The Grey Nomads - General

Wandererone · Wandererone

Today we drove 3 hours to Blayney from Tumut to look at and, hopefully, pick up our 'new' caravan. It was all as described and, as we had a bank cheque already with us, bought it home. Here it is........... BIG photo. Sorry. This was taken this afternoon when we just got home. Proper chocks and stuff to com...

briche · briche

Left Broken Hill today after a 5 day stop over. Had a chance to have a look around with a mixed bag of good and not so. in the main, ok but is looking a bit on the tired side but I think as some mentioned the other day it's a un employment issue that goes with mining towns. Still worth the stop and we are one doing a...

Old Crofter · Old Crofter

The Western Explorer Road in the State's North West will remain closed and unsafe for vehicles for at least the next 5 months. The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources is aware that this is a significant closure for an important regional tourist route but the damage caused by the rec...

nallingtoon · nallingtoon

when telsra site crashed last week lucky old me had not renewed my anti virus protection as i am in the process of upgrading my laptop cost me a lot of dollars to get my laptop cleaned up i had not backed up any files (it wont happen to me) and i needed all the info i had gathered for our trip next year so i have l...

peter45 · peter45

Hi, happened to be talking to a salesman in a camping shop about solar panels and he told me I shouldn't use our 3 way fridge on 240v for more than a few days or a week, not good for it, use the gas. Never heard of this before. He said it was something to do about the small heating element (??) that could be des...

nuozzie · nuozzie

Hi All we are in the early stages of planning the big trip, but wondering what people do about house insurance as ours says we can't leave the house empty after 60 days, also do you store your furniture or rent it out as furnished. I expect there will be more questions as we get further towards the big one....

Hi NAT · Hi NAT

As part of our Down Under trip this winter in a rented motorhome we want to visit Tasmania, and are booked on the ship from Melbourne on 9 February, returning on 17 February. If any Grey Nomad can suggest an itinerary we'd be grateful. Terry

Happywanderer · Happywanderer

Have decided after much deliberation I need to look for a larger van. Now that I'm going to be on the road full time I need something bigger. So I'm going to do a yeoeleven. Will get my son in Geelong to help me find one. Either one of those coasters, the Mazda blue and white ones or something else of a similia...

Newgale · Newgale

Hello Does anyone out there have an SLR Adventurer? http://www.slrcaravans.com.au/INDEX.html We have one on order and plan to be out doing wonderful things by about march next year. I would be really interested to know if other folks have any experience of this fab. vehicle. Sally

mr glassies · mr glassies

hi alll does any one here tow with a landy ether in disco or defender attire fors and against are alll welcome im not trying to start an argument just want peoples opinions sorry yes im thinking on the keyboard dibs

clarence · clarence

hi every one, our 105ah batteries are 3 years old and getting wornout, our son has 150ah batteries he wants to unload, will these be a problem to my charging etc. we have 2 x 80watt fixed panels and charge with our ivecco 50c18. any help would be appreciated. clarence

D and D · D and D

House was auctioned last Saturday. Got less than we would have liked but more than we expected 9 months ago so I guess that breaks pretty easy. Settlement date on 11/12, tug already purchased (still trying to sell the Falcon) van due 15/12 and got a work contract until 20/12 so I hope everything starts w...

copper1 · copper1

I MUST BE 'POSITIVELY ANCIENT"...... Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite 'fast food' when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon, seriously.. Where did you eat?' 'It was a place called 'home,'...

petengail · petengail

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-14/australian-tropical-cyclone-season-outlook/5021154-- Edited by petengail on Monday 14th of October 2013 05:37:03 PM

justcruisin01 · justcruisin01

Just had BriVee visit for a couple of days & nights, gave them a quick look around the area. Must add another very tasty home made fruit cake; Sorry Dougwe. Thanks guys for sharing your time here. JC.

milo · milo

hi guys, rough night again , was about to go to bed around 2 am after watching clint eastwood on tv and got a call from my sister in sydney who got a call from vital call , which dad has he apparently had a fall in between his bed and his toilette in his en-suite any way i dashed over there and ambulance was th...

gerard gue · gerard gue

we are going soon from penrith to stanthorpe and we are thinking to go throught the putty road we be leaving early in the morning(4 o -clock)could someone know if there is kangaroos on that road at night? regards GG

Dougwe · Dougwe

I have been asked why I haven't done one of my updates yet, well I wasn't going too but here is the update you do when not doing an update, sort of like a Clayton's update I spose. Bugga he's back I hear someone say. I have now been here house sitting in Batemans Bay, NSW south coast for 2 weeks but just to go b...

