The Grey Nomads - General

Fringe Dweller · Fringe Dweller

I am going to be in the USA for 3 weeks Montana , Wyoming & Colorado. must have hit start a new one , when I wanted to reply to th census thingee. -- Edited by Fringe Dweller on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 06:03:52 AM -- Edited by Fringe Dweller on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 06:05:36 AM

Pamela G · Pamela G

Hi we have two problems we cannot fix on the road the first is we are only generating about half the expected solar and suspect we need to run a separate line for the second panel we have a 40amp bcdc and it should be big enough for 2 200w panels. The other problem is that when we travel we blow the main 12v fuse...

jbrinks · jbrinks

we want to do a boat trip on Lake Argyle and are considering the one that leaves Lake Argyle campground or stopping at Zebra Mine and doing their tour. Has anybody done either of these and which would you suggest we do. I presume it's just the beauty of being out on Lake Argyle and seeing a great sunset that...

goldenyears · goldenyears

Looking for more advice have a 2010 hiace van tyres have done 40000km since new still plenty of tread .. have read that the shelf life of a tyre is 7 years ! Should I be considering changing to a new set of tyres ? To some people it may seem like a crazy question to be asking but better to be safe than sorry wh...

ST391GQ · ST391GQ

Hook up to this link folks...Matty Bryant is on there right now and he is runnin hot. Enjoy...!!!!! Yu will need some sort of media player to use it hey. http://www.myradiostream.com/1075

WoolgoolgaRob · WoolgoolgaRob

Hi all, i don't know about you but I'm fed up with items that rust on new vans, I myself have a New Age van that is just over 12 Months old, one item in particular is the AL-Ko corner supports, the bolts holding on the foot pad has rusted badly, they use chrome plated steel, Ive replaced mine with stainless st...

briche · briche

Our trip to WA for a couple a of years has been delayed for a bit due to the need to have the injectors replaced in the Crusier. It's been an interesting excise, the cost to have them serviced is about $2200 and to have them replaced is about the same. We are going down the replace road as we might as well star...

Peter1059 · Peter1059

Hi All I didn't want to hi jack another's thread but I have noticed over time that some RVer's don't like the CMCA and are quite vocal about them, this confuses me a tad. I have been a member for a few years so I'm just a newbie in comparison to others. Although I own a MH I have never been asked or quizzed in ref...

Bazz-Nic · Bazz-Nic

Can anyone tell me the best (cheapest) state to register a 40ft austral motorhome in ?any help muchly appreciated...

Absolutely Bananas · Absolutely Bananas

Hi, We want to take the best most direct/fastest route from Melbourne to Cairnes. Towing a small caravan with a Mazda BT50. What are your suggestions??

Hey Jim · Hey Jim

Hi all, Just heard on ABC24 that The Chinese car maker Havel want to export their large SUV to Australia. To take on the big boys. I wonder what tow rating and ball weight if it happens. I don't have a link. Come on Kiwi Jim your asleep on the Job

Kasalia · Kasalia

Hi, Thought I would show our first major trip from Coffs right down to Melbourne, across on the ferry, at Sorrento, then up to Adelaide and across again through Dubbo. Read all about it on my blog, it might inspire someone, as I found it hard to get lots of info. Starts here at part one. http://retired2...

boab · boab

Hi guys thanks for including me onto this forum this is my first post so i hope some one can give me a bit of advise. I am intending to have a look at the Eyre peninsular this winter with the hope of landing a few KG my wife can not travel in the 4x4 so she will be flying to port lincoln was wondering the better pla...

Phil C · Phil C

Hi all, Just for your interest (if interested) this is the spreadsheet I did for our current trip over the Nullarbor. Shows all averages and cost per KM Only if you are interested.. Cheers Lit per 100KM14.15869883 Totals832.225877.8$1,056.87 Average Price per Lit ^^ Litres o...

new2caravaning · new2caravaning

I recently bought my first van (nov 15) after n uneventfull trip from Lake Macquarie to Coffs Harbour I decided to have a closer look at my tyres. I found that on my single axle van I had two different brands of tyre with different load ratings and my spare was different again. My question to all is how many...

Bruce and Bev · Bruce and Bev

Hi. Have you noticed in the past 3-4 months that often diesel is cheaper than ULP. We've had a few days of 90c litre ULP, but in Perth, nearly all the servos have diesel cheaper than petrol every day I'm not complaining at all as my DMax is diesel and given the fractionation involved in extracting diesel f...

