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Greetings from a new member in Melbourne · TSR

Hi all. Newly joined and this is my first post. It will probably be over long as I'm that kind of person. Life and relationship changes mean at 60 I am set to travel and last week I collected a second hand Avan Ray 402 from country Victoria. THe 250km trip home was my first time towing a caravan. I did spend ha...

Jules5455 · Jules5455

Hi, We are a young at heart couple with our share of medical issues who are visiting your country for a bucket list trip in Nov this year focussing on Sydney (4 nights) to Cairns (7 nights at Port Douglas) and 14 nights rented Maui Beach MH in between. We are specifically looking for advice and tips for a pa...

marydoll · marydoll

Hi I was wondering how the indue card will affect travellers and people living permanently on the road ,rent allowance etc ?especially pensioners . -- Edited by marydoll on Sunday 1st of May 2022 06:06:52 PM

skelliwag · skelliwag

Hi, everyone, just wanted to get some advise, if possible, from people that have dealt with road worthy's on old motor homes like mine, l bought a 1984 model Nissan civilian, can you please tell me, what is checked on a small 7 meter motor home for road worthy, it has a dometic gas / electric fridge and a...

KayJay · KayJay

Hi all, we are Jan & Kevin and are happy to be returning to caravanning and the grey nomads, after many years absent. Our last trip was in 2013 and the intervening years have been spent helping out with our grandchildren and volunteer work. Now its our time!! Our home is on the market and we will soon b...

New Member · Belfastgirl

Hi Everyone, We are from Adelaide and have been caravanning for over 20 years and are now on our third and last van. Over the years we have discovered places that we love and we tend to keep going back. We are not adventurous and dont do any off road or free camping. But we love our caravanning. Our current...

FARadventurer · FARadventurer

Hi all, fairly new to this site. Been camping our whole lives but now we do it in comfort. We are the FAR adventurers Fiona, Alan and Roxy the dog and we have a 13ft Adventurer caravan. Home base is near Mildura in Victoria. I'm wondering if anyone knows where you can get maps and camping information for s...

Sweet Billy · Sweet Billy

A couple months back I found a Ford Econovan for sale at a less than reasonable price. Having too much time on my hands I bought it and then started thinking... what to do with it? Long story shortened; I converted the empty van into a campervan. Now what do I do? I'm in my mid 80's, single, living in paradis...

john1950 · john1950

Accc are not a complaint authority, Office of Fair Trading and the Aust. Association of Caravans can only mediate but can't force either party to attend or heed advice. How do you get help when you buy a new caravan and after 4 months I have only used it for 3 days. Four repairers and the van leaks badly fro...

Torvi · Torvi

We are in QLD at the moment, but intend to travel to West Australia later this year. Would like to know how busy it is with Grey Nomads.

Bruce Emmett · Bruce Emmett

Hi. To all. Being my first post. We are traveling for the first time with our new caravan. We have planned our way to Maroochydore. But need a way from Maroochydore to Bateman Bay not going through Sydney. Can some who may have done this route advise. We have a 20-6 foot van. And dont want to much trouble....

New Member · Keith Walker

Hi. I am a new member my partner is Debbie. had a caravan for at least 12 years and have just sold it. We are now looking to buy a Mobile Home. So we are now in the market for a good pre loved RV. Thankyou

New member · Bulldozer

Hello all, my wife and I bought our caravan in 2020. a 2015 Adria and Volvo tug. We had a van 40 years ago, 1978 Cabana pop out thing, 10 or 12 ft from memory, didn't have it long, working commitments them days. Anyways hope to get away and relax my weary bones after working on cars for over 53 years, ( motor me...

Crinkle · Crinkle

HI everyone , My van is 12 years young and about 3 years ago a wind gust ripped my awning off, no problem as it was replaced by insurance and so for the last year or so there's a terrible squeak in the wall at the slightest breeze. driving us mad. The noise is around front of van at top mounting point for awnin...

Knighty · Knighty

Hi guys I'm sure this question has been asked many times before but I am just looking for some advice on caravan movers. We live in a very narrow street and the distance between the front of the house and the fence line is quite small. Driveway is wide so easy enough to get up but then moving the van into a po...

