The Grey Nomads - General

iana · iana

I have the screw in type of pegs, but have found they tend to just make a plug of earth or sand and easily pull out. The most successful pegs I have found are the 300mm long by 9mm dia. and crossed over with another at right angles. I have various lengths of pegs but am thinking of doing away with all except th...

MarkAC · MarkAC

I do a lot of off road drivingI recently did the 3 major tracks in SA and the rocks smashed the daylights out of my water system, drainage system and PVC pipe storage for awning supportsMy van is an off-road unit and I've done the same trips in another van many years ago without any damage.I've seen rock t...

Shtik · Shtik

Hi We are considering buying a new caravan. We recently had a New Age Big Red 20 We are considering an Evernew or a Lotus Any suggestions Thanks

Snippy · Snippy

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/tourists-flocking-to-climb-uluru-before-ban-kicks-in-could-cause-long-lasting-damage-20190711-p526g9.html

Hendo · Hendo

I wrestle with cardboard, I struggle with foil I pluck at tiny tabs until my blood begins to boil, and when Im all for giving up, Im at my wits end I see those nasty spiteful words Open Other End

ballast2 · ballast2

After a small test trip away we are departing this morning for approx 3 months cruise on coastal and country QLD. We have a blue BT50 towing a Kingdom Kensington van. If you see us parked up please drop in for a brew or coldie. Cheers.

JayDee · JayDee

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=031f4fc2e6&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r8634263726692188828&th=16bde5d4728db581&view=att&disp=inline&real...

N33224 · N33224

I have been an occasional contributor to this forum over the years, but last year our advancing years caught up with us and we had to hang up the keys. We accumulated a lot of home movies of our travels. I have taken short clips from some of them to put together videos that I hope others will find of inter...

Bukhouse · Bukhouse

Hi All, just wanting to know peoples thoughts on annexe matting? the matting we have at the moment is green Air Weave type and we are replacing it as we have bigger van now and was wondering what the Camec grey weave type is like and if it was better than the Air Weave ?? any thoughts would be appreciated C...

Aus-Kiwi · Aus-Kiwi

Public Safety Warning Tyre spikes located and causing damage in State Forests. ***Editor's Note: some of the images depicted in this post were obtained from open sources online. *** Police have received a number of reports of homemade tyre spikes being found on public roads within Vulcan and Gur...

Iva Biggen · Iva Biggen

https://www.facebook.com/ABCNorthWestQLD/videos/442125959969518/

looc21 · looc21

We are thinking of purchasing a mini washing machine for carrying with us as we travel around in our caravan. Not necessarily installed but one capable of washing and spinning. We would appreciate member's experience with these machines and the pros and cons.

MarkAC · MarkAC

I've been using wikicamps for about 18 mths and love it. I use it almost daily to plan my trip. I find the comments amusing because, like people, there are huge variations of the comments posted. Comments with vary from a near hell-like experiences to others stating its being in heaven - all on the sam...

Farmhat · Farmhat

Came across this massive bull stuck in a cattle grid. The grid was blocked off for about an hour and every now and then the bull had a big struggle to get out before collapsing again. It was bleeding form the nose, mouth, and legs. A fella came along and was standing near the grate when the bull got himself f...

Craig1 · Craig1

https://magazine.rvdaily.com.au/en_US/14476/208710/caravan_crash_tragedy.html-- Edited by Craig1 on Thursday 4th of July 2019 09:09:14...

Olive Oil · Olive Oil

Not too long ago the QLD government announced that they were allocating $3,000,000 to encourage visitors to Outback QLD this winter. A few months ago they had good rain over a large part of the area. 2019 has now been renamed the year of the bushfly plague. In most of the places that we have visited over t...

MarkAC · MarkAC

I'm not a fan of staying at caravan parks but sometimes you just have no other choice but to use their facilities. Recently I had a call at 10:10 to remind me that checkout time was 10am and could I please come to the office to pay the additional nights rent. I was already 30 mins down the road so I asked...

Greystone · Greystone

Apparently Australia's diesel reserves are only good for 21 days should supply from overseas be interrupted. This started me thinking about the "what if". What if I am at the other side of the country and the proverbial hits the fan and fuel is rationed? How will I cope with that? I have sufficient fuel...

Breeza · Breeza

Hi all I am having some technical issues with my breakaway system, just changed battery, test button wont do anything unless I have a charger connected to the external charge ports. Appreciate any help Breeza

phum · phum

hello all, looking at buying a Mazda T3500 (maybe) Can someone with experience with these answer a few questions for me? Can you cruise comfortably at the speed limit and what are fuel use figures like at this speed also fuel use like at my preferred speed of 80? Drive-ability at that speed? Anything el...

