The Grey Nomads - General

Joda · Joda

Recent trip away last year We were cruising up the hume & I said to the boss we're near the free weigh bridge, lets stop & see what the outfit weighs. Have a diesel territory & van is a 2005 jayco freedom anniversary model poptop. Van is 16.5ft. Cabin, single axle, 2 60lt. Water tanks, comb...

scoota · scoota

Hi wondering if anyone who has travelled south along the New England highway towards Port Melbourne, has any good suggestions of places we could visit with the dog ie forests, places of interest etc Cheers scoota We are presently in Armidale

oldbloke · oldbloke

These are on sale for $89 next week. Has anyone used one of these and are that any good? They look smaller and lighter than the BabyQ.

scoota · scoota

Hi New to the use of a brake controller fitted to my van. I recently just returned from a short trip and having come over the range from Nsw into Qld I noticed some smoke and that bad smell from my dualcab brakes. My question is should I adjust the brake controller to be actively on when descending a stee...

jeepnudger · jeepnudger

About to travel on g.o.rd. any comments about free camp sites

Zoomtopz · Zoomtopz

What I know about "Th Princess" Th Princess was thought to have "lost it" in the city & just went bush . She , th princess , reckoned her family , especially her two daughters just wanted her money. Another theory - she worked on a property around Gunnedah , fell pregnant to the...

woolman · woolman

Have been going through all inspection for licencing motor home in Old. The body of motor home has 40mm too much overhang to be legal, that without including the original included ladder which is another 300mm. I am sure if ours is built too long then there must be many more on the road in same boat. Mine h...

The Belmont Bear · The Belmont Bear

Be aware - today is the last day that you can opt out of having your health records being made accessable to any health profesional via the government's new database. It's easy to do online you just need to have your driving license and medicare card number to verify that its actually you making the requ...

Vulcanick51 · Vulcanick51

Hi All, Hoping someone can help: I have Hi roof Transit van and want to fix a 3 metre length of sail track. I've been told that Sika Flex 11FC would do the job without any screws/rivets. I'm not sure if screws would hold in the fibreglass roof. I'm not much of a handy man, so don't particulary(?) want to rem...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... The subject of the actual towing capabilities of vehicles has been well covered on this and other forums. However, this article is another good reference for those who are considering their vehicle and van and hitting the road. Read the article here Cheers - stay well and travel safely - John...

JayDee · JayDee

Thought that you may wish to read this little classic. Jay&Dee Once all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That's FAITH . {2} When you throw babies in the air, they laugh because they know you...

Stretch60 · Stretch60

To the person who couldn't be bothered to hose down their filth at the Lightning Ridge dump point, I sincerely hope your toilet springs a leak and floods your van/RV with your own p*ss and s**t.

Col Rennie · Col Rennie

Guys I have to get up to Harvey Bay to health with a family health issue Towing the van we only do about 400K a day so planning on about 4 or 5 days out of Syd. Current plan is to head up the New England highway and stay away from the coast till we are past Bris . Advise please 1)is that the best route to take? 2...

JayDee · JayDee

It is well worth noting the number of people who have viewed many of the threads. Whilst one may not get may replies or comments etc there are hundred who read and therefore gain a further education in regards to caravan and camping comments.For example... I posted re Free Camp in Beenleigh Region S/E o...

BIGWESTY · BIGWESTY

Hi all, new to this so I'm hoping for some advice,2 weeks ago we purchased a 2nd hand van from a dealer on the Sunshine coast, on pickup morning when the salesman pulled the van onto my ball the coupling fouled and scratched the bumper, his suggestion was that I would have to get a longer tongue, the coupli...

gandk · gandk

Hi all To the ones who have had air lifters installed on their pop top, is it difficult to pull the roof down? I did a search on the topic and that problem was mentioned. I shall be travelling through Brisbane soon and would like to have something installed to make lifting my roof possible. The roof lifter...

Rip and Rosie · Rip and Rosie

Planning a trip across east to west in May, and would like to know how easy it is to find dump points. We will have a "bush shovel" on board, but I would prefer to use dumps points if we can. Anyone crossed recently?

Juggenaut · Juggenaut

was wondering when the Grey Nomad characters on the main page had been updated, seems some are many years old. as you can see I haven't got much going on at the moment cooling my heels until we get on the road next week.

Granty · Granty

I would just like to give NSW info centres a thumbs up. Our last 2 trips have been to NSW and we are very impressed on how good the presentation and service from them are, even in relatively small towns you will find very well set up Centres. Here in our home State of Vic you need to be in a popular tourist tow...

gandk · gandk

Heading west from Sunshine coast to join the New England then head down to cut across to Newcastle. Haven't caravanned that way and wanting some good places to camp and see. Any suggestions please.