OB1 · OB1

Hi all, first post here, you all seem to be friendly and helpful so no need for me to ask you to be nice. Anyway we have just started the conversion of our 2017 Renault to what we hope will be a comfortable motorhome. First major problem is the passenger seat. Anyone who knows these vans will be aware the pas...

Busdriver · Busdriver

Hi gays. Me and my partner are new on this site and planing to hit the road in this year.Converting Toyota Coaster to motorhome and hopping for the best. Thank you Busdriver

sklyjd · sklyjd

Hi all, my name is actually Steve. I am a new traveller who planned this well before the virus came.

Dom · Dom

Hi, I'm new and happy to be part of your community. Been camping all of my life and recently bought an A'Van Camper trailer to prepare for winding down my working life and hopefully spend more time roaming around. Sadly the wife is not one for rough camping and the Homemade camper trailer wasn't her idea...

jamblon · jamblon

Hello fellow nomads. And thank you for accepting my membership to this very informative forum, My wife and I are soon to be nomads (breaking the work shackles sometime in November 2022) and will be starting our long planned travel in and around Australia, while we still can and plan to enjoy seeing as...

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	Greetings from a new member in Melbourne (Preview) Hi all. Newly joined and this is my first post. It will probably be over long as I'm that kind of person. Life and relationship changes mean at 60 I am set to travel and last week I collected a second hand Avan Ray 402 from country Victoria. THe 250km trip home was my first time towing a caravan. I did spend ha...	TSR	7	753	10:58 PM May 17, 2022 by Tony Bev
	Motorhome trip Brisbane to Cairns Nov 2022 (Preview) Hi, We are a young at heart couple with our share of medical issues who are visiting your country for a bucket list trip in Nov this year focussing on Sydney (4 nights) to Cairns (7 nights at Port Douglas) and 14 nights rented Maui Beach MH in between. We are specifically looking for advice and tips for a pa...	Jules5455	1	1051	04:39 PM May 16, 2022 by Dougwe
	Indue card (Preview) Hi I was wondering how the indue card will affect travellers and people living permanently on the road ,rent allowance etc ?especially pensioners . -- Edited by marydoll on Sunday 1st of May 2022 06:06:52 PM	marydoll	6	1160	10:44 AM May 2, 2022 by Bassett52
	Getting your motor home a road worthy (Preview) Hi, everyone, just wanted to get some advise, if possible, from people that have dealt with road worthy's on old motor homes like mine, l bought a 1984 model Nissan civilian, can you please tell me, what is checked on a small 7 meter motor home for road worthy, it has a dometic gas / electric fridge and a...	skelliwag	1	1028	07:05 AM Apr 28, 2022 by Dougwe
	Newbie (Preview) Hi all, we are Jan & Kevin and are happy to be returning to caravanning and the grey nomads, after many years absent. Our last trip was in 2013 and the intervening years have been spent helping out with our grandchildren and volunteer work. Now its our time!! Our home is on the market and we will soon b...	KayJay	1	1140	02:10 PM Apr 18, 2022 by Cupie
	New Member (Preview) Hi Everyone, We are from Adelaide and have been caravanning for over 20 years and are now on our third and last van. Over the years we have discovered places that we love and we tend to keep going back. We are not adventurous and dont do any off road or free camping. But we love our caravanning. Our current...	Belfastgirl	1	1012	05:04 PM Apr 16, 2022 by Dougwe
	State forest in Queensland (Preview) Hi all, fairly new to this site. Been camping our whole lives but now we do it in comfort. We are the FAR adventurers Fiona, Alan and Roxy the dog and we have a 13ft Adventurer caravan. Home base is near Mildura in Victoria. I'm wondering if anyone knows where you can get maps and camping information for s...	FARadventurer	8	1841	09:00 AM Apr 8, 2022 by FARadventurer
	old but new to this (Preview) A couple months back I found a Ford Econovan for sale at a less than reasonable price. Having too much time on my hands I bought it and then started thinking... what to do with it? Long story shortened; I converted the empty van into a campervan. Now what do I do? I'm in my mid 80's, single, living in paradis...	Sweet Billy	3	1075	07:53 AM Apr 9, 2022 by Wannabe nomad