Gary Baker · Gary Baker

It has been four year of research into why caravaner have settled on the rig that they have chosen to pull there van, and have had a lot of interesting conversations from the rig beaning not quite what is needed to can not be happier. Why the research Well I had a 80 series petrol Land Cruiser that I was ver...

Capt Kev · Capt Kev

Every one wants to save money on their travels. Nuff said. But how? I have a Road Star 2008 van I think it is 18'6 I'm not sure but it's big enough for me and my missus and that is that!, it weighs around 3 tons fully loaded with all or stuff and beer. And is towed by a 2011 Holden Colorado the last of the Isuzu e...

jbrinks · jbrinks

we are heading north later this week and due to having to be in Derby by a particular date we only have 12 nights from Darwin with stop offs in the Bungle Bungles , Kunnanurra, Lake Argyle and Geike Gorge. Our dilemma is we wanted to see Home Valley Station but also ElQuestro so a decision has to be made any s...

Liventhedream · Liventhedream

My partner and I bought a motor home to travel ..unfortunately since her passing ..iv tried twice to start the trip we planned but turned back ...I dont share easily with family or friends re my anxiety like to ask in this forum has any one eles experienced simalor condition Cheers john

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	overseas (Preview) I am going to be in the USA for 3 weeks Montana , Wyoming & Colorado. must have hit start a new one , when I wanted to reply to th census thingee. -- Edited by Fringe Dweller on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 06:03:52 AM -- Edited by Fringe Dweller on Tuesday 3rd of May 2016 06:05:36 AM	Fringe Dweller	0	605	05:58 AM May 3, 2016 by Fringe Dweller
	12v and solar help needed in the Darwin region (Preview) Hi we have two problems we cannot fix on the road the first is we are only generating about half the expected solar and suspect we need to run a separate line for the second panel we have a 40amp bcdc and it should be big enough for 2 200w panels. The other problem is that when we travel we blow the main 12v fuse...	Pamela G	4	753	01:09 PM May 2, 2016 by The Doo crew
	Zebra Rock Mine vs Lake Argyle (Preview) we want to do a boat trip on Lake Argyle and are considering the one that leaves Lake Argyle campground or stopping at Zebra Mine and doing their tour. Has anybody done either of these and which would you suggest we do. I presume it's just the beauty of being out on Lake Argyle and seeing a great sunset that...	jbrinks	6	1634	11:49 AM May 2, 2016 by PeterD
	tyre safety (Preview) Looking for more advice have a 2010 hiace van tyres have done 40000km since new still plenty of tread .. have read that the shelf life of a tyre is 7 years ! Should I be considering changing to a new set of tyres ? To some people it may seem like a crazy question to be asking but better to be safe than sorry wh...	goldenyears	12	1240	11:11 AM May 2, 2016 by goldenyears
	Do Ya Like 50s to 70s Rock N Country ???? (Preview) Hook up to this link folks...Matty Bryant is on there right now and he is runnin hot. Enjoy...!!!!! Yu will need some sort of media player to use it hey. http://www.myradiostream.com/1075	ST391GQ	12	1316	01:17 AM May 2, 2016 by Joe50
	Disappointed Caravan Consrtuction Issues (Preview) Hi all, i don't know about you but I'm fed up with items that rust on new vans, I myself have a New Age van that is just over 12 Months old, one item in particular is the AL-Ko corner supports, the bolts holding on the foot pad has rusted badly, they use chrome plated steel, Ive replaced mine with stainless st...	WoolgoolgaRob	9	1926	12:06 AM May 2, 2016 by Silver Anchor
	WA trip delayed (Preview) Our trip to WA for a couple a of years has been delayed for a bit due to the need to have the injectors replaced in the Crusier. It's been an interesting excise, the cost to have them serviced is about $2200 and to have them replaced is about the same. We are going down the replace road as we might as well star...	briche	10	1178	11:42 PM May 1, 2016 by Silver Anchor
	I'm a little confused with the Motor Home Club ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Hi All I didn't want to hi jack another's thread but I have noticed over time that some RVer's don't like the CMCA and are quite vocal about them, this confuses me a tad. I have been a member for a few years so I'm just a newbie in comparison to others. Although I own a MH I have never been asked or quizzed in ref...	Peter1059	37	3523	10:58 PM May 1, 2016 by Weevil
