The Grey Nomads - General

Des and Jane · Des and Jane

Couple of weeks ago Jane and I were invited by a couple of friends to join them in a little trip down the S/West of W.A. as they were doing a shakedown trip in their new van. We agreed and stocked the van up all ready for the off....everything was set up and we set off to their place to leave together on the trip...

brandchampion · brandchampion

We have recently taken delivery of a Windsor Seka 552s Pop Top and one of the clips that hold down the roof the screw section has snapped off, in my opinion the solder/weld is totally insufficiently weak. Have any other pop top owners experienced this as well? We are waiting on the dealer to rectify. Che...

LLD · LLD

just arrived in Alice Springs TODAY meeting main highway north near Port Pirie a few days ago. There are grey nomads everywhere and all those people associated with the FINKE Rally. Its Full of life here in the Centre. It made two bucket list things for me at same time. A vibrant in Alice and the FINKE rac...

sassycat · sassycat

Hi we are still looking for a motorhome not to big and wondered if anyone had one of these and what advice they could give please,Jayco Conquest motorhome is built on a Mercedes Benz Sprinter. It has 2.2L turbo diesel engine and 5 speed auto transmission with 10757 km on the clock. they are asking $85,00...

JayDee · JayDee

Any ideas as to the best walk up ramp we can obtain for us to enter our caravan? Jay&Dee

Al n Jan · Al n Jan

Hi all, anyone bought and towed their van with the 2017/18 model Mitsubushi Triton. Thinking of buying a new one. Currently towing with a 2011 Colorado twin cab ute which does the job but a little sluggish up hill with our 2.2 tonne Avan Jensen. Cheers in advance Al n Jan

kiwijims · kiwijims

AN increase in frosty days down south has sent retirees on the road, with thousands arriving in the Northern Territory during the past few weeks. At the Discovery Caravan Park Darwin, assistant manager Alarnah West said the grey nomads had arrived about two weeks earlier than normal.As soon as ther...

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

I'll start by saying that I'm seeking replies from people with an affinity with animals in general and dogs in particular. I'm not interested in the opinions of people who either don't like dogs/animals or think they should be left at home - this probably includes people who think dogs should be an out...

madcart · madcart

Hi All I wondered how many people are on restricted medication and how do they manage them? I know some can get a supply of medication for 6 months but others can only get 1 month at a time and in West Australia it is even worse as you have to have seen a pain specialist in the last 12 months which is okay if you h...

rockylizard · rockylizard

Gday... Read it here cheers - John

kiwijims · kiwijims

Winter will well and truly hit Perth later today, with a rare storm system and cold front set to batter the west coast, bringing destructive winds, high tides and localised flooding ahead of a week of wet weather. The cold front will be one of the worst to hit the state this year, according to the BOM."Th...

Ken S · Ken S

Good afternoon all - have a new van that has a Hume water level indicator and Gauge Blue. Unfortunately there are no instructions as to how to read this gauge. I have the tanks and I have four green lines with three dots in each line with the centre four dots orange and the single dot also orange. Does th...

JohnR · JohnR

There are (000's) of Grey Nomads and their dogs all pushing up and down the Stuart Highway finding the warm weather and ideal locations to bask in good weather, good company, and a welcoming part of the country. AND We are have joined them having set out from Central West of NSW firstly heading to the Fra...

Long Weekend · Long Weekend

First, some background. We bought a second hand Sterling in December with an en suite. Prior to that we started with a Swan Camper Trailer, then upgraded to a Jayco Freedom. Including four trips done in the Sterling we have travelled a total of 38,436-kilometres. So we are reasonably experienced in t...

ottg · ottg

Hi, This is the 1st time I need to prepared for caravaning into Outback. We will mainly drive sealed roads. My concern is medical emergency and vehicle breakdown situations. If you travel overseas it easy to get travel insurance which covers most things that I have been concerned about. While I cont...

Riles96us · Riles96us

Just wanted to say a huge thankyou to this site from two greyish nomads from the UK. We are relocating a campervan from Brisbane to Perth and everyones help has been worth its weight in gold. we researched what we could bit your knowledge was worth much more. We are in a little jewel of a campsite in Kulin a...

