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G'Day from a new Grey Nomad.
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Hi everyone, As we have just been accepted to the site, would like to tell you a bit about us. My name is Paul and my wife is Jean. Now retired and in our early 60's, we have been caravanning in the UK for a couple of years for something to do, now that all our children and grand children have moved over to Austr...
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new to gray nomads.
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Hi all, I am new to gray nomads, hope to be able to make more friends, with other nomads. my husband and I like to travel, have not done any big trips around australia as yet, but as the babysitting days are coming to a end next year, hope to do more. also love to talk and here what other gray nomads do. and w...
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Another new member
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Hi. my name is Alan,posting under the name Plain Truth,as anything I post will be just the plain honest facts Been camping since the mid 1950's. Married in 1960 and we have been camping and campervanning and now caravanning ever since,still can't get enough. Must learn how to put up Avator Alan
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introduction
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Hi to everyone on the GNF, We would like to introduce ourselves ,and give you a brief( very brief) history of ourselves WE have been travelling this beautiful country for about 5 years( in very short bursts)and the little bit that we've done ,we absolutely love it. WE are restricted by an elderly pa...
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First post - Glad to be here.
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Hi everybody. After around 30 years with my wife and having 15 of them being used to caravaning, I find having to now caravan on my own quite a daunting task. Hopefully I can do this and have it help overcome the current sadness in my life. One of the fears that I will have to overcome is that of being lonely o...
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New User
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Hi all just wanting to introduce myself My name is Kim and my husband is Greg we will be travelling next year, we are selling up and taking our 2 girls to work around and see Australia, My husband wants to do it now before anything happens to either of us and to show the girls our beautiful Australia. I wish t...
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New
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Hello everyone, I'm snail 59 years old in December, wife Jane, 2 teenage Daughters. Spent my younger years in Wepia completing an Apprenticeship as a Heavy Vehicle Motor Mechanic, my career has been in the trucking industry. Over the years (before children) Jane and I have crossed every Deser...
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Newbie 2
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Hi all I have just been accepted to this forum. I have been visiting the forum and gleaning all kinds of wonderful information for my planned journey in the long paddock. I am a solo traveller and still working part time as a school bus driver. I have just purchased a Nissan civillian camper bus and hope...
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Help needed
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Can you tell me do you need a off road caravan or is a standard van suitable For traveling Around Australia
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caravan Coat hangers
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Even though we have been travelling since 1999 we still have trouble with all our clothes ending up on the floor at the bottom of the wardrobe , we have tried a number of things with limited success any suggestions
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New User
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Hi all Felix here as a new member of the grey nomad forum , my wife Carol and i have been caravaning since 1999, our first trip was to the NT to see if we enjoyed the lifestyle , after that we purchased our first van at the Brisbane Caravan show it was a 17 foot Regent Crusader and we completed the trip around Au...
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Beginners Luck?
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Hi Lynn and Vaughan here. Very happy to announce that we have officially joined the greynomads. You all seem very friendly and helpful. Which is great as we are totally new at this. Picked up the van last week and are perched on a hillside on our friends property while we get to grips with what we have d...
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On A Half Hour Plan
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G'day All. I'm Angus, posting as Cruizinoz new to this site but been on the road since 2005 in my trusty Toyota Coaster. Spent 27 years in a Bank, about 20 years sailing up and down the Queensland coast and nearly 10 years travelling, doing some casual work, and house sitting. Since 2009, after the Victo...
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Finally posting some info...
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Hi All, Been retired 8 years now and slowly working through the bucket list. Had some interesting overseas adventures, purchased the motorhome 3 years ago, been on the road a bit but not as much as we should have. We have been National Park Camp Hosts for a few years around South Australia and have our fi...
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G'day everybody
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Hi there fellow travellers. I am a retiree and the wife and I spend as much time on the road as family and medical issues allow. We drive a 2010 Mazda BT50 and tow a 2008 Coromal Princeton. This is our first caravan but we travelled for several years in a Cub Camper. We spend about equal time free camping an...
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Roadside assist
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Hey guys new kid on the block.
Just got a Winnebago alpine,can't wait to hit the road n start adventures.
Just wondering if any one knows which group best to go with re roadside assist n also insurance group got best cover n price.
26 ft rig. 200 model. In Australia.
Thanks heaps in advance.
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Newchum Meeting other GN'S.
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Hi all just to introduce myself I am Steve aka Lightgatherer, I launched on Sunday the 26 th of October and ended up at Greens lake today, well, what a welcome from quite a lot of forummers Rockylizard,Dougwe, Billeeeeee and Jules and quite a few others. I would have launched sooner if if I had known. L...
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Selling items on the Forum
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Good morning, as I am new on the Forum, and I have read the rules etc, I was wondering if members are able to sell items on the Forum? Cheers - Graeme
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Swag to a Motorhome - very new at this....
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I am currently retired (forced into it) and my wife, The Good Sort, is still a working girl and enjoying it. We have been motorbike adventurers until an accident bought that to a grinding halt some 12 mths ago. Have been coping in a double swag and 4x4 ute for nearly 12 mths now, but have discovered not all...
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Newbies
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We have recently purchased a Toyota Coaster motorhome, not to go around Australia but to be able to take off as we wish. Neither of us has had a caravan etc before so we are learning big time. We have been down to Sydney for a few days & away overnight another time. This has shown up some of our needs e...
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