	Motorhome rego (Preview) Can anyone tell me the best (cheapest) state to register a 40ft austral motorhome in ?any help muchly appreciated...	Bazz-Nic	7	3806	08:57 PM May 1, 2016 by Bruce and Bev
	Melbourne to Cairns (Preview) Hi, We want to take the best most direct/fastest route from Melbourne to Cairnes. Towing a small caravan with a Mazda BT50. What are your suggestions??	Absolutely Bananas	7	1594	08:23 PM May 1, 2016 by LLD
	First we got the Great Wall from China (Preview) Hi all, Just heard on ABC24 that The Chinese car maker Havel want to export their large SUV to Australia. To take on the big boys. I wonder what tow rating and ball weight if it happens. I don't have a link. Come on Kiwi Jim your asleep on the Job	Hey Jim	6	2039	07:37 PM May 1, 2016 by Hey Jim
	The Great Ocean Road Trip (Preview) Hi, Thought I would show our first major trip from Coffs right down to Melbourne, across on the ferry, at Sorrento, then up to Adelaide and across again through Dubbo. Read all about it on my blog, it might inspire someone, as I found it hard to get lots of info. Starts here at part one. http://retired2...	Kasalia	3	916	07:03 PM May 1, 2016 by Felicia
	South Australian trip (Preview) Hi guys thanks for including me onto this forum this is my first post so i hope some one can give me a bit of advise. I am intending to have a look at the Eyre peninsular this winter with the hope of landing a few KG my wife can not travel in the 4x4 so she will be flying to port lincoln was wondering the better pla...	boab	5	1014	02:27 PM May 1, 2016 by LLD
	Stats for this Nullarbor trip (could be booring to some) (Preview) Hi all, Just for your interest (if interested) this is the spreadsheet I did for our current trip over the Nullarbor. Shows all averages and cost per KM Only if you are interested.. Cheers Lit per 100KM14.15869883 Totals832.225877.8$1,056.87 Average Price per Lit ^^ Litres o...	Phil C	23	2246	11:14 AM May 1, 2016 by Phil C
	tyres and rims (Preview) I recently bought my first van (nov 15) after n uneventfull trip from Lake Macquarie to Coffs Harbour I decided to have a closer look at my tyres. I found that on my single axle van I had two different brands of tyre with different load ratings and my spare was different again. My question to all is how many...	new2caravaning	22	2088	10:30 AM May 1, 2016 by bettiboo
	Diesel Prices (Preview) Hi. Have you noticed in the past 3-4 months that often diesel is cheaper than ULP. We've had a few days of 90c litre ULP, but in Perth, nearly all the servos have diesel cheaper than petrol every day I'm not complaining at all as my DMax is diesel and given the fractionation involved in extracting diesel f...	Bruce and Bev	18	1919	08:38 AM May 1, 2016 by Krusty
	The search is over (Preview) It has been four year of research into why caravaner have settled on the rig that they have chosen to pull there van, and have had a lot of interesting conversations from the rig beaning not quite what is needed to can not be happier. Why the research Well I had a 80 series petrol Land Cruiser that I was ver...	Gary Baker	12	1975	07:53 AM May 1, 2016 by Gary Baker
	Saving Money (Preview) Every one wants to save money on their travels. Nuff said. But how? I have a Road Star 2008 van I think it is 18'6 I'm not sure but it's big enough for me and my missus and that is that!, it weighs around 3 tons fully loaded with all or stuff and beer. And is towed by a 2011 Holden Colorado the last of the Isuzu e...	Capt Kev	9	1969	12:10 AM May 1, 2016 by Capt Kev
	El Questro or Home Valley Station (Preview) we are heading north later this week and due to having to be in Derby by a particular date we only have 12 nights from Darwin with stop offs in the Bungle Bungles , Kunnanurra, Lake Argyle and Geike Gorge. Our dilemma is we wanted to see Home Valley Station but also ElQuestro so a decision has to be made any s...	jbrinks	8	2379	12:00 AM May 1, 2016 by Dick0
	Travel Anxiety *** (Preview) My partner and I bought a motor home to travel ..unfortunately since her passing ..iv tried twice to start the trip we planned but turned back ...I dont share easily with family or friends re my anxiety like to ask in this forum has any one eles experienced simalor condition Cheers john	Liventhedream	18	1798	11:41 PM Apr 30, 2016 by Dick0
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