I left Launceston on March 18 and travelled the Newell Hwy. To Mapleton, at the back of the Sunshine Coast, Qld. I am now on the return to Melbourne, with a stop at Finley NSW. During this trip I have stayed mostly at free camps and at some of these, many RVs were parked.
Apart from meeting a few GNs at Green Lake and a pre-arranged meeting with Pejay (Pete and June) at Bribie Island, I have seen no other GNs. That doesnt mean they were not there, but how do I recognise them
I saw hundreds of CMCA stickers on RVs, but not one GN sticker. I have 3 on my MH, one on the rear window, one on each side window. Even so, no one approached me and said Are you a GN ?
Now Im not looking for commission on the sale of GN stickers, but why dont members buy and display them. I noted one posting on this Forum that we now have 8000 members. If we all had at least one GN sticker, wouldnt it be easy to recognise each other ? Something to think about !!
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Sunday 4th of May 2014 09:44:43 AM
rockylizard said
09:58 AM May 4, 2014
Gday...
Dunno the answer to ya question BG. It has interested me often as well.
I have been travelling full-time for five years - covered more than 80,000km in QLD/NSW/VIC/SA/WA ..... in all that time I have never seen a GN sticker on a van/camper/motorhome/pushbike/scooter/roller skate or any other object. I have also not 'bumped' into a member of the forum at a camp/van park either. I have spoken to many fellow-campers but I have yet to meet one who has even heard of this forum. I do the 'gentle sell' and give the website but dunno if they ever joined or even looked at the forum.
The only GNs I have met have been through advice/information provided on this forum - get-togethers, "meet up" posts etc.
The problem is perhaps one of two things - a) not many buy/display a sticker; or b) there are not many GN forumites on the road in comparison to the hoards of other travellers (lost in the crowd ).
I am always looking for GN Forum stickers - ain't seen one yet (except at 'organised' meetings)
Cheers - John
oldbobsbus said
11:02 AM May 4, 2014
Crikey I dunno why....
The stickers are only $2 each and that includes postage and handling...
**Runs off to order a couple**
KFT said
11:13 AM May 4, 2014
BG, My observations are similar to yours and RockyL has nailed it I think.
consider this
Australia as at 2013 there are nearly 500,000 registered Rv's
At any given time there are approx. 150,000 on the road and travelling
GN forum has but 8000 members so I equate that to GN's being the proverbial needles in a very big haystack.
Even the biggest RV forum has around 20,000 members still a very small percentage.
I have stickers on my RV but have yet to see another
keep looking mate you will eventually see one. Let us know when you do.
frank
chaslib said
01:09 PM May 4, 2014
I have often wondered that myself - Apart from one lovely lady that I met up with in northern NSW after learning we both faced the same health issue (g'day Beth), never saw one last year and when I spoke with other travellers at free camps/caravan parks etc., whilst most of them were full time retirees, the majority of them had no idea what I was talking about. Oh well ...... maybe one day!
Happywanderer said
02:23 PM May 4, 2014
I've got 3 grey nomad stickers on my van, plus Happywanderer across the front in Purple.
Can't do much more.
jules47 said
03:21 PM May 4, 2014
We have an enlarged GN sticker on the back window of the motorhome - we have "bumped" into a couple of GN's, but meet mostly at pre arranged places - but then we have 8000 members - CMCA has about 70,000!!!! Volume!
glendadon said
04:33 PM May 4, 2014
I have a Grey Nomad Sticker on the rear of our Classic Van but like the rest of the forum have never seen another one while out and about and would love to catch up with other Grey Nomads.
Regards
glendadon
chopit said
07:13 PM May 4, 2014
Not long after joining the forum we got some stickers.
One on the back of the 'van, on the rear bumper area of the 4x4 & on the lower left front of the windscreen.
Also on the back of the 'van is a 30cm "Ulysses. Grow old disgracefully."
Because we have been Ulyssians for years & it is highly reflective for safety.
We met a GN solo traveller at a Maccas.
He spotted the sticker & sought us out.
Me with the grey beard made us easy to spot.
justcruisin01 said
08:24 PM May 4, 2014
Why not just put a thread on here as to where you are & where you are going. see if anyone is in that area at the same time & organise it from there.
Very little hope of spotting a sticker while travelling & you could do a lot of looking while parked.
Be like local directories; let you fingers do the work.
This works for us & have now meet around 50 members.
JC.
Baz421 said
08:31 PM May 4, 2014
Going from Wirrabara SA to Mt Barker SA on Wed this week.
Toyota LC Ute with pod on back towing Sunland Longreach 3 van.
