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Yep, free camping, they only want a donation,very proud I used my first dump, ezy pezzy, its an old abandoned town and mine, there's a bbq area, toilets, nice spot., oh and I remembered to take the breather cap off the hot water service this morning, had a beautiful hot shower. Sorry forgot my lippy at h...

A Jewish grandmother is giving directions to her grown grandson who is coming to visit with his wife. "You come to the front door of the apartments. I am in apartment 301. There is a big panel at the front door. With your elbow, push button 301. I will buzz you in. Come inside and the elevator is on t...

Hello again fellow Nomads. I have finally got SHMBO to embark on an extended road trip..... 4 weeks without 5 Star accom. To the point of this enquiry. I am wanting to spend most of these 4 weeks west of Toowoomba, North of the NSW Border and south of Mt Isa. What, in your experienced opinion should one NOT...

Well Folks apart from travelling this great land of ours, I have turned my hand to mounting medals. I used to play around with doing retirement boards etc when I was at work and quite enjoyed it, and on occasions I still have ex work colleagues call in home wanting a medal bar or something else done so I t...

Last weekend I traveled from the Sunshine Coast to Bundaburg for a wedding. During the three and a half to four hour trip we lost track of how many vans we passed after we counted to 50 vans. I didn't start counting till I was nearly to Gympie and only then because I started to notice that we were passing the...

We are wanting to set ourselves up so that we can use Free Camps. Can anyone please tell us what would be the minimum we would need to be able to run an airconditioner and microwave oven ? We don't have a lot of money, and would like to be able to go away more often without paying for caravan parks all the time....

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A question for the forum, probably asked many times before, but what do forum readers think $28 per person per night for an unpowered private camping site, can use generators or $20 per person per night and $20 for power. plus the permit you need to buy just to travel on the road $20, and we don't have an of...

Hope you have a good day mate. Good to see youlast week. 15/8 must be a good date

My fellow GN's, I'm just wondering how you all go about your travels and with internet? I have been looking at gongles and know they are available but wondering how you all go about accessing the internet while on the road. Currently we are with TPG on ADSL+ but am looking into buying a dongle and what gre...

Wow! Can you believe this! (answer is NUP).... "Dear God's elect, I believe you will do better than I think, It is understandable that you may be a bit apprehensive because you do not know me, I am writing this mail to you with serious tears in my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs. Ell...

Man of few words, but would like to say Ge"day to peoples as we will be accessing this web site for info and knowledge (important word) for future travelling in 4 weeks. Myself, Mike, and wife Susanna, plus Zuki the dog.(Rat dog but smart) Quit my job, had enough.. Wife quit too... Bought a new BT50...

Hi, all thanks for all the great encouragement, today left Iron Knob, where I had free camped last night, there was a dump spot, and water, a nice big camp spot. This morning I set off to Ceduna, I shed a tear or three, that was one of the places my Sam wanted to get to before he passed, it wasn't to be. Then...

"To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world." - Freya Stark

We're looking for a free camp at Emerald in Q/L. We have to get some work done of the ute in Emerald so we have to stay there and a number of people we've spoken to discouraged us from staying at the bridge so we're looking for alternatives if there are any. Regards Dave

Yep, currently in Penrith near Sydney but will be up with the sparrows in the morning (Sunday) and hope to be over the Mexican boarder early to mid afternoon. Staying in Wodonga or Howlong, probably Howlong but no sure howlong for though maybe not too long I am going to try and not stop in Yass NSW cos tha...

Gday... 1861 - South Australian John McKinlay departs Adelaide to search for the missing Burke and Wills expedition. The Burke and Wills expedition was supposed to mark the state of Victoria's greatest triumph: Victoria hoped to be the first state to mount an expedition to cross the c...

Happy Birthday Doug Have a nice day my friend Cheers John

In a weeks time we are off on a desert adventure, not taking the van this time, but got the patrol all decked out with all essentials and sleeping in the roof top tent. When internet access is available may post photos.