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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

ollwarra · ollwarra

Hi All I'm new to the forum, I really enjoy reading all the comments. I have a question that I'm hoping someone will be able to provide some answers to. We are from the Hunter Valley. We bought a motorhome which requires an LR licence. I am able to drive the vehicle in NSW provided my husband (who has a tr...

Mouse · Mouse

Hello fellow nomads I have just joined up. Mrs Mouse and I will be heading off from Tas during 2016 to go up and down and around the big island. But in the meantime I am heading off for a practise run bringing a camper back from the Isa to tassie for a friend. I am considering going across to Townsville (I hav...

JenBoat · JenBoat

Hello fellow travellers, I hope the journey is proving wonderful. I'm at the tail end of a community health career, and have spent years saving up for a caravan and a vehicle that will take me off the highway. Half way there, own the van but the vehicle is financed but have decided to set sail re...

Big Gorilla · Big Gorilla

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 several months where people post photos of famous peo...

Neil n Chris · Neil n Chris

Hello, newbies Neil and Chris from Albany here, retired, drive a Triton dual cab pulling a Bailey Barcelona, been through the ranks of Swagging it, tents, camper now caravanning!!

Rasty · Rasty

Hi Folks, Another newbie hits the forum. My wife and I have been around once many years ago when the children were under ten ,now over thirty, we bush camped (as in tents)as much as posibble for 18 months, best life experience we and I our children have ever had. Now its time to crank up and do it again ,but...

Dave+Addy · Dave+Addy

Big hello from us both Dave and Addy We are a couple of expats (British) and decided we had had enough of the rat-race so in may this year we sold everything and now we are just travelling around Asia. Recently we went to Brisbane to look at a nice little 4x4 rig and we liked it so much we have ordered one and s...

lizgar · lizgar

Hi All, Hubby & I have ordered our new caravan which we will be taking delivery of next June. We have previously camped so are looking forward to some luxury. For our first trip we are driving from Brisbane to Melbourne to collect the van, then then off to Darwin. We are taking 6 weeks to do this and w...

jolmur · jolmur

Hi my name is Jo and I am new to this site. I have a jayco small camper trailer eg Dove which is have had for close to 4 years and love to go away with friends. At first I would only go in the car and van if someone would come with me as all my travel friends are couples and have caravans. Once I got used to towing and...

kowalskil · kowalskil

Hello, I am Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)

llochris · llochris

Hi our names are Lloyd & Chris ,we would like to know if any of the Grey Nomads are naturists. We live at Narrabri and would like to meet any Grey Nomads.We have a fifth wheeler called The Roo.We might be going back to WA next April to do some prospecting.

chrisnmark · chrisnmark

Hello everyone. We are Christine and Mark from the Central Coast NSW and planning retirement in the next six months. We have a 21ft Evernew van and have only had short trips so far. My biggest problem, as a mother, is feeling guilty about leaving my children and grandchildren behind when we eventua...

Jimbo48 · Jimbo48

So let me introduce myself. I'm retired or thought I was since finishing my paid job I have been as busy as with grandkids and volunteer work. So its time for another change, I'm looking at selling my place, finding something smaller, buy a motor home and hit the highways and byways and check out all thos...