Drought Breaker 2 · Drought Breaker 2

Hi there, out of curiosity we know how much weight of people, fuel etc, but what are recommended weight for everything else for motorhome, like clothes crockery and the like, the weight they recommend for people is quite rediculous, 68kg, who is that these days, not many nomads I think are that weight...

snap1946 · snap1946

i bet the pensioners dont get a 3.5 % rise

Grendel · Grendel

Hi all, I am considering buying an Avida Escape to live and travel in. I wondered if anyone here has one of those, or a comparable Avida, or even something else with the Fiat Ducato chassis to say if it is good for that purpose, was there anything you wish you'd thought to ask for as options, or even 'don't t...

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

I've been doing a bit of final running-in before switching my Honda EU20i to fully synthetic oil and took the opportunity to do a few measurements one of which was fuel consumption: When driving its rated maximum continuous load of 1.6kW resistive the generator uses approximately 1lt of petrol per h...

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	HAVE YOU EVER DONE THIS........ (Preview) Couple of weeks ago Jane and I were invited by a couple of friends to join them in a little trip down the S/West of W.A. as they were doing a shakedown trip in their new van. We agreed and stocked the van up all ready for the off....everything was set up and we set off to their place to leave together on the trip...	Des and Jane	9	1457	12:03 AM Jun 8, 2018 by Aus-Kiwi
	RE: Windsor Seka Pop Top (Preview) We have recently taken delivery of a Windsor Seka 552s Pop Top and one of the clips that hold down the roof the screw section has snapped off, in my opinion the solder/weld is totally insufficiently weak. Have any other pop top owners experienced this as well? We are waiting on the dealer to rectify. Che...	brandchampion	2	1061	03:19 PM Jun 7, 2018 by brandchampion
	Alice Springs (Preview) just arrived in Alice Springs TODAY meeting main highway north near Port Pirie a few days ago. There are grey nomads everywhere and all those people associated with the FINKE Rally. Its Full of life here in the Centre. It made two bucket list things for me at same time. A vibrant in Alice and the FINKE rac...	LLD	1	881	12:24 PM Jun 7, 2018 by Tony Bev
	Jayco Conquest motorhome is built on a Mercedes Benz Sprinter. It has 2.2L turbo diesel engine and 5 speed auto transmis (Preview) Hi we are still looking for a motorhome not to big and wondered if anyone had one of these and what advice they could give please,Jayco Conquest motorhome is built on a Mercedes Benz Sprinter. It has 2.2L turbo diesel engine and 5 speed auto transmission with 10757 km on the clock. they are asking $85,00...	sassycat	11	1713	12:18 PM Jun 7, 2018 by sassycat
	walk up ramp for caravan (Preview) Any ideas as to the best walk up ramp we can obtain for us to enter our caravan? Jay&Dee	JayDee	10	1469	12:18 PM Jun 7, 2018 by Bookleaf
	New Triton (Preview) Hi all, anyone bought and towed their van with the 2017/18 model Mitsubushi Triton. Thinking of buying a new one. Currently towing with a 2011 Colorado twin cab ute which does the job but a little sluggish up hill with our 2.2 tonne Avan Jensen. Cheers in advance Al n Jan	Al n Jan	18	2356	10:40 AM Jun 7, 2018 by The Belmont Bear
	Grey nomads flock to the Top End as weather turns frosty down south.... (Preview) AN increase in frosty days down south has sent retirees on the road, with thousands arriving in the Northern Territory during the past few weeks. At the Discovery Caravan Park Darwin, assistant manager Alarnah West said the grey nomads had arrived about two weeks earlier than normal.As soon as ther...	kiwijims	9	1489	08:23 AM Jun 7, 2018 by RosieW
	To get a dog or not ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I'll start by saying that I'm seeking replies from people with an affinity with animals in general and dogs in particular. I'm not interested in the opinions of people who either don't like dogs/animals or think they should be left at home - this probably includes people who think dogs should be an out...	Mike Harding	58	3171	03:21 PM Jun 6, 2018 by RosieW
