try our T-Van. Anybody else who is traveling with a T-Van? We are thinking to go first to Victoria and than slowly towards W.A. Like this website and read all the stories. take Care. Maybe w...	Anneke	18	1526	09:51 AM Jan 23, 2009 by Smokeydk
	Bull Bars - are they a load of bull? (Preview) Before we spend up to $1500 to have a bull bar fitted to our Patrol we were wondering what experiences and opinions others may have on this subject. We've heard of some instances where kangaroos have collided with vehicles side on and done extensive damage, so a bull bar would not have prevented it...	Bridgee	8	909	09:16 AM Jan 23, 2009 by Smokeydk
	Diesel v Petrol 4WD (Preview) Followed a long thread on another forum last night about the merits of diesel and petrol 4WDs. Unusually, the majority seemed to favour petrol, given its present cost, and the higher costs of servicing diesels at shorter intervals. I appreciate the generally better economy of diesel engines, but d...	tonyd	18	1303	08:58 PM Jan 21, 2009 by dave06
	How its done (Preview) When the discision to sell the house was made all the furnitue was advertised in the Trading post, that turned out to be not quick enough for the settlement date, so it put into a garage sale, prices were no where near what we paid for it, or what we considered what it was worth, that was the first shock, h...	mike and Judy	10	1347	04:57 PM Jan 21, 2009 by dave06
	Finally ready to go (Preview) We sold our house today after a very long sales campaign. We are now ready to go.... Settlement is 23 March and we now have to rapidly plan our departure. What is the best option taking into account that we intend being on the road for at least 2 years!!!! From Melbourne, should we take the east coast a...	MikeMin	12	1285	04:35 PM Jan 21, 2009 by MikeMin
	Pet Feeding at Home While Away (Preview) Hello to all members from the newbies We are planning on doing a trip through central NSW during March and April. Everything is organises EXCEPT that we have 2 house cats that obviously can't go with us. We have tried everywhere to get someone who would come into our home each day and feed them and make su...	sandyandrod	4	912	03:54 PM Jan 21, 2009 by Basil Faulty
	Tyre Separation Experience (Preview) Just had two almost unused 8 ply LT Dunlop tyres changed on the van after one had the tread separate from the case at about 60 KPH. The only warning was a short duration flapping and it was off the case in one piece , the casing held up until I got it off the road then collapsed . According to the deal...	Wombat 280	16	1410	06:22 PM Jan 20, 2009 by Bridgee
	which insurance (Preview) hi guys, just wondering which insurance company you maybe would recommend, i would like one with roadside assist to save having both insurance and racq and would prefer not to join cmca for personal reasons, just for the advantage of their insurance cover. all joy. shadow	romanyrebel2	2	647	05:26 PM Jan 20, 2009 by Wombat 280
	Laundry on the road (Preview) Quick check on how to do a bit of laundry while out in the scrub. Does anyone have experience of the little hand-powered machines you see in camping shops? They look like a small egg, mounted in a frame, and are turned by hand. Do they work? Cheers, Tony	tonyd	13	1131	03:01 PM Jan 20, 2009 by dave06
	Crossing the Nullarbor (Preview) We are heading across to WA in March /April. Is there much difference between the various caravan parks across the Nullarbor? Just wondering if all are OK. Also wondering how strict the WA quarantine inspection is. I have read on the web that you must get all grass seeds out of your radiator etc. What a...	Pam	24	3799	03:00 PM Jan 20, 2009 by dave06
	Dometic B330 Aircon Start Current (Preview) Anyone out there with a Dometic B3300 aircon mounted on a motorhome who can tell me what the power draw is to start and run the unit. Have been into the dometic site but no help on this topic. Thanks	Wombat 280	3	972	11:14 PM Jan 19, 2009 by Wombat 280
	Kia Sorento update.... (Preview) Yeah wipe the smirk of ya faces.....I know I was warned about spares..... So I try to buy an oil filter and whadayaknow, nil stock.... so nil desperandum I look elsewhere and Autopro has a nongenuine one slightly more expensive than the genuine one..... I suspect there may be some nasty busness going...	Basil Faulty	4	1111	10:40 PM Jan 19, 2009 by Wombat 280
	FUEL.... (Preview) If there is so many old farts, sorry, "Grey Nomads" traveling around the country why havent we formed a contract with an oil company so we can get our fuel cheeper, fleet owners get a huge discount, we are MANY strength in numbers as they say, anyone have any ideas on how to go about this ?	Road Ranger	21	1431	02:55 PM Jan 19, 2009 by dave06
	GMail (Preview) Have just set up a telstra prepaid wireless account on the new laptop. It seems that you don't get an email account using the prepaid system,so am looking at others to use. Don't like yahoo or hotmail, always seem to get to much c**p on them. GMail seems to be in vogue at the moment. Does anyone use it?	Gary and Kerry	12	1527	12:51 PM Jan 18, 2009 by Gary and Kerry
	An caravan electrical question (Preview) Hello All, Now here's a question for those who have been around caravans a while. My van [1989 Coromal Aussie Tourer] like many other vans has a 12V globe within each of the usual overhead light fittings [shared with 240V globes] operated by a separate [brown] switch mounted on each of the lights. Is it...	mikeody	6	4165	09:43 AM Jan 18, 2009 by dave06
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