Paulo · Paulo

Hi folks - Dipping a toe in water with new used Van - 2004 Jayco Heritage poptop tare 1510 Kg, Tug is 2007 Hyundai diesel 2.2 max tow load 2000 Kg max ball weight 150 kg . Stressed out - pick it up soon ball weight test was 220 kg . Oh Boy ! They saw me coming . looks like I will have to make some changes to Tug and V...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	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	839	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	741	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	665	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	804	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	895	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	788	05:11 PM Dec 4, 2015 by aussietraveller
	introducton and light rigid licence (Preview) Hi All I'm new to the forum, I really enjoy reading all the comments. I have a question that I'm hoping someone will be able to provide some answers to. We are from the Hunter Valley. We bought a motorhome which requires an LR licence. I am able to drive the vehicle in NSW provided my husband (who has a tr...	ollwarra	6	984	09:05 AM Dec 4, 2015 by Webmaster
	Gregory Development Road (Preview) Hello fellow nomads I have just joined up. Mrs Mouse and I will be heading off from Tas during 2016 to go up and down and around the big island. But in the meantime I am heading off for a practise run bringing a camper back from the Isa to tassie for a friend. I am considering going across to Townsville (I hav...	Mouse	4	745	09:12 PM Dec 3, 2015 by Mouse
	Hi to fellow nomads (Preview) Hello fellow travellers, I hope the journey is proving wonderful. I'm at the tail end of a community health career, and have spent years saving up for a caravan and a vehicle that will take me off the highway. Half way there, own the van but the vehicle is financed but have decided to set sail re...	JenBoat	5	768	07:51 PM Dec 3, 2015 by aussietraveller
	A BIG WELCOME TO ALL NEW GREY NOMADS.. (Preview) 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 several months where people post photos of famous peo...	Big Gorilla	4	722	04:20 PM Nov 29, 2015 by Big Gorilla
	Greetings! (Preview) Hello, newbies Neil and Chris from Albany here, retired, drive a Triton dual cab pulling a Bailey Barcelona, been through the ranks of Swagging it, tents, camper now caravanning!!	Neil n Chris	2	563	01:35 PM Nov 28, 2015 by Dougwe
	Kingdom Kensington 2012 (Preview) Hi Folks, Another newbie hits the forum. My wife and I have been around once many years ago when the children were under ten ,now over thirty, we bush camped (as in tents)as much as posibble for 18 months, best life experience we and I our children have ever had. Now its time to crank up and do it again ,but...	Rasty	2	946	01:24 PM Nov 28, 2015 by Dougwe
	Hello from two new nomads (Preview) Big hello from us both Dave and Addy We are a couple of expats (British) and decided we had had enough of the rat-race so in may this year we sold everything and now we are just travelling around Asia. Recently we went to Brisbane to look at a nice little 4x4 rig and we liked it so much we have ordered one and s...	Dave+Addy	2	538	02:33 PM Nov 27, 2015 by Dougwe
	Newbies (Preview) Hi All, Hubby & I have ordered our new caravan which we will be taking delivery of next June. We have previously camped so are looking forward to some luxury. For our first trip we are driving from Brisbane to Melbourne to collect the van, then then off to Darwin. We are taking 6 weeks to do this and w...	lizgar	2	666	02:30 PM Nov 27, 2015 by Dougwe
	Introducing me myself and I (Preview) Hi my name is Jo and I am new to this site. I have a jayco small camper trailer eg Dove which is have had for close to 4 years and love to go away with friends. At first I would only go in the car and van if someone would come with me as all my travel friends are couples and have caravans. Once I got used to towing and...	jolmur	2	748	11:46 AM Nov 26, 2015 by Dougwe
	Introducing myself (Preview) Hello, I am Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)	kowalskil	1	661	11:26 AM Nov 25, 2015 by Vince
	Naturist (Preview) Hi our names are Lloyd & Chris ,we would like to know if any of the Grey Nomads are naturists. We live at Narrabri and would like to meet any Grey Nomads.We have a fifth wheeler called The Roo.We might be going back to WA next April to do some prospecting.	llochris	3	2207	04:43 PM Nov 24, 2015 by leestevo
	The big first step (Preview) Hello everyone. We are Christine and Mark from the Central Coast NSW and planning retirement in the next six months. We have a 21ft Evernew van and have only had short trips so far. My biggest problem, as a mother, is feeling guilty about leaving my children and grandchildren behind when we eventua...	chrisnmark	8	816	11:17 AM Nov 21, 2015 by chrisnmark
	Gday folks (Preview) So let me introduce myself. I'm retired or thought I was since finishing my paid job I have been as busy as with grandkids and volunteer work. So its time for another change, I'm looking at selling my place, finding something smaller, buy a motor home and hit the highways and byways and check out all thos...	Jimbo48	3	808	08:29 PM Nov 17, 2015 by aussietraveller
	New used Van -1st time dipping toes in the water with caravaning (Preview) Hi folks - Dipping a toe in water with new used Van - 2004 Jayco Heritage poptop tare 1510 Kg, Tug is 2007 Hyundai diesel 2.2 max tow load 2000 Kg max ball weight 150 kg . Stressed out - pick it up soon ball weight test was 220 kg . Oh Boy ! They saw me coming . looks like I will have to make some changes to Tug and V...	Paulo	7	840	08:01 AM Nov 16, 2015 by Paulo
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