The Grey Nomads - General

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...

Desert Dweller · Desert Dweller

We have two 4kg gas bottles on the front of our caravan, a pretty standard thing. They're housed in a very tight fiberglass cowling. We were advised 6 years ago when we bought our new caravan not to swap them & keep refilling them as gas bottle shapes vary a fair bit in height & diameter. Recentl...

Proey · Proey

Hi can anybody tell me about crab pots in Western Australia we r taking pots with from Queensland but Ive been told u can not take them into WA is this true cheers Proey

Riles96us · Riles96us

Hello everyone heading up from Esperence to Perth and looking for any advice on where to camp. The road number is 40 and unfortunately haven't got any room to deviate much from the route and need to stay on the sealed roads, have no clue about this area so any help greatly appreciate. Sandie.

keiron · keiron

Hi. I know this topic has been done often for Diesel, BUT this enquiry is for 98 Octane Petrol. I am needing to carry 1-2 cans of Petrol during the next few weeks thru outback Qld, and I have serious concerns regards the security of them and their contents whilst the van is un-attended. I intend to use Stee...

tipsypixie · tipsypixie

Further to John's thread about his masochistic tendencies. I'm struggling to understand the basic principle of TBW. For eg, my car (I'm already calling it a tug in conversation lol) has a TBW of 350 stamped on the ball and on the plate. My 'van has a TBW of 200 (this is just an example). Does this mean...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	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	2373	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	1524	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	3263	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	1238	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	690	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	507	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	1503	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	1305	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	1677	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	911	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	974	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	1703	10:10 AM Jun 2, 2018 by Kebbin
	pensions (Preview) i bet the pensioners dont get a 3.5 % rise	snap1946	6	1564	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	2949	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	1311	04:28 PM Jun 1, 2018 by Mike Harding
	Exchange Gas Bottles And Insurance Policies (Preview) We have two 4kg gas bottles on the front of our caravan, a pretty standard thing. They're housed in a very tight fiberglass cowling. We were advised 6 years ago when we bought our new caravan not to swap them & keep refilling them as gas bottle shapes vary a fair bit in height & diameter. Recentl...	Desert Dweller	15	3413	11:10 AM Jun 1, 2018 by rockylizard
	Crab pots (Preview) Hi can anybody tell me about crab pots in Western Australia we r taking pots with from Queensland but Ive been told u can not take them into WA is this true cheers Proey	Proey	3	1248	10:15 AM Jun 1, 2018 by lizard
	Places to stop (Preview) Hello everyone heading up from Esperence to Perth and looking for any advice on where to camp. The road number is 40 and unfortunately haven't got any room to deviate much from the route and need to stay on the sealed roads, have no clue about this area so any help greatly appreciate. Sandie.	Riles96us	7	1141	10:22 PM May 31, 2018 by Stretch60
	Petrol Jerry Cans (Preview) Hi. I know this topic has been done often for Diesel, BUT this enquiry is for 98 Octane Petrol. I am needing to carry 1-2 cans of Petrol during the next few weeks thru outback Qld, and I have serious concerns regards the security of them and their contents whilst the van is un-attended. I intend to use Stee...	keiron	8	1357	09:27 AM May 31, 2018 by HandyWalter
	TBW confusion - which end of the rig gets the balance? (Preview) Further to John's thread about his masochistic tendencies. I'm struggling to understand the basic principle of TBW. For eg, my car (I'm already calling it a tug in conversation lol) has a TBW of 350 stamped on the ball and on the plate. My 'van has a TBW of 200 (this is just an example). Does this mean...	tipsypixie	9	1446	03:20 PM May 30, 2018 by TheMonties
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