-- Edited by Baz421 on Sunday 4th of May 2014 08:32:50 PM
rockylizard said
09:44 PM May 4, 2014
justcruisin01 wrote:
Why not just put a thread on here as to where you are & where you are going. see if anyone is in that area at the same time & organise it from there.
Very little hope of spotting a sticker while travelling & you could do a lot of looking while parked.
Be like local directories; let you fingers do the work.
This works for us & have now meet around 50 members.
JC.
Gday...
Yep .. that is a good idea. This topic was raised a few years ago .. so I began putting my "itinerary" on Solos showing where I would be for the coming week or so.
This only works of course if there are others travelling at the same time to the same places. Unfortunately, I only met up with one forumite doing that over about three months. Gave up.
Cheers- John
chaslib said
06:01 AM May 5, 2014
Great idea to post where you are going and where you will be stopping. We are leaving northern NSW tomorrow going west and then into QLD via either Bruxner or Gwydir. Still have to do some research on outback QLD roads today before deciding on route. Heading towards MT Isa and then either into NT or east ... To far ahead to decided on that part. Will post again tonight or tomorrow. We will free camp hopefully where toilets so we dont have to set up our tent and loo. Would welcome any meet ups along the way. Car and van are described in our signature ... Without the kayaks this trip.
Jonathan said
06:08 AM May 5, 2014
justcruisin01 wrote:
Why not just put a thread on here as to where you are & where you are going. see if anyone is in that area at the same time & organise it from there.
Very little hope of spotting a sticker while travelling & you could do a lot of looking while parked.
Be like local directories; let you fingers do the work.
This works for us & have now meet around 50 members.
JC.
.. I agree with you Jim .. and it also gives others the opportunity to speak with me in private if they didn't wish to put out info in the public arena for all to see.
Much easier to come to some arrangement when ones personal comfort zone is less challenged ..
It suits me .. it may or may not suit you ..
sandsmere said
06:34 AM May 5, 2014
150,000 RVers on the road at any one time . 8,000 members on this forum with probably 90% of them, casual visitors only.
Most people we have met in the last 2 years on the road don't belong to any forum. A lot of CMCA members but CMCA don't run their forum now.
While there are at least a dozen forums out there that I know of, most of them have small membership numbers .
And then , how many have stickers? Not very many at all I reckon.
Big Gorilla said
01:17 PM May 5, 2014
KFT wrote:
BG, My observations are similar to yours and RockyL has nailed it I think.
consider this Australia as at 2013 there are nearly 500,000 registered Rv's At any given time there are approx. 150,000 on the road and travelling
GN forum has but 8000 members so I equate that to GN's being the proverbial needles in a very big haystack.
Even the biggest RV forum has around 20,000 members still a very small percentage.
I have stickers on my RV but have yet to see another
keep looking mate you will eventually see one. Let us know when you do.
frank
What it boils down to is numbers..8000 is not a big number compared to half a million RVs registered in Australia.
However, we can still display a sticker, they cost only $2.00 and will help to identify ourselves on the road.
A special message to the Webmaster: I'll send my Bank account details for you to pay in my commission !!
I look at it this way, grey nomads are nice to meet whether they belong to this or any other forums. The only sticker I have come across, I spoke to the person who said they never post.
beiffe said
08:51 AM May 6, 2014
Hi Baz were you at the Blazeaid site in Wirrabara last week on Thursday and Friday.
Regards
Brian
revemike said
11:26 AM May 6, 2014
good points made in this thread... I have just placed an order for the stickers... I will make sure they are placed in a visible location
eureka said
12:55 PM May 6, 2014
I also ordered a sticker, $2.00 free delivery and also ordered a $10 hat at $7.00 del.
Not a bad price, as its delivered to my door.
gwb said
04:15 PM May 6, 2014
We are currently in Fremantle and heading off to Meredin on Saturday and from there will make our way to Port Augusta before heading home to Bribie Island via Alice Springs, Mt Isa etc.
Geoff and Bev
smiley said
04:43 PM May 6, 2014
You really have to recognise if the caravaners next to you are over 60??, Chances are they are GN Although off season you can almost guarantee they are, High season they are just retirees taking a break from the winter month's, But I do agree, The amount of travellers I have seen on the road only about 1 in 30 would have heard of The grey nomads , and only about 2 in 50 are signed up, I have not met anyone that is here on this site and I have been traveling for 11 months solo, So any one in Darwin at the moment ???