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	What do you use to secure the ropes on an awning for bad weather. (Preview) I have the screw in type of pegs, but have found they tend to just make a plug of earth or sand and easily pull out. The most successful pegs I have found are the 300mm long by 9mm dia. and crossed over with another at right angles. I have various lengths of pegs but am thinking of doing away with all except th...	iana	24	2536	10:56 PM Jul 15, 2019 by jeepnudger
	Under vehicle protection (Preview) I do a lot of off road drivingI recently did the 3 major tracks in SA and the rocks smashed the daylights out of my water system, drainage system and PVC pipe storage for awning supportsMy van is an off-road unit and I've done the same trips in another van many years ago without any damage.I've seen rock t...	MarkAC	20	2825	12:23 PM Jul 15, 2019 by Mr Fuse
	new caravan ( 1 2 ) (closed) (Preview) Hi We are considering buying a new caravan. We recently had a New Age Big Red 20 We are considering an Evernew or a Lotus Any suggestions Thanks	Shtik	34	2791	11:20 PM Jul 13, 2019 by Webmaster
	ULURU Chaos (Preview) https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/tourists-flocking-to-climb-uluru-before-ban-kicks-in-could-cause-long-lasting-damage-20190711-p526g9.html	Snippy	8	1822	07:25 AM Jul 13, 2019 by Whenarewethere
	Spiteful Words (Preview) I wrestle with cardboard, I struggle with foil I pluck at tiny tabs until my blood begins to boil, and when Im all for giving up, Im at my wits end I see those nasty spiteful words Open Other End	Hendo	7	1526	02:05 PM Jul 12, 2019 by Craig1
	On the road again. (Preview) After a small test trip away we are departing this morning for approx 3 months cruise on coastal and country QLD. We have a blue BT50 towing a Kingdom Kensington van. If you see us parked up please drop in for a brew or coldie. Cheers.	ballast2	6	1277	12:53 AM Jul 12, 2019 by Joe50
	History of Henry Ford's Factory (Preview) https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=031f4fc2e6&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-a:r8634263726692188828&th=16bde5d4728db581&view=att&disp=inline&real...	JayDee	1	1000	11:15 AM Jul 11, 2019 by Aus-Kiwi
	Travel Videos (Preview) I have been an occasional contributor to this forum over the years, but last year our advancing years caught up with us and we had to hang up the keys. We accumulated a lot of home movies of our travels. I have taken short clips from some of them to put together videos that I hope others will find of inter...	N33224	5	891	10:11 PM Jul 10, 2019 by N33224
	Annexe floor matting (Preview) Hi All, just wanting to know peoples thoughts on annexe matting? the matting we have at the moment is green Air Weave type and we are replacing it as we have bigger van now and was wondering what the Camec grey weave type is like and if it was better than the Air Weave ?? any thoughts would be appreciated C...	Bukhouse	9	1517	09:15 PM Jul 10, 2019 by Bukhouse
	Spikes found in national park be aware Oberon (Preview) Public Safety Warning Tyre spikes located and causing damage in State Forests. *Editor's Note: some of the images depicted in this post were obtained from open sources online. * Police have received a number of reports of homemade tyre spikes being found on public roads within Vulcan and Gur...	Aus-Kiwi	1	1258	07:20 PM Jul 10, 2019 by PeterX
	Fire at Adele Grove (Preview) https://www.facebook.com/ABCNorthWestQLD/videos/442125959969518/	Iva Biggen	1	1476	10:24 PM Jul 9, 2019 by wendyv
	mini washing machine (Preview) We are thinking of purchasing a mini washing machine for carrying with us as we travel around in our caravan. Not necessarily installed but one capable of washing and spinning. We would appreciate member's experience with these machines and the pros and cons.	looc21	11	1717	12:55 PM Jul 9, 2019 by Mike Harding
	Do many people here use Wikicamps? (Preview) I've been using wikicamps for about 18 mths and love it. I use it almost daily to plan my trip. I find the comments amusing because, like people, there are huge variations of the comments posted. Comments with vary from a near hell-like experiences to others stating its being in heaven - all on the sam...	MarkAC	22	1570	10:07 AM Jul 9, 2019 by Possum3
	Bull Attack (Preview) Came across this massive bull stuck in a cattle grid. The grid was blocked off for about an hour and every now and then the bull had a big struggle to get out before collapsing again. It was bleeding form the nose, mouth, and legs. A fella came along and was standing near the grate when the bull got himself f...	Farmhat	6	1647	12:31 PM Jul 8, 2019 by dorian
	Overweight caravan Accident, now court case (Preview) https://magazine.rvdaily.com.au/en_US/14476/208710/caravan_crash_tragedy.html-- Edited by Craig1 on Thursday 4th of July 2019 09:09:14...	Craig1	13	2058	10:08 PM Jul 7, 2019 by dabbler
	2019 The Year Of Outback Tourism. ( 1 2 ) (closed) (Preview) Not too long ago the QLD government announced that they were allocating $3,000,000 to encourage visitors to Outback QLD this winter. A few months ago they had good rain over a large part of the area. 2019 has now been renamed the year of the bushfly plague. In most of the places that we have visited over t...	Olive Oil	32	1815	08:12 PM Jul 7, 2019 by Farmhat
	Caravan parks are the worst option (Preview) I'm not a fan of staying at caravan parks but sometimes you just have no other choice but to use their facilities. Recently I had a call at 10:10 to remind me that checkout time was 10am and could I please come to the office to pay the additional nights rent. I was already 30 mins down the road so I asked...	MarkAC	22	2027	08:49 AM Jul 7, 2019 by Santa
	Do you have a backup plan? (Preview) Apparently Australia's diesel reserves are only good for 21 days should supply from overseas be interrupted. This started me thinking about the "what if". What if I am at the other side of the country and the proverbial hits the fan and fuel is rationed? How will I cope with that? I have sufficient fuel...	Greystone	27	1643	07:02 AM Jul 6, 2019 by Greystone
	Breakaway system problem Breakaway system (Preview) Hi all I am having some technical issues with my breakaway system, just changed battery, test button wont do anything unless I have a charger connected to the external charge ports. Appreciate any help Breeza	Breeza	1	1527	07:25 PM Jul 5, 2019 by herks
	mazda t3500 (Preview) hello all, looking at buying a Mazda T3500 (maybe) Can someone with experience with these answer a few questions for me? Can you cruise comfortably at the speed limit and what are fuel use figures like at this speed also fuel use like at my preferred speed of 80? Drive-ability at that speed? Anything el...	phum	5	3230	06:47 PM Jul 5, 2019 by pipes
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