The Grey Nomads - General

Sylva · Sylva

Well Pete, Grace and I have made it all the way to Blackall. :) We are staying in the Camp ground along with about 50 other vans, what a great spot, water taps scattered throughout the camp and toilet at the entrance with the dump point. For $8 per night its a great facility offered by this wonderful litt...

hako · hako

After the death recently of a person in a Honda CRV due to a faulty airbag I thought I'd try and find out just what vehicles are effected as there seems little publicity about the problem till someone dies. Anyway I found this Australian Government site: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/news/t...

Jasperred · Jasperred

Hi everyone, we are just starting our trips in our new caravan. We are heading from Ballarat to Broken Hill any suggestions for caravan parks/ low cost camps around these areas, we will be traveling through Mildura maybe from there to Menindee any help will be appreciated. also PetFriendly Thanks --...

Nobby Simpson · Nobby Simpson

Calling all Geist owners, We just purchased a 2010 XK559 caravan it had no Geist manual so I am needing some good advice :- 1. What is the best tyre pressure for a single bogey van with the maximum 250 kg payload ? 2. Can I use a 18 Volt cordless drill to lower the legs and if so, can I cut the Geist crank handle t...

iana · iana

Heard of a generator engine being destroyed by someone putting sugar in the fuel tank, you'd have to be pretty low to do that?

dave48 · dave48

One conversation that is hardly ever started is what do we think Australia's ideal population should be? Nothing to do with racism or what religion etc just a sensible debate as to what population Australia can support. They're talking about 20 million soon and 50 million in so many years. What do peo...

peacewalker2 · peacewalker2

Does anyone know of free camping near darwin??? At gunn point but roads so rough.

Joe50 · Joe50

Spotted these today in Wudinna, SA

Joe50 · Joe50

Stumbled across this while searching for something else. Telstra now offers "WiFi Calling" for the iPhone, which allows Telstra customers with a compatible iPhone (with the latest Carrier Update which was released in May) to use their WiFi connection to make and receive phone calls. This was roll...

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

Until 23:59 AEST Sunday 23/7/17 E-bay has 10% off almost everything. You must enter the code word PLENTY at the checkout - ensure you do this *before* proceeding to PayPal - the codeword box may be off-screen. You must pay via PayPal.

Allyoops · Allyoops

Hi All I would like to hear about the difficulty and cost of installing a 240 volt inverter and portable solar panels on my 19 ft Grant tourer (built by Creative prior to liquidation of the company) The van has 2 x 100amp batteries which are now 4 years old and appear to be in reasonable condition. I would...

TheoViv · TheoViv

Could anyone suggest a good caravan park at Hervey bay, not too far from the beach that will take dogs please.

Eaglemax · Eaglemax

Burkes bakery Euroa. Wow. A good sausage roll has the right amount of onion and has some carrot. Esk bakery has some pearlers! And nice bread. Ive heard Yackandandah bakery has good ones. Where are your favourites?

briche · briche

We are about a month from leaving for a two year trip to WA and are in the process of downsizing the stuff to lcarry. One item that comes to mind is our high lift jack. We do not intend to get off road very often with dirt roads being the furthest from the seal that we will get. So the question is "do we leave it at...

SouthernComfort · SouthernComfort

Could anyone with intimate knowledge of the Adelaide Hills please give me a view on towing a van through & around there? I'm looking at approaching Adelaide from the north on A1/A17 to Glen Osmond, then on to Mt Barker via Stirling on M1 & B37. Any mega climbs or tricky spots to avoid? Will leave...

SouthernComfort · SouthernComfort

In case it's of interest to anyone, I'm prompted to post this since it was touched on in another thread today (there may have been other threads on this topic, so apologies if it duplicates): As we all know, many people are dumping the landline to go fully mobile, we did it about 2 years ago. Apart from eli...

Bas + Eve · Bas + Eve

Planning next stop. Where on the Adelaide river NT to camp and best place to see the crocs? Thanks again.

NormJean · NormJean

Suggestions would be appreciated for places to stop crossing the nullarbor. We are looking for a powered site and friendly travellers and hosts.

Darmc · Darmc

During a recent visit to the Barron River at Cairns, a couple of visitors said they had forgotten to bring bread to feed the ducks. Vets and Park rangers discourage this activity as it causes health and behaviour problems for the animals as well as, uneaten bread changes the water quality, causing blu...

