The Grey Nomads - General

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...

denmonkey · denmonkey

Hey all, you've probably seen these dohickeys floating around on social media of late. they seem to be everywhere. Now I know you can't use this on your van but I figure most of you are towing with a 4wd of some sort and would probably spend as much time up on the roof as I do.You might even have ducks d...

moamajohn · moamajohn

Gday, For the second time in 6 weeks ourselves and two other couples have buzzed off for 5 nights but not much further than 150 kays from our Echuca base.The last trip being an extended silo run in the West region. Our last weeks adventure took us to stay at Corowa,Wangaratta and Benalla .We prebooked ea...

Pradokakadudavid · Pradokakadudavid

Do caravanners out there recommend the use of weight distribution hitches when attaching caravans to your Y62 (2018 model).The van I am having made has a GVM of 3.5 t (probably won't weigh that much when loaded) and my Y62 has had airbags fitted. Does the front axle weight of the Y62 (1650 kg) mean that w...

Farmhat · Farmhat

Diesel at Undara QLD is $1.98 Litre !!! However down the road at Mt Garnett, it was $1.38 Litre. The most expensive?? and the cheapest?? fuel in Qld within 100 k.s of each other. Joe. -- Edited by Farmhat on Saturday 29th of June 2019 05:34:16 PM

mezza56 · mezza56

we've had our eberspecher diesel heater in the van for near on 6 years now and we've used it a lot , its a 2.2kw unit and its in our 23'6 van , I'm looking to see if the fuel consumption is on par with others in a similar setup. If I turn it on around 5.00pm and run it at say 18 - 20 degrees till late around 11.00pm a...

Radar · Radar

We have vinyl floor covering in our caravan enjoying South Australia but the cold coming up though the floor is not nice. Looking for ideas how to insulate the floor?

JayDee · JayDee

Ok!!! I made a mistake by buying a Kogan 12 volt TV. BIG MISTAKE. We are experiencing very very very poor sound from our van TV. Can anyone offer any advice as to how we may be able to fix this problem. Nice to have good TV reception when on the road. Over time we have now purchased 4 Electronic type product...

aussietraveller · aussietraveller

I figure there will be a few of us who have been members of the NRMA Road Service for around 50 years, I recently reached this milestone and fortunately when I renewed my membership the last time I was told that I would from 50 years onwards get a 50% discount on membership fees at the level that I had for the...

Bridgee · Bridgee

We're starting this as a new topic because previous Anti -sway/stabilizer threads date back to 2014, I'm not sure if the information is still relevent to present day models. We're planning on purchasing a new 2018/19 18ft caravan and have been assured by the manufacturer that modern vans have bett...

briche · briche

with a bit of a long time off the travelling track we are back on the road again. Its been a project in the making for the past 12 months and I have to say Cheryl and I are glad to be back on the black. We are heading for one of our favourite places, the Atherton Tablelands. We be travelling over the next 3 months...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Fire at Adele Grove (Preview) https://www.facebook.com/ABCNorthWestQLD/videos/442125959969518/	Iva Biggen	1	1624	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	2552	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	1706	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	1818	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	2624	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	2023	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	2200	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	1864	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	1677	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	5249	06:47 PM Jul 5, 2019 by pipes
	SUV DOORSTEP video review. that doorstep thing you've seen on face book (Preview) Hey all, you've probably seen these dohickeys floating around on social media of late. they seem to be everywhere. Now I know you can't use this on your van but I figure most of you are towing with a 4wd of some sort and would probably spend as much time up on the roof as I do.You might even have ducks d...	denmonkey	11	2865	01:27 PM Jul 5, 2019 by denmonkey
	Caravan Park Logic (Preview) Gday, For the second time in 6 weeks ourselves and two other couples have buzzed off for 5 nights but not much further than 150 kays from our Echuca base.The last trip being an extended silo run in the West region. Our last weeks adventure took us to stay at Corowa,Wangaratta and Benalla .We prebooked ea...	moamajohn	9	1623	10:47 PM Jul 4, 2019 by Relax-n
	Weight distribution hitches (Preview) Do caravanners out there recommend the use of weight distribution hitches when attaching caravans to your Y62 (2018 model).The van I am having made has a GVM of 3.5 t (probably won't weigh that much when loaded) and my Y62 has had airbags fitted. Does the front axle weight of the Y62 (1650 kg) mean that w...	Pradokakadudavid	10	3223	09:01 PM Jul 4, 2019 by Craig1
	Cost of diesel (Preview) Diesel at Undara QLD is $1.98 Litre !!! However down the road at Mt Garnett, it was $1.38 Litre. The most expensive?? and the cheapest?? fuel in Qld within 100 k.s of each other. Joe. -- Edited by Farmhat on Saturday 29th of June 2019 05:34:16 PM	Farmhat	10	1493	01:24 PM Jul 4, 2019 by Peter_n_Margaret
	Diesel heater fuel consumption (Preview) we've had our eberspecher diesel heater in the van for near on 6 years now and we've used it a lot , its a 2.2kw unit and its in our 23'6 van , I'm looking to see if the fuel consumption is on par with others in a similar setup. If I turn it on around 5.00pm and run it at say 18 - 20 degrees till late around 11.00pm a...	mezza56	14	8978	09:32 AM Jul 4, 2019 by Aus-Kiwi
	Cold floor in caravan (Preview) We have vinyl floor covering in our caravan enjoying South Australia but the cold coming up though the floor is not nice. Looking for ideas how to insulate the floor?	Radar	20	3789	08:51 PM Jul 3, 2019 by darjak
	Kogan 12 volt TV. (Preview) Ok!!! I made a mistake by buying a Kogan 12 volt TV. BIG MISTAKE. We are experiencing very very very poor sound from our van TV. Can anyone offer any advice as to how we may be able to fix this problem. Nice to have good TV reception when on the road. Over time we have now purchased 4 Electronic type product...	JayDee	9	1808	08:14 PM Jul 3, 2019 by Sarge9
	NRMA Road service (Preview) I figure there will be a few of us who have been members of the NRMA Road Service for around 50 years, I recently reached this milestone and fortunately when I renewed my membership the last time I was told that I would from 50 years onwards get a 50% discount on membership fees at the level that I had for the...	aussietraveller	13	2136	06:20 PM Jul 3, 2019 by Tony Bev
	Sway Bars (Preview) We're starting this as a new topic because previous Anti -sway/stabilizer threads date back to 2014, I'm not sure if the information is still relevent to present day models. We're planning on purchasing a new 2018/19 18ft caravan and have been assured by the manufacturer that modern vans have bett...	Bridgee	16	4787	01:49 PM Jul 2, 2019 by KevinJ
	Back on the road again. (Preview) with a bit of a long time off the travelling track we are back on the road again. Its been a project in the making for the past 12 months and I have to say Cheryl and I are glad to be back on the black. We are heading for one of our favourite places, the Atherton Tablelands. We be travelling over the next 3 months...	briche	5	1290	01:46 PM Jul 2, 2019 by briche
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