	restricted medications (Preview) Hi All I wondered how many people are on restricted medication and how do they manage them? I know some can get a supply of medication for 6 months but others can only get 1 month at a time and in West Australia it is even worse as you have to have seen a pain specialist in the last 12 months which is okay if you h...	madcart	16	1232	09:09 PM Jun 5, 2018 by Greg 1
	RECALL: Airbag - various Toyota vehicles added to previous list (Preview) Gday... Read it here cheers - John	rockylizard	2	686	07:00 PM Jun 5, 2018 by Desert Dweller
	Perth weather: rare storm front to bring flooding, strong winds to batter WA (Preview) Winter will well and truly hit Perth later today, with a rare storm system and cold front set to batter the west coast, bringing destructive winds, high tides and localised flooding ahead of a week of wet weather. The cold front will be one of the worst to hit the state this year, according to the BOM."Th...	kiwijims	0	503	03:51 PM Jun 4, 2018 by kiwijims
	Hume tank water guage (Preview) Good afternoon all - have a new van that has a Hume water level indicator and Gauge Blue. Unfortunately there are no instructions as to how to read this gauge. I have the tanks and I have four green lines with three dots in each line with the centre four dots orange and the single dot also orange. Does th...	Ken S	2	1459	06:14 PM Jun 3, 2018 by Ken S
	NT/North West WA (Preview) There are (000's) of Grey Nomads and their dogs all pushing up and down the Stuart Highway finding the warm weather and ideal locations to bask in good weather, good company, and a welcoming part of the country. AND We are have joined them having set out from Central West of NSW firstly heading to the Fra...	JohnR	13	1299	05:56 PM Jun 3, 2018 by JohnR
	Thetford Cassette Woes (Preview) First, some background. We bought a second hand Sterling in December with an en suite. Prior to that we started with a Swan Camper Trailer, then upgraded to a Jayco Freedom. Including four trips done in the Sterling we have travelled a total of 38,436-kilometres. So we are reasonably experienced in t...	Long Weekend	18	1645	01:04 AM Jun 3, 2018 by Tony Bev
	Emergency evacuation insurance and other related insurance questions (Preview) Hi, This is the 1st time I need to prepared for caravaning into Outback. We will mainly drive sealed roads. My concern is medical emergency and vehicle breakdown situations. If you travel overseas it easy to get travel insurance which covers most things that I have been concerned about. While I cont...	ottg	10	900	10:58 PM Jun 2, 2018 by ottg
	Thankyou (Preview) Just wanted to say a huge thankyou to this site from two greyish nomads from the UK. We are relocating a campervan from Brisbane to Perth and everyones help has been worth its weight in gold. we researched what we could bit your knowledge was worth much more. We are in a little jewel of a campsite in Kulin a...	Riles96us	3	963	08:11 PM Jun 2, 2018 by JeffRae
	Packing Weights (Preview) Hi there, out of curiosity we know how much weight of people, fuel etc, but what are recommended weight for everything else for motorhome, like clothes crockery and the like, the weight they recommend for people is quite rediculous, 68kg, who is that these days, not many nomads I think are that weight...	Drought Breaker 2	8	1665	10:10 AM Jun 2, 2018 by Kebbin
	pensions (Preview) i bet the pensioners dont get a 3.5 % rise	snap1946	6	1513	07:14 AM Jun 2, 2018 by brickies
	Avida / Fiat (Preview) Hi all, I am considering buying an Avida Escape to live and travel in. I wondered if anyone here has one of those, or a comparable Avida, or even something else with the Fiat Ducato chassis to say if it is good for that purpose, was there anything you wish you'd thought to ask for as options, or even 'don't t...	Grendel	27	2854	12:04 AM Jun 2, 2018 by Grendel
	Cost of generator produced electricity (Preview) I've been doing a bit of final running-in before switching my Honda EU20i to fully synthetic oil and took the opportunity to do a few measurements one of which was fuel consumption: When driving its rated maximum continuous load of 1.6kW resistive the generator uses approximately 1lt of petrol per h...	Mike Harding	20	1306	04:28 PM Jun 1, 2018 by Mike Harding
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