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Our new life
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I am excited!! As I look out the front window of our home I am reminded that it is not a dream but our 24ft Crusader caravan I can see and touch!! Yeeaah!! My name is Rob and I am married to Kim. We live in Gympie QLD. see you on the road Rob Kim
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storing potatoes
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Hi everyone, I thought I would jump on and just ask what people do about storing there potatoes. We don't have a separate storage area in the bench top like in some of the vans we have owned, thanks for all the help we have received up to now, less than 24 hours before departure, looking foreward to meeting...
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Congratulations Cindy, We're 4000 Members and getting bigger
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The Grey Nomads website has now reached the 4000 member mark which is fantastic and a testiment to our webmistress Cindy's original concept and hard work in designing this website & keeping it going. I hope all these new members drop in & say hello & possibly even contribute to one of the m...
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Who Are We?
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Hi apologies for posting a question before we introduced ourselves.We are Dave and Carol, I am a Scott, who first came to Australia as a ten pound pom almost forty years ago, since then I have moved around Sydney, Melbourne, Ballarat, Wodonga, Bathurst, Albury, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, New Zealand...
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What do we need to Free Camp
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Hi this is my first ever forum post, so please bear with me if I do things a little wrong. We are at the planning stage, starting from scratch to work out what we will need to live on the road for a couple of years, and one of the topics I do not understand all of the ramifications off is free camping. I am fine w...
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One Huge Thank you ,to all the gn,s who have helped me out during this rather bad time i have been going through ,i will
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get to you all in good time ,just give me a bit of time to get onto my own 2 feetses ,am realy looking forward too green lake see ya later and a huge thanks rod
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When I type 1770 into the search button I get 26 matches availble. But only 5 show up with no way of accessing the remainder. No matter which way I do it I still only get the same 5. Has anyone got any idea how to get the lot when going through the seach button.
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We have moved on
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We have moved to Rocky Creek for three days while we have a look around. Quite a few vans and motorhomes here but no where near as many as Mareeba. Plenty of room for a lot more although it will be shut down over the weekend because is victory day celebrations. Thanks to the crew at Mareeba for a great time. S...
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Road conditions
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Hi all, Just some general info on some road conditions, we have just travelled from Adels Grove (Lawn Hill) to Bouila & then to Winton(we are here for then night) roads are in very good conditions,very dry & dusty,weather is just great (28c) lots of travelers on the road, but we have always fou...
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Granny's Off Again
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I'm heading off tomorrow for another job. Starting at Adelaide, heading to Broken Hill via Gladstone, then on to Lyndhurst. I won't know the exact route until I see the permit which allows us to take oversize loads on specified roads around the country. The hardest part about this job is getting paid...
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Jondaryan Woolshed Qld
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Anyone going to the Jackie Howe Festival of the Golden Shears? http://www.jondaryanwoolshed.com.au/ I can highly recommend it. We went a few years ago and it looks like I'll be going along this year. It'll be a good shake down trip for Lulu after her recent repairs. The nights will be cold but the days...
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Generator fuel.
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Have just taken delivery of a EU20i Honda generator. All good so far. Will get around to playing with it soon. My query is, how do, those of you that have generators, carry the fuel and where? All assistance appreciated. Terro. Retired, what was it, oh yes, Ambo!
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towing vehicles
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hi all, wondering what the best and most economical tow vehicle is? we tow a full van dual axle and a1675kg tare weight. with an 02 jackaroo auto 3.5l petrol motor. tows great,but the fuel is ba. we get 3-4k per litre towing and around 5-7 k per litre when not towing. i would love to hear from other nomads...
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Travel Insurance????
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Good evening to all. I would like to know about over 70s travel insuance, who might be the better one to go through for the olds. They're planning a cruise, so would be interested in personal expience with any company that handle that age group. Thanks in advance every one :)
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Interesting Australian travel site
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Hi everyone, I was surfing this afternoon as one does when I came across a website called outbackcrossing.com.au and found it very interesting. It covers 4wd vehicles, what to look for, pro's and cons, touring, camping........all very informative and instructive. Hope you find something of inte...
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Curse Swear & Blaspheme.
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Jumped into that saddle last Monday morning after a weary many months of medical ailments etc. Headed north from the south east, went past Adelaide. But the second night out my old ailment hit me hard and GP's told me to go home. Back home Thursday evening and feeling somewhat disenchanted with life an...
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Curiosity has landed!
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Curiousity, NASA Mars landed sucessfully touched down at aprox 3.30pm est after 7 minute decent. Saw it on ABC. I hope the martians don,t mind.........Bill
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Camerons Corner News.
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This info came from ABC Western Qld. State Government Announcement: Cameron Corner has just been nominated for heritage listing (along with Haddon and Poeppel Corners). Do you think heritage listing there would be a good thing?
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Help Save Lake Batyo Catyo.
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Another attempt to close free/low cost camping is taking place in Victoria. Lake Batyo Catyo between St.Arnaud and Donald is under threat and fighting to keep it going the local caretaker is offering free powered camping for a limited time in an effort to prove its' viability by way of showing as m...
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Birthday greetings - GN Times
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Congratulations on one year of the GN Times - a great read every time. Keep up the good work!!!
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