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airbornespanner · airbornespanner

Hi All, Finally Retirement has arrived, after a week and having Christmass with our Children & Grand children We have finally hit the road, first stop Berry for a couple of nights then slowly meandering our way to Melbourne to Catch the Ferry to Tasmania on the 10th January. We hope to meet many of y...

Juric · Juric

Hi all, Our intro - we are Rick and Julie aka juric. We purchased a 21.6 ft crusader X country caravan in October and are eagerly awaiting our big lap of Oz which we hope will be early in the new year. Tow vehicle will be an 80 series landy at this stage but may have to upgrade to a turbo or v8 as the van comes in at...

Nomad_Nev · Nomad_Nev

Hi All We had a really rough year with medical and my work so have decided that we needed something more out of life, My wife and I (Im 38 now) with our 11 month old baby sold most of our stuff, stored the rest and have hit the road in a camper trailer long term, we have been on the road for a little over a month now...

Bob Shirl · Bob Shirl

Hi we are newbies. We have a toyota coaster LPG only. Do any of you guys know of a listing or online App. of service stations around Australia that sell LPG? We are concerned about taking back roads and not finding LPG suppliers. Can any one help us please?

Trecky · Trecky

What a fantastic site with a wealth of information and fun too. We get our Coromal Element van on Saturday. At the moment our heads are spinning as newcomers to caravanning, however we are so excited. We will be taking our travelling companion with us at times, a beautiful Border Collie named Shelby. L...

Zanadoodah · Zanadoodah

Hello All Im currently in southern WA 'doing the circuit' and a long way from home. Has anyone got any good ideas about where to go during January where this grumpy old granny can escape the school holidays? Lovely as all the young families are they're a bit overwhelming en masse! Any advice grateful...

Hetho · Hetho

Hello all.Here is my short caravan story and some photos.My caravan project started looking at caravans for our retirement.We went caravan shopping and finally decided on a van that would suit our needs - $125000.00. Need to work for a few more years.Driving to Perth one morning up the Kwinana Fre...

Kenny · Kenny

Hi folks, I have a Jayco Westport Van on hold -- tare 1600kg -atm 2020 -- looking myself blind in deciding as to what to aquire for a Tug -- Aus is a lot "Wilder"than NZ, looking at Toyota, Cruiser, Prado, Terracan Ford ranger/ BT50 -- prefer Diesel -- The Terracan i am thinking about has the re...

Moorey · Moorey

I am planning to sell in the first half of next year, set up a van and tug to see some more of this beautiful country we have. I will be traveling solo and hope to meet other nomads along the way.

dirkus49 · dirkus49

Hello to all you Grey Nomads. We are about to set off from Tassie on a year's trip around the big island. We hope to see a lot and, especially, to get to Darwin this time, as we did not make it on our previous trip in 2012. We will be in the same van, a 2003 Galaxy Mk II pop-top, but we will keep an eye out for an upg...

gallagher4 · gallagher4

Hi my name is Peta , im ready to have an adventure this January, Just bought a van, have 6 weeks holidays and im wondering if there was any peeps planning to safari about. If so let me know as I would love to tag along. Cheers :) -- Edited by gallagher4 on Tuesday 15th of December 2015 07:12:44 PM

vik351 · vik351

Hi all from Adelaide ... Hope this is right (New Topic) Just joined up to check out what the next phase of life will bring now I have chucked in me plummers mate (Plunger) Had a van yonks ago and did 1/2 a lap with SWMBO and two kids... Now thinking along the lines of a Motorhome built for two ,walk through j...

Geoffstc · Geoffstc

Hi Everyone, I'm an avid reader of the Grey Nomads Times - great magazine. Keep up the good work. Just about to collect our new Crusader Muskuteer Athos van. (Trying to sell our 2002 Boroma.)

unsatisfied and over-it · unsatisfied and over-it

Hello everyone. My adventure in our playground is due to launch around March 2016. I'm looking forward to getting out there and meeting up as I travel around I drove 12 years interstate and last 10 years on Sydney trains. ( you can take this job and shove it) tune running around in my head House on the m...

Marton · Marton

We're glad to officially join the Grey Nomads site after a couple of wonderful years travelling around in our Newlands van. Four and a half months last year and seven months this year. We've made many friends and have been delighted to visit so many terrific places as we have travelled around this huge...