Helena · Helena

Got the campervan sorted out at long last had a week at Pt Elliott Showgrounds S.A. to see if all the electrics worked then had a night at Deep Creek National Park S.A. to try the solar out all worked out O.K. will be heading over to the Yorke Peninsula next month and hopefully coming over to Green Lakes nex...

doublejj · doublejj

Hi We have just bought a 2006 Geist XK 535 caravan which we will take over early November. It has a 12 pin flat plug connector to the car. Can anyone tell me if the Geist uses the 5 heavy duty pins for things like charging the van's battery and running the fridge on 12 volts? Also, do I need a motorised mover...

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	Yeah!!! Picked up our van today! (Preview) Today we drove 3 hours to Blayney from Tumut to look at and, hopefully, pick up our 'new' caravan. It was all as described and, as we had a bank cheque already with us, bought it home. Here it is........... BIG photo. Sorry. This was taken this afternoon when we just got home. Proper chocks and stuff to com...	Wandererone	9	921	06:09 AM Oct 17, 2013 by freehazzas
	Left Broken Hill (Preview) Left Broken Hill today after a 5 day stop over. Had a chance to have a look around with a mixed bag of good and not so. in the main, ok but is looking a bit on the tired side but I think as some mentioned the other day it's a un employment issue that goes with mining towns. Still worth the stop and we are one doing a...	briche	8	609	04:48 AM Oct 17, 2013 by briche
	Tasmanian Western Exporer closed until about March 2014 (Preview) The Western Explorer Road in the State's North West will remain closed and unsafe for vehicles for at least the next 5 months. The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources is aware that this is a significant closure for an important regional tourist route but the damage caused by the rec...	Old Crofter	4	621	03:12 AM Oct 17, 2013 by Landfall
	Lesson learned (telstra crash) (Preview) when telsra site crashed last week lucky old me had not renewed my anti virus protection as i am in the process of upgrading my laptop cost me a lot of dollars to get my laptop cleaned up i had not backed up any files (it wont happen to me) and i needed all the info i had gathered for our trip next year so i have l...	nallingtoon	23	10894	05:30 PM Oct 16, 2013 by Baz421
	Right advice? (Preview) Hi, happened to be talking to a salesman in a camping shop about solar panels and he told me I shouldn't use our 3 way fridge on 240v for more than a few days or a week, not good for it, use the gas. Never heard of this before. He said it was something to do about the small heating element (??) that could be des...	peter45	13	919	05:10 PM Oct 16, 2013 by peter45
	Furniture/Insurance (Preview) Hi All we are in the early stages of planning the big trip, but wondering what people do about house insurance as ours says we can't leave the house empty after 60 days, also do you store your furniture or rent it out as furnished. I expect there will be more questions as we get further towards the big one....	nuozzie	5	553	12:51 PM Oct 16, 2013 by nuozzie
	Tasmania (Preview) As part of our Down Under trip this winter in a rented motorhome we want to visit Tasmania, and are booked on the ship from Melbourne on 9 February, returning on 17 February. If any Grey Nomad can suggest an itinerary we'd be grateful. Terry	Hi NAT	12	1264	08:19 AM Oct 16, 2013 by Hi NAT
	Am looking for a new van (Preview) Have decided after much deliberation I need to look for a larger van. Now that I'm going to be on the road full time I need something bigger. So I'm going to do a yeoeleven. Will get my son in Geelong to help me find one. Either one of those coasters, the Mazda blue and white ones or something else of a similia...	Happywanderer	22	1501	05:56 AM Oct 16, 2013 by countryroad
	SLR Adventurer 4x4 (Preview) Hello Does anyone out there have an SLR Adventurer? http://www.slrcaravans.com.au/INDEX.html We have one on order and plan to be out doing wonderful things by about march next year. I would be really interested to know if other folks have any experience of this fab. vehicle. Sally	Newgale	8	1234	07:21 PM Oct 15, 2013 by jetj