Mike Harding · Mike Harding

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GME-MT410G-406MHZ-PERSONAL-LOCATING-BEACON-with-...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Blackall QLD (Preview) Well Pete, Grace and I have made it all the way to Blackall. :) We are staying in the Camp ground along with about 50 other vans, what a great spot, water taps scattered throughout the camp and toilet at the entrance with the dump point. For $8 per night its a great facility offered by this wonderful litt...	Sylva	7	1048	05:17 AM Jul 25, 2017 by sandsmere
	Takata Airbag recall - list of vehicles. (Preview) After the death recently of a person in a Honda CRV due to a faulty airbag I thought I'd try and find out just what vehicles are effected as there seems little publicity about the problem till someone dies. Anyway I found this Australian Government site: https://www.productsafety.gov.au/news/t...	hako	5	2161	08:28 PM Jul 24, 2017 by JocknNik
	Broken Hill (Preview) Hi everyone, we are just starting our trips in our new caravan. We are heading from Ballarat to Broken Hill any suggestions for caravan parks/ low cost camps around these areas, we will be traveling through Mildura maybe from there to Menindee any help will be appreciated. also PetFriendly Thanks --...	Jasperred	5	1208	04:49 PM Jul 24, 2017 by Jasperred
	Geist caravans (Preview) Calling all Geist owners, We just purchased a 2010 XK559 caravan it had no Geist manual so I am needing some good advice :- 1. What is the best tyre pressure for a single bogey van with the maximum 250 kg payload ? 2. Can I use a 18 Volt cordless drill to lower the legs and if so, can I cut the Geist crank handle t...	Nobby Simpson	12	1580	08:02 AM Jul 24, 2017 by Nobby Simpson
	Sugar in the fuel tank. (Preview) Heard of a generator engine being destroyed by someone putting sugar in the fuel tank, you'd have to be pretty low to do that?	iana	12	1631	12:06 AM Jul 24, 2017 by Aus-Kiwi
	When do you think Australia is full (Preview) One conversation that is hardly ever started is what do we think Australia's ideal population should be? Nothing to do with racism or what religion etc just a sensible debate as to what population Australia can support. They're talking about 20 million soon and 50 million in so many years. What do peo...	dave48	27	1202	05:48 PM Jul 23, 2017 by meetoo
	Darwin free camping (Preview) Does anyone know of free camping near darwin??? At gunn point but roads so rough.	peacewalker2	15	6138	05:00 PM Jul 23, 2017 by PeterD
	Hot Rod Nomads (Preview) Spotted these today in Wudinna, SA	Joe50	5	1000	04:19 PM Jul 23, 2017 by BigRig
	Telstra WiFi Calling (Preview) Stumbled across this while searching for something else. Telstra now offers "WiFi Calling" for the iPhone, which allows Telstra customers with a compatible iPhone (with the latest Carrier Update which was released in May) to use their WiFi connection to make and receive phone calls. This was roll...	Joe50	0	1750	12:06 AM Jul 23, 2017 by Joe50
	E-bay - 10% off everything until Sunday 23rd July (Preview) Until 23:59 AEST Sunday 23/7/17 E-bay has 10% off almost everything. You must enter the code word PLENTY at the checkout - ensure you do this before proceeding to PayPal - the codeword box may be off-screen. You must pay via PayPal.	Mike Harding	5	676	11:14 PM Jul 22, 2017 by kiwijims
	Locate budget inverterl solar system on caravan (Preview) Hi All I would like to hear about the difficulty and cost of installing a 240 volt inverter and portable solar panels on my 19 ft Grant tourer (built by Creative prior to liquidation of the company) The van has 2 x 100amp batteries which are now 4 years old and appear to be in reasonable condition. I would...	Allyoops	9	892	10:19 PM Jul 22, 2017 by C00P
	Dog friendly caravan park at Hervey Bay (Preview) Could anyone suggest a good caravan park at Hervey bay, not too far from the beach that will take dogs please.	TheoViv	5	1998	09:30 PM Jul 22, 2017 by Cruising Cruze
	The best sausage rolls ever (Preview) Burkes bakery Euroa. Wow. A good sausage roll has the right amount of onion and has some carrot. Esk bakery has some pearlers! And nice bread. Ive heard Yackandandah bakery has good ones. Where are your favourites?	Eaglemax	10	1255	08:16 PM Jul 22, 2017 by snap1946
	Preparing to leave for WA (Preview) We are about a month from leaving for a two year trip to WA and are in the process of downsizing the stuff to lcarry. One item that comes to mind is our high lift jack. We do not intend to get off road very often with dirt roads being the furthest from the seal that we will get. So the question is "do we leave it at...	briche	12	808	04:25 PM Jul 22, 2017 by blaze
	Adelaide hills with caravan (Preview) Could anyone with intimate knowledge of the Adelaide Hills please give me a view on towing a van through & around there? I'm looking at approaching Adelaide from the north on A1/A17 to Glen Osmond, then on to Mt Barker via Stirling on M1 & B37. Any mega climbs or tricky spots to avoid? Will leave...	SouthernComfort	6	1867	04:04 PM Jul 22, 2017 by SouthernComfort
	Save big on phone costs (Preview) In case it's of interest to anyone, I'm prompted to post this since it was touched on in another thread today (there may have been other threads on this topic, so apologies if it duplicates): As we all know, many people are dumping the landline to go fully mobile, we did it about 2 years ago. Apart from eli...	SouthernComfort	10	1082	11:05 AM Jul 22, 2017 by macka17
	Adelaide River (Preview) Planning next stop. Where on the Adelaide river NT to camp and best place to see the crocs? Thanks again.	Bas + Eve	2	841	10:38 AM Jul 22, 2017 by peacewalker2
	The nullarbor trip (Preview) Suggestions would be appreciated for places to stop crossing the nullarbor. We are looking for a powered site and friendly travellers and hosts.	NormJean	10	1611	08:27 PM Jul 21, 2017 by Cmate
	Feeding wildlife bread (Preview) During a recent visit to the Barron River at Cairns, a couple of visitors said they had forgotten to bring bread to feed the ducks. Vets and Park rangers discourage this activity as it causes health and behaviour problems for the animals as well as, uneaten bread changes the water quality, causing blu...	Darmc	11	832	05:06 PM Jul 21, 2017 by Dunmowin
	Spot Messenger v PLB (Preview) http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GME-MT410G-406MHZ-PERSONAL-LOCATING-BEACON-with-...	Mike Harding	9	1103	02:25 PM Jul 21, 2017 by Mike Harding
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