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G'day everyone .. This is my first post even though I joined many years ago. At that time, I was ready to take off around Australia in retirement, but a family situation arose that put everything on hold. Decided that now is the time to head off but looking for some advice from others travelling solo, p...

This is a new one. [On me, anyway.] I had a Phone call this morning, advising me that the Australian Government in Sydney, was going to pay me over $7,000 of supposed Bank overcharges, by either Bank transfer, or by Cheque. I played along, and asked for a cheque. The caller gave me his name, Paul Johnson....

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I have just purchased an 40ltr engel fridge freezer for use in my Prado but want to use it when we go bush. Will a engel battery box supply this fridge satisfactory.

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Hi Has anyone done a caravan and towing course and found it to be of benefit. While I have towed a number of caravans before they have not been an 18ft full size van so am finding towing this one a new experience. I am looking at what Metec offer here in Melbourne and am tempted but at over $500 I want to be sure...

I don't claim to have a green thumb but this year my persimmons (non-astringent) just went crazy - it flowered in spring, flowers were pollinated and since then they have just grown and grown to extent where all the branches are carrying so much fruit they are touching the ground. Advocados are simil...

Hi everyone! Hubby and I are both wanting to start our nomading days but all we have is a large family tent. We do have all the camping equipment we need but just not the preferred caravan/campervan.

Do you think we could still start doing some traveling with the tent, or is it best to hang off until w...

May I throw my hat in the ring regarding "Free Camping" Personally I would much prefer the word "Independant Camping" Free camping gives the impression we are freeloaders who want something for nothing and give nothing in return. Many GN's are on a tight or limited budget and...

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...