	diso or defender (Preview) hi alll does any one here tow with a landy ether in disco or defender attire fors and against are alll welcome im not trying to start an argument just want peoples opinions sorry yes im thinking on the keyboard dibs	mr glassies	9	1018	05:46 PM Oct 15, 2013 by Radar
	battery advice wanted (Preview) hi every one, our 105ah batteries are 3 years old and getting wornout, our son has 150ah batteries he wants to unload, will these be a problem to my charging etc. we have 2 x 80watt fixed panels and charge with our ivecco 50c18. any help would be appreciated. clarence	clarence	9	950	02:31 PM Oct 15, 2013 by clarence
	Stage 2 of the transformation complete (Preview) House was auctioned last Saturday. Got less than we would have liked but more than we expected 9 months ago so I guess that breaks pretty easy. Settlement date on 11/12, tug already purchased (still trying to sell the Falcon) van due 15/12 and got a work contract until 20/12 so I hope everything starts w...	D and D	6	760	06:11 AM Oct 15, 2013 by D and D
	I MUST BE 'POSITIVELY ANCIENT"...... ( 1 2 ) (Preview) I MUST BE 'POSITIVELY ANCIENT"...... Someone asked the other day, 'What was your favourite 'fast food' when you were growing up?' 'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I informed him. 'All the food was slow.' 'C'mon, seriously.. Where did you eat?' 'It was a place called 'home,'...	copper1	45	2292	04:04 AM Oct 15, 2013 by Baz421
	Busy Cyclone Season expected (Preview) http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-14/australian-tropical-cyclone-season-outlook/5021154-- Edited by petengail on Monday 14th of October 2013 05:37:03 PM	petengail	0	588	05:36 PM Oct 14, 2013 by petengail
	ANOTHER VISIT; (Preview) Just had BriVee visit for a couple of days & nights, gave them a quick look around the area. Must add another very tasty home made fruit cake; Sorry Dougwe. Thanks guys for sharing your time here. JC.	justcruisin01	4	702	11:50 PM Oct 14, 2013 by justcruisin01
	dad had a fall (Preview) hi guys, rough night again , was about to go to bed around 2 am after watching clint eastwood on tv and got a call from my sister in sydney who got a call from vital call , which dad has he apparently had a fall in between his bed and his toilette in his en-suite any way i dashed over there and ambulance was th...	milo	10	771	07:47 PM Oct 14, 2013 by milo
	putty road (Preview) we are going soon from penrith to stanthorpe and we are thinking to go throught the putty road we be leaving early in the morning(4 o -clock)could someone know if there is kangaroos on that road at night? regards GG	gerard gue	9	1086	03:45 PM Oct 14, 2013 by beiffe
	A CLAYTON'S UPDATE (Preview) I have been asked why I haven't done one of my updates yet, well I wasn't going too but here is the update you do when not doing an update, sort of like a Clayton's update I spose. Bugga he's back I hear someone say. I have now been here house sitting in Batemans Bay, NSW south coast for 2 weeks but just to go b...	Dougwe	6	802	03:11 PM Oct 14, 2013 by beiffe
	at long last (Preview) Got the campervan sorted out at long last had a week at Pt Elliott Showgrounds S.A. to see if all the electrics worked then had a night at Deep Creek National Park S.A. to try the solar out all worked out O.K. will be heading over to the Yorke Peninsula next month and hopefully coming over to Green Lakes nex...	Helena	3	588	04:11 AM Oct 14, 2013 by Helena
	Geist XK 535 - 2 questions (Preview) Hi We have just bought a 2006 Geist XK 535 caravan which we will take over early November. It has a 12 pin flat plug connector to the car. Can anyone tell me if the Geist uses the 5 heavy duty pins for things like charging the van's battery and running the fridge on 12 volts? Also, do I need a motorised mover...	doublejj	3	841	03:11 AM Oct 14, 2013 by doublejj
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