Smiley
will send off for some stickers
aussietraveller said
05:37 PM May 6, 2014
We have a Nomads sticker on the back of our van and to date only met up with one other member as a result of the sticker. We will be on the road for about three months from a fortnights time heading to Darwin and surrounds and then on to the gulf and across to Cairns and then down the coast to home we will post our locations as we travel with the hope of meeting up wit other GN members.
dING said
05:57 PM May 6, 2014
OK I give in just
Placed a order
For 2 stickers
justcruisin01 said
07:24 PM May 6, 2014
Those heading to the NT &Qld in the near future we may see you along the track as we are heading north next week , across to NT & down the centre in spring.
No definite tracks yet for Qld, will post updates as we go.
A couple have given travel suggestions in this thread but they will need to be a new thread with correct heading so they can be found later, a post in the middle of a topic will never be found again.
JC
oldboar said
07:31 PM May 6, 2014
We may possibly trip over each other Libby, as we'll be leaving Townsville in a week or so gradually making our way west to Isa, thence across NT into WA. You may also run into the convoy (Billiee, Jules, Marge, Steve, etc) who also are heading that way via Boulia, Isa but they will probably be ahead of us.
Darrell & Sandra
lyn-n-ken said
07:18 AM May 7, 2014
MMMMM had my stickers for 3 years .... guess I should really stick them somewhere. But its true iv never met a grey nomad on the road yet, maybe we need a notification lead in the topics section to let every one know where we are, that could be helpful
lyn
Baz421 said
08:18 PM May 7, 2014
beiffe wrote:
Hi Baz were you at the Blazeaid site in Wirrabara last week on Thursday and Friday. Regards Brian
Yep sure was left today. Were you there or nearby?????
beiffe said
09:13 AM May 8, 2014
I was there Wednesday night and worked Thursday and left Friday morning when all the rain came and work was put off except for one group who went out.
Went to port Pirie as I have a mate doing chemo and I will be supporting him whilst he is home and then perhaps back to Wirrabara when he is in Adelaide.
House sitting for the Son at the moment as he is off fishing LOL. Using MY tools and making a mess in MY shed in HIS yard.
Regards
Brian
chaslib said
09:41 AM May 8, 2014
Just left Swan Brook Rest Area east of Inverell afte 2 night stop ... Highly recommend. We will be at Wallam Creek west of St George probably in 2 days for an stay of a week or so. Hope to see anyone heading what way.
I left Launceston on March 18 and travelled the Newell Hwy. To Mapleton, at the back of the Sunshine Coast, Qld. I am now on the return to Melbourne, with a stop at Finley NSW. During this trip I have stayed mostly at free camps and at some of these, many RVs were parked.
Apart from meeting a few GNs at Green Lake and a pre-arranged meeting with Pejay (Pete and June) at Bribie Island, I have seen no other GNs. That doesnt mean they were not there, but how do I recognise them
I saw hundreds of CMCA stickers on RVs, but not one GN sticker. I have 3 on my MH, one on the rear window, one on each side window. Even so, no one approached me and said Are you a GN ?
Now Im not looking for commission on the sale of GN stickers, but why dont members buy and display them. I noted one posting on this Forum that we now have 8000 members. If we all had at least one GN sticker, wouldnt it be easy to recognise each other ? Something to think about !!
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Sunday 4th of May 2014 09:44:43 AM
Gday...
Dunno the answer to ya question BG. It has interested me often as well.
I have been travelling full-time for five years - covered more than 80,000km in QLD/NSW/VIC/SA/WA ..... in all that time I have never seen a GN sticker on a van/camper/motorhome/pushbike/scooter/roller skate or any other object. I have also not 'bumped' into a member of the forum at a camp/van park either. I have spoken to many fellow-campers but I have yet to meet one who has even heard of this forum. I do the 'gentle sell' and give the website but dunno if they ever joined or even looked at the forum.
The only GNs I have met have been through advice/information provided on this forum - get-togethers, "meet up" posts etc.
The problem is perhaps one of two things - a) not many buy/display a sticker; or b) there are not many GN forumites on the road in comparison to the hoards of other travellers (lost in the crowd
).
I am always looking for GN Forum stickers - ain't seen one yet (except at 'organised' meetings)
Cheers - John
Crikey I dunno why....
The stickers are only $2 each and that includes postage and handling...
**Runs off to order a couple**
consider this
Australia as at 2013 there are nearly 500,000 registered Rv's
At any given time there are approx. 150,000 on the road and travelling
GN forum has but 8000 members so I equate that to GN's being the proverbial needles in a very big haystack.
Even the biggest RV forum has around 20,000 members still a very small percentage.