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Finally weighed the outfit. (Preview) Recent trip away last year We were cruising up the hume & I said to the boss we're near the free weigh bridge, lets stop & see what the outfit weighs. Have a diesel territory & van is a 2005 jayco freedom anniversary model poptop. Van is 16.5ft. Cabin, single axle, 2 60lt. Water tanks, comb...	Joda	3	1259	09:58 AM Feb 6, 2019 by Joda
	Travelling with dog (Preview) Hi wondering if anyone who has travelled south along the New England highway towards Port Melbourne, has any good suggestions of places we could visit with the dog ie forests, places of interest etc Cheers scoota We are presently in Armidale	scoota	2	722	08:01 AM Feb 6, 2019 by scoota
	ALD bbqs on sale (Preview) These are on sale for $89 next week. Has anyone used one of these and are that any good? They look smaller and lighter than the BabyQ.	oldbloke	5	1477	05:46 AM Feb 6, 2019 by oldbloke
	Brake controller (Preview) Hi New to the use of a brake controller fitted to my van. I recently just returned from a short trip and having come over the range from Nsw into Qld I noticed some smoke and that bad smell from my dualcab brakes. My question is should I adjust the brake controller to be actively on when descending a stee...	scoota	12	1776	10:29 PM Feb 5, 2019 by jeepnudger
	Great ocean rd, free camp sites (Preview) About to travel on g.o.rd. any comments about free camp sites	jeepnudger	6	1400	08:14 PM Feb 5, 2019 by Ozzie_Traveller
	Pilliga Princess (Preview) What I know about "Th Princess" Th Princess was thought to have "lost it" in the city & just went bush . She , th princess , reckoned her family , especially her two daughters just wanted her money. Another theory - she worked on a property around Gunnedah , fell pregnant to the...	Zoomtopz	12	12308	05:15 PM Feb 5, 2019 by JoWKent
	Registration inspection , (Preview) Have been going through all inspection for licencing motor home in Old. The body of motor home has 40mm too much overhang to be legal, that without including the original included ladder which is another 300mm. I am sure if ours is built too long then there must be many more on the road in same boat. Mine h...	woolman	10	1781	05:41 PM Feb 4, 2019 by woolman
	Government Health Data Base (Preview) Be aware - today is the last day that you can opt out of having your health records being made accessable to any health profesional via the government's new database. It's easy to do online you just need to have your driving license and medicare card number to verify that its actually you making the requ...	The Belmont Bear	17	1297	08:31 PM Feb 3, 2019 by PeterX
	Best way to fix Sail Track (Preview) Hi All, Hoping someone can help: I have Hi roof Transit van and want to fix a 3 metre length of sail track. I've been told that Sika Flex 11FC would do the job without any screws/rivets. I'm not sure if screws would hold in the fibreglass roof. I'm not much of a handy man, so don't particulary(?) want to rem...	Vulcanick51	12	3826	02:04 PM Feb 3, 2019 by mullpadd
	Why towing is like rocket science (Preview) Gday... The subject of the actual towing capabilities of vehicles has been well covered on this and other forums. However, this article is another good reference for those who are considering their vehicle and van and hitting the road. Read the article here Cheers - stay well and travel safely - John...	rockylizard	29	1381	08:36 AM Feb 3, 2019 by PeterD
	6 little comments worth sharing (Preview) Thought that you may wish to read this little classic. Jay&Dee Once all villagers decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all the people gathered, but only one boy came with an umbrella. That's FAITH . {2} When you throw babies in the air, they laugh because they know you...	JayDee	4	1351	12:48 PM Feb 2, 2019 by Harley Z
	Lazy Filthy People (Preview) To the person who couldn't be bothered to hose down their filth at the Lightning Ridge dump point, I sincerely hope your toilet springs a leak and floods your van/RV with your own pss and s*t.	Stretch60	10	1368	09:06 AM Feb 2, 2019 by Ron-D
	Heading to Harvey Bay up the inland road from Syd advise please (Preview) Guys I have to get up to Harvey Bay to health with a family health issue Towing the van we only do about 400K a day so planning on about 4 or 5 days out of Syd. Current plan is to head up the New England highway and stay away from the coast till we are past Bris . Advise please 1)is that the best route to take? 2...	Col Rennie	5	756	11:05 PM Feb 1, 2019 by Gaylehere
	Viewing / replies & comments on Forum (Preview) It is well worth noting the number of people who have viewed many of the threads. Whilst one may not get may replies or comments etc there are hundred who read and therefore gain a further education in regards to caravan and camping comments.For example... I posted re Free Camp in Beenleigh Region S/E o...	JayDee	1	901	10:58 PM Jan 31, 2019 by Bobdown
	Bad service. (Preview) Hi all, new to this so I'm hoping for some advice,2 weeks ago we purchased a 2nd hand van from a dealer on the Sunshine coast, on pickup morning when the salesman pulled the van onto my ball the coupling fouled and scratched the bumper, his suggestion was that I would have to get a longer tongue, the coupli...	BIGWESTY	5	1499	09:22 PM Jan 31, 2019 by BIGWESTY
	RVAIRLIFTERS ??? (Preview) Hi all To the ones who have had air lifters installed on their pop top, is it difficult to pull the roof down? I did a search on the topic and that problem was mentioned. I shall be travelling through Brisbane soon and would like to have something installed to make lifting my roof possible. The roof lifter...	gandk	8	2716	08:30 PM Jan 31, 2019 by mylestom1
	Dump points on the Nullarbor (Preview) Planning a trip across east to west in May, and would like to know how easy it is to find dump points. We will have a "bush shovel" on board, but I would prefer to use dumps points if we can. Anyone crossed recently?	Rip and Rosie	6	3666	12:31 PM Jan 31, 2019 by Whenarewethere
	Grey Nomads (Preview) was wondering when the Grey Nomad characters on the main page had been updated, seems some are many years old. as you can see I haven't got much going on at the moment cooling my heels until we get on the road next week.	Juggenaut	9	1703	12:27 PM Jan 31, 2019 by Webmaster
	Tourist Information Centres (Preview) I would just like to give NSW info centres a thumbs up. Our last 2 trips have been to NSW and we are very impressed on how good the presentation and service from them are, even in relatively small towns you will find very well set up Centres. Here in our home State of Vic you need to be in a popular tourist tow...	Granty	5	931	10:13 AM Jan 31, 2019 by Stretch60
	WHERE IS GOOD ON NEW ENGLAND HWY (Preview) Heading west from Sunshine coast to join the New England then head down to cut across to Newcastle. Haven't caravanned that way and wanting some good places to camp and see. Any suggestions please.	gandk	6	1106	06:34 PM Jan 30, 2019 by gandk
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