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Gday...In the coming days we'll anticipate travelling from Guyra to Coffs Harbour (via Ebor ?) with our 4wd towing a 7.5m (23ft) caravan. Jut wondering if anyone has advice on the road conditions please....eg: driving down thew Great Divide to the Coast? Look forward to hearing from someone. xoxo...

Hi all We are Grey Nomad newbies off on our first trip. We are from Tasmania but bought our van from NSW and are now heading off to Victoria. Then on to the Great Ocean Road before heading home to Tassie. We are towing an A-Van Leah pop-top with our Honda CRV. We are not sure how the car will handle the jo...

Hi Fred & Inga here. We have just started to follow a dream of seeing Australia all over. We have the latest copy of CAMP 7 SO TRAVEL WE WILL. The plan is I do the driving Mum looks after the cooking & we stop every couple of hours at where ever. I drive a 1996 Nissan Navara SP 2.4 pulling a 16 Ft...

Hi everybody, we are very new Grey Nomads, and are looking forward to being part of this great community. We are planning for our trip to start in March 2015, and at the moment we think we will be away for about 6 months. As our user name suggests, we will be travelling with our 3 beautiful dogs, I'm hoping ...

G'day everyone Actually, I joined GN several years ago when I was about to head off but my plans where changed by a family situation. So this is actually my first post & looking for some advice from solo grey nomads. Please refer to my detailed post which I thought should be in the Solo section. Tha...

Not sure if we are classed as grey nomads although the hair colour is changing . We retired at an early age 53 now 63, when the wife was digognosed with ms ( which turned out to be a false alarm) she does have a mobility problem but finds it easy to get around in the van so we go away when we can for short trips i...

Hello Everyone, I am a new member but at the moment not yet a travelling grey nomad. I am rebuilding an older Windsor caravan (about 70's/80 model I think) so I will no doubt be annoying all of you with questions on what I am doing as I'm sure there are plenty of knowlegable people out there who can help me, i...

We started travelling for 4-5 months every winter 14 years ago and mostly stay at free camps. We have met several Forum members on our travels and decided to join the group. We tow a Retreat caravan and mostly cook on an open fire.

Shortly after a British Airways flight had reached its cruising altitude, the captain announced: 'Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain.Welcome to Flight 293, non-stop from London Heathrow to Toronto . The weather ahead is good, so we should have a smooth uneventful flight. So sit back,rela...

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...

Edge Designs is an all-women run company that designs interior office space ..They had a recent opportunity to do an office project in NYC. The client allowed the women of this Company a free hand in all design aspects. The client was a company that was also run by all women execs............. Th...

A duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich. The barman looks at him and says, "Hang on! You're a duck." "I see your eyes are working," replies the duck. "And you can talk!" Exclaims the barman. "I see your ears are working, too," Says t...

We want to go to or come back from perth with friends in Sept/Oct but only want to go One way with the van. Is there anywhere we can put our name down maybe there are other people who want to do the same.

Gday... 1901 - The Duke of Cornwall and York, later King George V, opens the first Commonwealth Parliament in Australia. 1927 - The Australian Federal Parliament moves from Melbourne to Parliament House in Canberra. 1988 - Australia's new Parliament House is opened by Queen Elizabeth...

After having problems with my Itech did sat finder I rang Itech and somehow I changed the settings If anyone else had problems ,this is how you get the right settings. On the model on the back be model d3. main menue find satellite sat name should be itech D3 (forget optus C1 on sat list) lo freq 10700 down...

How many times have we heard about the fish that got away 85 kg's yapping in happy hour by the camp fire? This will fix em up by the camp fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3OzEnnuPIY

G'day smartie pants. We have a number of clever, technically minded GNs on this forum who may think there's potential in this idea for a safe indoor gas heater. My parents had a Wunderheat fireplace at home. It was an enclosed firebox set into a regular fireplace with a chimney. The heat of the firebox s...

Has anyone taken their rig to NZ? I know you can arrange a swap, but we'd prefer to take our own. Our 14 yo poodle can go too since the quarantine regulations have been relaxed. We never go anywhere without her. We wonder about the costs involved and whether we can travel with the rig rather than fly to join...

We are currently staying at the Mallala Showgrounds in SA camps 7 #241. Free to camp, toilets. Showers $5. We have learnt that the camping area is to be extended and a dump point installed. Football training is on Thursday nights, at which time the club rooms are open for drinks (cheap) and dinner for $...

was on a winnebago at shellharbour c/p ( gods acre) south of wollongong suenray