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Please explain !
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G'day Could some body please define "self contained " ( re article The Grey Nomads Feb 26 )does this mean that ALL waste water is to be stored on board the vehicle/van ie: dish water, shower water and portable dunny waste. Seems that some free camps will only allow motor homes to camp at pa...
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Met some GN's today
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We are in our final week here in Tassy, and it was lovely at this stage to meet up with Ozi2 - Roger and Leonie, who arrived on the boat yesterday, and travelled to Scottsdale today to meet us at Northeast Park. Great to put a face to a name, but talked as if we knew each other pretty well, as you do with fellow G...
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Dougwe is back at "The" Lake again
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Yep I arrived at Greens Lake, Central Vic around 10.00am and set up within the hour. Rain all the way up for the six hour trip and nice during the afternoon though. Not a lot here at this point in time but I'm sure that's the weather keeping people away. As usual I will call a committee meeting to discuss dep...
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anyone got plans for easter?
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With easter only a few weeks away,was wondering if anyone has any plans to head away?..We had plans but with all this rain around , may have to re think what to do.Might head inland and stay way from the coast .
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Back from Dalesford
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We spend nearly a week a Caravan Park in Dalesford and it was quiet enjoyable. $ 30.00 a night "mid season ". Clean park, some sites with concrete slabs, nice walks around the lake and up nugget hill area. Just a short walk from the park is a mineral spring ," Soda Spring ". We got some mineral water from it a...
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look what we bought
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we had a bit of a discussion the other night, mr glassies has decided that he doesnt want to take his realy good holden off road into the bush as in real bush,so we bought a little suzuki jimny im stoked with it now when we want to go bush and dont want to take the big car we shall have this little car with the eng...
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Generator or portable solar
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Don't know which way to go. I want to be able to do some free camping. Have no aircon . Will open windows for that. Will run fridge on gas. Maybe watch dvd at night. Most of the time will be in CP as David still working, but I want the freedom of choice Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WARNING DOES YOUR RV HAVE MOULD
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If you have been experiencing this endless rain you might want to check inside your RV, we thought we were doing the right thing by leaving some windows open for ventelation and put the cover on it to protect the outside from the elements NO BAD MOVE I am in & out the caravan every day except for the las...
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Met a few GN's
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Today I met a few GN's for morning tea at Bulimba in Brisbane. We had a lovely chat, even though the traffic hindered my hearing ability. What a nice bunch of people! Thanks Monica (extreme potato), Karen & Gary (Rocket & Strop) and my good friend Carol (CnV).
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Kingaroy Area
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Hi all Thinking of taking a short break around Kingaroy area ( Thurs to Sun) and free camping . Probably a silly question but does anyone know how wet it is out that way . Cheers
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Making your Caravan Self sufficient?
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Has anyone on this forum converted a normal caravan to be self sufficient as regards fitting a holding tank system for grey water? Can you buy factory fitted grey water systems for Caravans? (By 'grey water' I mean used showering and washing up water). I suppose that it would involve . Installing a s...
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The Grey Nomad Times UK edition is calling
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Are you British ... or have you travelled around in Great Britain? The next edition of the Grey Nomad Times will focus on Old Blighty. If you have caravanned, camped or travelled any other way in the UK, we would love to hear from you. Please drop us a line and tell us about your travels, your thoughts...
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Squeaky Bed?
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Hi,just wondering if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix a squeaky bed,it is a wood slate bed(futon style),it seems it is the wood squeaking. Any suggestion would help with a better night sleep. Thanks
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A wonderful weekend at Greens.
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Have arrived home a very happy camper so to speak after spending a wonderful weekend at Greens Lake, as guest of Spida. Thanks to Dougwe, Shady and me, Rowdy Rabbit and Heather, and Nu-one for their wonderful hospitality and a great weekend. I learnt a lot, laughed a lot and listened to some wonderful s...
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New to the forum
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Hi everyone My name is Lance I have just joined the forum,I am grey and do a little travelling, we have a Jayco Westport 2000 21ft model towed with Toyota Prado 2003 diesel,hope to pick up a few tricks on this forum and may be give a few. Lance C -- Edited by Olley46 on Monday 4th of March 2013 04...
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Bingara NSW Grey Nomads Volunteers Week
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Hi all I was in Bingara NSW today, a lovely little town and very friendly. The lady at the Info Centre told me they are organizing a volunteers week in the near future to promote the town I said that I would let you guys know. If you are interested give them a call. I don't have any specific details but a coupl...
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Permit / Self registration
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SA - camp6 - so many sites say 'permit required' or 'Self registration' ????? Where What HOW. Have been thumbing through trying to find an explanation - HELP
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Visiting the Central Coast next week.
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We are heading to the South Coast on Wednesday for a week or so. Any suggestions about where to stay? Caravan or free camping.....
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Sinkhole opens up in Gayndah
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The North Burnett Regional Council reported the sink hole, which was reported to be more than 5m deep, had formed on Scanlon Rd. North Burnett Mayor Don Waugh believed the sinkhole had opened on the right side of the causeway. The mayor said after initial observations it was estimated the sink hole w...
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caravan sale and gst?
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Hello Everyone, hope you are all surviving the rain. I have wondered if I sell my caravan privately do i have to give the government gst on that? and also if I purchase a secondhand caravan do I pay gst on it? thanks.
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