	Warranty Issues (Preview) Accc are not a complaint authority, Office of Fair Trading and the Aust. Association of Caravans can only mediate but can't force either party to attend or heed advice. How do you get help when you buy a new caravan and after 4 months I have only used it for 3 days. Four repairers and the van leaks badly fro...	john1950	4	1122	07:09 PM Mar 31, 2022 by Greg 1
	Travelling WA (Preview) We are in QLD at the moment, but intend to travel to West Australia later this year. Would like to know how busy it is with Grey Nomads.	Torvi	3	1251	07:44 PM Apr 9, 2022 by Dick0
	Maroochydore to Batemans Bay (Preview) Hi. To all. Being my first post. We are traveling for the first time with our new caravan. We have planned our way to Maroochydore. But need a way from Maroochydore to Bateman Bay not going through Sydney. Can some who may have done this route advise. We have a 20-6 foot van. And dont want to much trouble....	Bruce Emmett	4	1099	09:26 AM Mar 20, 2022 by Bruce Emmett
	New Member (Preview) Hi. I am a new member my partner is Debbie. had a caravan for at least 12 years and have just sold it. We are now looking to buy a Mobile Home. So we are now in the market for a good pre loved RV. Thankyou	Keith Walker	3	1228	02:27 PM Mar 21, 2022 by Tony Bev
	New member (Preview) Hello all, my wife and I bought our caravan in 2020. a 2015 Adria and Volvo tug. We had a van 40 years ago, 1978 Cabana pop out thing, 10 or 12 ft from memory, didn't have it long, working commitments them days. Anyways hope to get away and relax my weary bones after working on cars for over 53 years, ( motor me...	Bulldozer	1	1102	08:29 AM Mar 11, 2022 by Dougwe
	squeaky wall (Preview) HI everyone , My van is 12 years young and about 3 years ago a wind gust ripped my awning off, no problem as it was replaced by insurance and so for the last year or so there's a terrible squeak in the wall at the slightest breeze. driving us mad. The noise is around front of van at top mounting point for awnin...	Crinkle	3	1148	08:47 AM Mar 11, 2022 by Cupie
	Caravan Movers (Preview) Hi guys I'm sure this question has been asked many times before but I am just looking for some advice on caravan movers. We live in a very narrow street and the distance between the front of the house and the fence line is quite small. Driveway is wide so easy enough to get up but then moving the van into a po...	Knighty	5	3066	02:16 PM Apr 9, 2022 by Knighty
	New Project Renault Master Conversion (Preview) Hi all, first post here, you all seem to be friendly and helpful so no need for me to ask you to be nice. Anyway we have just started the conversion of our 2017 Renault to what we hope will be a comfortable motorhome. First major problem is the passenger seat. Anyone who knows these vans will be aware the pas...	OB1	9	2158	02:06 PM Feb 26, 2022 by Peter_n_Margaret
	Introducing !! Busdriver (Preview) Hi gays. Me and my partner are new on this site and planing to hit the road in this year.Converting Toyota Coaster to motorhome and hopping for the best. Thank you Busdriver	Busdriver	3	1255	09:49 AM Feb 19, 2022 by 86GTS
	New but oldish nomad apprentice (Preview) Hi all, my name is actually Steve. I am a new traveller who planned this well before the virus came.	sklyjd	4	1735	11:57 AM Mar 19, 2022 by sklyjd
	Yeah G'Day Everyone. (Preview) Hi, I'm new and happy to be part of your community. Been camping all of my life and recently bought an A'Van Camper trailer to prepare for winding down my working life and hopefully spend more time roaming around. Sadly the wife is not one for rough camping and the Homemade camper trailer wasn't her idea...	Dom	3	1002	09:07 PM Feb 10, 2022 by Tony Bev
	Hi there. New to the site (Preview) Hello fellow nomads. And thank you for accepting my membership to this very informative forum, My wife and I are soon to be nomads (breaking the work shackles sometime in November 2022) and will be starting our long planned travel in and around Australia, while we still can and plan to enjoy seeing as...	jamblon	2	1015	11:36 AM Feb 8, 2022 by Tony Bev
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