Drover · Drover

Hi everyone, just to introduce myself: I am towing a 2014 Lotus Trooper with my 2010 Landcruiser 79 series tray with an alu body on the back and usually a Hurricane Kayak on the roof. I spent the early years of my working life on the land, and then went into the road transport industry for the next 45 years m...

SilverBrumby · SilverBrumby

Hi fellow Nomads, We recently purchased our first van, a 21 foot Montana, affectionately now known as Monty. We have been on several short trips, and so far have found out a whole lot of what NOT to do. We hope to spend more time travelling, as my husband is now retired. After a bad bullying experience at w...

Hewy54 · Hewy54

Hi there. I have been a member of other forums for years - lots of reading, not much posting. I am a recently retired (18months ago) school teacher, looking to get a few more things done before we head off on more trips. We have a Vista Crossover XL (after upgrading from tent to softfloor camper to Kimberl...

dirvine · dirvine

Hi. I am new to this semi retired part of life and before my partner and I venture out I am seeking some advice from people who have gone through painful and stressful experience of traveling, and trying to decide what type of accommodation they should purchase.. Currently we have a 4WD and when we do out...

OutbackMK · OutbackMK

Nearly time to pull the pin! 70 series is all tricked up still ironing out a few bugs in the Starcraft, I would like to reciprocate and share the mods to our van following the excellent ideas from this forum. Nada & Brian

