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New Member
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Hi and thanks for letting me join. Been thinking of traveling for some time as I have been a farmer since leaving school and had a job as well as having a full time job last 30 years so have seen very little of Australia. Deiced this year it is time contracts for the farm has exchange.So 2018 looks like the ye...
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New to Forum [POLARIS]
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Hi All, We are about to retire and set off on the big lap next February. We are busy setting up our BT-50 Tug and was going to fit a Polaris navigation,Bluetooth,Reversing Camera and a HEMA off road map upgrade. I have been told by the guy who was going to fit it for me that they are no good. Has anyone ever in...
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Motorhome versus Caravanning throughout Australia.
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Hi We are considering getting a Motorhome sometime in the future and would like opinions from people travelling already. We have been Caravanning for a few months each year now for about 7 years. We have thoroughly enjoyed the caravanning, we would like to spend a lot more time on the road, just tourin...
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New Member
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giday all, I've travelled quite a bit in my life, but have decided, at 67 yrs. it's time for a leisurely wander around beautiful Australia. At this stage looking for a well looked after diesel 18-20 foot,high roof van with two singles. My budget is a bit tight so will probably be at least ten years old wit...
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hi all
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just wanting to know if the electric jockey wheels are any good
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raymon
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Not Quite Nomadic Yet
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Hi Everyone, Pleased to meet you. We are hiring a van for six days, just to test out the life style, and may be doing a lot of lurking during the week ahead. ... Anything could follow .... Gillian and David
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Everything old is new again.
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Including me. I was posting here sometime ago when I had a coaster bus and a caravan but I wasnt nomadic. Well I just bought a truck that has the legs and space for a tall blocke to travel. The fitout begins today and pictures will be posted. I have some novel ideas for fittout and will soon discover if they a...
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New Member
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Hi all Just joined and hoping for lots of advice from those who are "old hands" at caravanning ...  We have a 2000 Coromal Mirage Cygnet 430 Pop-top which was treated with love by the previous owners. dennison
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New to Forum
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Gidday, just joined. Names are John & Cathy. Been on the road since Jan 2014, still enjoying! New rig now - Majestic 19'6" towed by new Triton. Both upgraded June just gone. Done some 200,000 plus kms and still more to go. Hope to met yous on the road somewhere, sometime.
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A BIG WELCOME TO ALL NEW GREY NOMADS...
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A big welcome to all new Nomads who have recently subscribed to this very informative Forum. There is a (sticky) post called WHO IS THIS on the top of the page in the I DIGRESS Forum, which is a competition that has been running continuously now for a long period of time, where people post photos of famous...
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Another new to the pack
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Hi to you all, I would like to introduce myself to you. Current rig is a 2014 ISUZU NPR 275 short wheelbase truck set up for free camping and towing a Seabreeze 22' Custom caravan. I intend to hit the road fulltime later this year as soon as my fantastic Tassie property is sold. Cheers, Allen.
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Saying Hi as new members
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Hi everyone - great site: stumbled upon it accidentally and so glad we did. Loving reading all the feedback from other members. We are recently retirked and about to set off for some longer trips. Have done a lot of shorter (7-10 day) camping trips over the years, mostly in WA, and now looking towards t...
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Best Caravan Route
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Hello....new member...nice to be on board. Just a quick question please if anyone can help. My wife and I heading off from Melbourne to Kiama very soon, I was hoping someone might be able to help me with the best route to take. We are towing a 21ft van and was going to take the Hume Hway to the Illawara Hway t...
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New nomad.
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Hi! Just a quick intro. We are Bob & Lyn we have a 22ft Jayco Stirling Outback & 2013 Pajero. After discovering these forums I'm looking forward to gaining some help in my travels before I stuff up totally. Thanking you all in advance.
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Another new oldie has joined.
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Good afternoon folks. After many tries at getting myself registered on here, things today finally seem to have fallen in to place and I've been able to join Grey Nomads. I'm about to set off in the next couple of days on yet another one man photographic drive across the Nullarbor to W.A. and eventually...
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WELCOME ALL
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I have been AWOL for a while and missed welcoming newbies so, Welcome to the gang any new members I have missed, enjoy here and out in the playground. Keep Safe on the roads and out there.
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Hi All - This is Judy saying Hi. Have Just Joined .
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I am a single [widowed] lady just finding my feet after 6yrs. Have bought a Toyota TownAce and have outfitted it to join the camping crowd and fill my life with new sites and new friends. am trying out my vehicle at the Gympie Muster. Awning going on van next Tuesday. and have tent that zipps onto awni...
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Hello & Thank You!
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Hello and thank you ALL for allowing Gloria and me (Garry) to join your group. Yes we too are newbies. We are about to take delivery of a new 22' Lotus Trooper. Our tug is a 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Our plan is to prepare our rig over the next two years for full-time grey nomading in retirement. Though we'v...
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Newbies wanting to do a lap of oz
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Hi everyone, joined this great site a while ago but finally decided to introduce ourselves as we are looking at buying a rig and doing a lap of this amazing country later this year or early next year. I'm Ross and my wife is Sandra and we also have our 2 year old german shepherd Axel who we would love to take...
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A want to be nomad saying HI
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Hello My wife and I are late 40s and are in the planning stages of a Big Lap. We plan to take off in 2020, and take 12-18 months off work for it. At the moment we have a little hard floor camper trailer but plan on upgrading it to some type of off-road caravan. We plan on asking many questions (a lot of them po...
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