I have stickers on my RV but have yet to see another
keep looking mate you will eventually see one. Let us know when you do.
frank
I have often wondered that myself - Apart from one lovely lady that I met up with in northern NSW after learning we both faced the same health issue (g'day Beth), never saw one last year and when I spoke with other travellers at free camps/caravan parks etc., whilst most of them were full time retirees, the majority of them had no idea what I was talking about. Oh well ...... maybe one day!
Can't do much more.
Regards
glendadon
One on the back of the 'van, on the rear bumper area of the 4x4 & on the lower left front of the windscreen.
Also on the back of the 'van is a 30cm "Ulysses. Grow old disgracefully."
Because we have been Ulyssians for years & it is highly reflective for safety.
We met a GN solo traveller at a Maccas.
He spotted the sticker & sought us out.
Me with the grey beard made us easy to spot.
Why not just put a thread on here as to where you are & where you are going. see if anyone is in that area at the same time & organise it from there.
Very little hope of spotting a sticker while travelling & you could do a lot of looking while parked.
Be like local directories; let you fingers do the work.
This works for us & have now meet around 50 members.
JC.
Going from Wirrabara SA to Mt Barker SA on Wed this week.
Toyota LC Ute with pod on back towing Sunland Longreach 3 van.
-- Edited by Baz421 on Sunday 4th of May 2014 08:32:50 PM
Gday...
Yep .. that is a good idea. This topic was raised a few years ago .. so I began putting my "itinerary" on Solos showing where I would be for the coming week or so.
This only works of course if there are others travelling at the same time to the same places. Unfortunately, I only met up with one forumite doing that over about three months. Gave up.
Cheers- John
Great idea to post where you are going and where you will be stopping. We are leaving northern NSW tomorrow going west and then into QLD via either Bruxner or Gwydir. Still have to do some research on outback QLD roads today before deciding on route. Heading towards MT Isa and then either into NT or east ... To far ahead to decided on that part. Will post again tonight or tomorrow. We will free camp hopefully where toilets so we dont have to set up our tent and loo. Would welcome any meet ups along the way. Car and van are described in our signature ... Without the kayaks this trip.
.. I agree with you Jim .. and it also gives others the opportunity to speak with me in private if they didn't wish to put out info in the public arena for all to see.
Much easier to come to some arrangement when ones personal comfort zone is less challenged ..
It suits me .. it may or may not suit you ..
150,000 RVers on the road at any one time . 8,000 members on this forum with probably 90% of them, casual visitors only.
Most people we have met in the last 2 years on the road don't belong to any forum. A lot of CMCA members but CMCA don't run their forum now.
While there are at least a dozen forums out there that I know of, most of them have small membership numbers .
And then , how many have stickers? Not very many at all I reckon.
What it boils down to is numbers..8000 is not a big number compared to half a million RVs registered in Australia.
However, we can still display a sticker, they cost only $2.00 and will help to identify ourselves on the road.
A special message to the Webmaster: I'll send my Bank account details for you to pay in my commission !!
I look at it this way, grey nomads are nice to meet whether they belong to this or any other forums. The only sticker I have come across, I spoke to the person who said they never post.
Regards
Brian
I also ordered a sticker, $2.00 free delivery and also ordered a $10 hat at $7.00 del.
Not a bad price, as its delivered to my door.
Geoff and Bev
You really have to recognise if the caravaners next to you are over 60??, Chances are they are GN Although off season you can almost guarantee they are, High season they are just retirees taking a break from the winter month's, But I do agree, The amount of travellers I have seen on the road only about 1 in 30 would have heard of The grey nomads , and only about 2 in 50 are signed up, I have not met anyone that is here on this site and I have been traveling for 11 months solo, So any one in Darwin at the moment ???
Smiley
will send off for some stickers
OK I give in just
Placed a order
For 2 stickers
Those heading to the NT &Qld in the near future we may see you along the track as we are heading north next week , across to NT & down the centre in spring.
No definite tracks yet for Qld, will post updates as we go.
A couple have given travel suggestions in this thread but they will need to be a new thread with correct heading so they can be found later, a post in the middle of a topic will never be found again.
JC
Darrell & Sandra
lyn
Yep sure was left today. Were you there or nearby?????
Went to port Pirie as I have a mate doing chemo and I will be supporting him whilst he is home and then perhaps back to Wirrabara when he is in Adelaide.
House sitting for the Son at the moment as he is off fishing LOL. Using MY tools and making a mess in MY shed in HIS yard.
Regards
Brian
Just left Swan Brook Rest Area east of Inverell afte 2 night stop ... Highly recommend. We will be at Wallam Creek west of St George probably in 2 days for an stay of a week or so. Hope to see anyone heading what way.