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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...

G'day all. We had a flat battery in the bt 50 this morning at a caravan part in Grafton. It was the second time in a month. It was nearly 4 years old. I wondered over to a bloke standing by his vehicle. Spotted a grey nomads sticker on his vehicle. Lovely bloke Dennis (the wandering willmonts), gave a hand to...

We have a traditional Christmas lunch with all the family, always at our house. We start with nibblies & a few pre-lunch beers, we then move on to a Prawn entree. Serve yourself & dish up as many as you like. We go through many kilos of fresh AUSTRALIAN Prawns. We usually drink a few Chardonnays o...

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On tonight's news the ABC said that the ACCC has accused the major retailers of extreme gouging of the motorists, they did not name the companies but we seem to have a bad bunch retailing petrol with at least two gouging and another paying slave level wages to their staff, I very much doubt they were refe...

Hello all. I have always liked the idea of having the capability to weld whilst travelling for may be small emergency jobs. I saw the Cullinane chap on tv welding using 2 batteries and thought thats pretty cool but I already carry a 2Kv Honda Generator with me. Has anyone out there actually ran a s...

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...

Gday... POOF ..... all gone Cheers - John -- Edited by rockylizard on Thursday 17th of December 2015 10:03:16 PM

I just want to say to all you Grey Nomads, even though I only stumbled onto this Web Site about 3 or 4 months ago, thankyou. It is Interesting, Entertaining, Challenging, Informative, Enlightening, Time Consuming and Testing, which is exactly what I need. In a couple of weeks, I go from 75 to 76,...

After thirty nine years as an active member of the Rural Fire Service I have just withdrawn my services and will not be returning the level of crazy egos and politics that are being played in the Blue Mountains has the potential to impact on the ability of the members to do their job especially those who...

This is one for any Detectorists in here. Simmo. http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/12/17/13/35/gold-nugget-worth-3-million-used-in-cricket-games-by-nsw-treasury

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.

We have to prebook our council cleanup in advance with our details. Your not allowed to put out your house hold goods in our case the Nursery, till the day before. So we didn't want the locals to go through our valued treasures, so we stockpiled the lot till after dark. All out by 10pm great. The council tr...

Some Aldi specials coming up on Wednesday 23 December that might be of interest to caravaners. Gazebo $89.99; Double hammock $69.99; Sun lounger $89.99; Pack of 4 silicon placemats $19.99; and lastly - 1 litre of sunscreen $8.99. Murray

looking to catch up with any travelers in Tassie over Xmas . currently around Sheffield area at the moment , thanks Mark .

Hi guys, was wondering if you still remembered me ? it will be 2 years this christmas day since my dad passed away! I still cant believe it! its been a very very difficult time for me, saying good bye to his place and trying to deal with things on my own now is very difficult at times, my sister helps out wh...

This is why I am an EAGLE fan, they never give up.https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/30369358/goat-vs-eagle-cameraman-captures-jaw-dropping-wildlife-survival-struggle/

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Just brought a 24ft van, and am wondering how to level it. Two jacking points on the chassis behind the wheels, but they are 500mm off the ground. The supplier has supplied a modified scissor type jack indicated by the salesman as inadequate. Dual wheels each side. I'm just wondering what others do to l...