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Finally the time has come (Preview) Hi All, Finally Retirement has arrived, after a week and having Christmass with our Children & Grand children We have finally hit the road, first stop Berry for a couple of nights then slowly meandering our way to Melbourne to Catch the Ferry to Tasmania on the 10th January. We hope to meet many of y...	airbornespanner	2	600	08:59 PM Dec 27, 2015 by Dougwe
	Nomads in waiting (Preview) Hi all, Our intro - we are Rick and Julie aka juric. We purchased a 21.6 ft crusader X country caravan in October and are eagerly awaiting our big lap of Oz which we hope will be early in the new year. Tow vehicle will be an 80 series landy at this stage but may have to upgrade to a turbo or v8 as the van comes in at...	Juric	2	944	08:55 PM Dec 27, 2015 by Dougwe
	Nev & Family (Preview) Hi All We had a really rough year with medical and my work so have decided that we needed something more out of life, My wife and I (Im 38 now) with our 11 month old baby sold most of our stuff, stored the rest and have hit the road in a camper trailer long term, we have been on the road for a little over a month now...	Nomad_Nev	4	1035	06:00 PM Dec 27, 2015 by aussietraveller
	LPG (Preview) Hi we are newbies. We have a toyota coaster LPG only. Do any of you guys know of a listing or online App. of service stations around Australia that sell LPG? We are concerned about taking back roads and not finding LPG suppliers. Can any one help us please?	Bob Shirl	8	955	12:50 PM Dec 27, 2015 by Bob Shirl
	Hi from Trecky (Preview) What a fantastic site with a wealth of information and fun too. We get our Coromal Element van on Saturday. At the moment our heads are spinning as newcomers to caravanning, however we are so excited. We will be taking our travelling companion with us at times, a beautiful Border Collie named Shelby. L...	Trecky	7	786	07:40 PM Dec 21, 2015 by KFT
	Where to go in January (Preview) Hello All Im currently in southern WA 'doing the circuit' and a long way from home. Has anyone got any good ideas about where to go during January where this grumpy old granny can escape the school holidays? Lovely as all the young families are they're a bit overwhelming en masse! Any advice grateful...	Zanadoodah	6	773	02:13 PM Dec 21, 2015 by Zanadoodah
	Hello to all members and a short story of my DIY Caravan. (Preview) Hello all.Here is my short caravan story and some photos.My caravan project started looking at caravans for our retirement.We went caravan shopping and finally decided on a van that would suit our needs - $125000.00. Need to work for a few more years.Driving to Perth one morning up the Kwinana Fre...	Hetho	5	787	09:34 PM Dec 17, 2015 by Hetho
	Advise please -- tugs- (Preview) Hi folks, I have a Jayco Westport Van on hold -- tare 1600kg -atm 2020 -- looking myself blind in deciding as to what to aquire for a Tug -- Aus is a lot "Wilder"than NZ, looking at Toyota, Cruiser, Prado, Terracan Ford ranger/ BT50 -- prefer Diesel -- The Terracan i am thinking about has the re...	Kenny	4	767	06:52 PM Dec 17, 2015 by Hetho
	Hi from David (Preview) I am planning to sell in the first half of next year, set up a van and tug to see some more of this beautiful country we have. I will be traveling solo and hope to meet other nomads along the way.	Moorey	4	505	12:39 PM Dec 17, 2015 by Moorey
	Hello from Dirk and Johanna (Preview) Hello to all you Grey Nomads. We are about to set off from Tassie on a year's trip around the big island. We hope to see a lot and, especially, to get to Darwin this time, as we did not make it on our previous trip in 2012. We will be in the same van, a 2003 Galaxy Mk II pop-top, but we will keep an eye out for an upg...	dirkus49	3	680	11:03 PM Dec 16, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Newbie (Preview) Hi my name is Peta , im ready to have an adventure this January, Just bought a van, have 6 weeks holidays and im wondering if there was any peeps planning to safari about. If so let me know as I would love to tag along. Cheers :) -- Edited by gallagher4 on Tuesday 15th of December 2015 07:12:44 PM	gallagher4	5	644	09:45 AM Dec 16, 2015 by KFT
	Adelaide says HI (Preview) Hi all from Adelaide ... Hope this is right (New Topic) Just joined up to check out what the next phase of life will bring now I have chucked in me plummers mate (Plunger) Had a van yonks ago and did 1/2 a lap with SWMBO and two kids... Now thinking along the lines of a Motorhome built for two ,walk through j...	vik351	8	720	05:28 PM Dec 15, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Hi from Geoff (Preview) Hi Everyone, I'm an avid reader of the Grey Nomads Times - great magazine. Keep up the good work. Just about to collect our new Crusader Muskuteer Athos van. (Trying to sell our 2002 Boroma.)	Geoffstc	3	601	05:12 PM Dec 15, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Hello I'm Darrell (Preview) Hello everyone. My adventure in our playground is due to launch around March 2016. I'm looking forward to getting out there and meeting up as I travel around I drove 12 years interstate and last 10 years on Sydney trains. ( you can take this job and shove it) tune running around in my head House on the m...	unsatisfied and over-it	5	810	07:48 PM Dec 12, 2015 by madcart
	Hello (and an enquiry) from us, Marijke and Tony. (Preview) We're glad to officially join the Grey Nomads site after a couple of wonderful years travelling around in our Newlands van. Four and a half months last year and seven months this year. We've made many friends and have been delighted to visit so many terrific places as we have travelled around this huge...	Marton	6	749	10:00 PM Dec 10, 2015 by Marton
	G,day from the Drover (Preview) Hi everyone, just to introduce myself: I am towing a 2014 Lotus Trooper with my 2010 Landcruiser 79 series tray with an alu body on the back and usually a Hurricane Kayak on the roof. I spent the early years of my working life on the land, and then went into the road transport industry for the next 45 years m...	Drover	6	654	09:46 PM Dec 8, 2015 by OutbackMK
	Hello to all (Preview) Hi fellow Nomads, We recently purchased our first van, a 21 foot Montana, affectionately now known as Monty. We have been on several short trips, and so far have found out a whole lot of what NOT to do. We hope to spend more time travelling, as my husband is now retired. After a bad bullying experience at w...	SilverBrumby	3	556	02:53 PM Dec 8, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Hello to all from Hewy54 (Preview) Hi there. I have been a member of other forums for years - lots of reading, not much posting. I am a recently retired (18months ago) school teacher, looking to get a few more things done before we head off on more trips. We have a Vista Crossover XL (after upgrading from tent to softfloor camper to Kimberl...	Hewy54	3	684	09:49 AM Dec 7, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Hi and some advice please (Preview) Hi. I am new to this semi retired part of life and before my partner and I venture out I am seeking some advice from people who have gone through painful and stressful experience of traveling, and trying to decide what type of accommodation they should purchase.. Currently we have a 4WD and when we do out...	dirvine	6	803	09:45 AM Dec 7, 2015 by aussietraveller
	Nomads in Training (Preview) Nearly time to pull the pin! 70 series is all tricked up still ironing out a few bugs in the Starcraft, I would like to reciprocate and share the mods to our van following the excellent ideas from this forum. Nada & Brian	OutbackMK	4	680	05:11 PM Dec 4, 2015 by aussietraveller
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