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G'day assorted geniuses and techno tragics. I know this subject has been covered a million times before but dummies like me find it difficult to get their heads around it. So I need a simple answer. At the mo, my camper is equipped with a 10 y/o BP solar panel, 60 or 70 watts, connected to a 12V car battery u...

A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON FROM GREECE.I DIDNT KNOW THIS, BUT WANTED TO SPREAD THE WISDOM AROUND TO ALL MY FRIENDS. Licentia, a slave call girl from Sardinia, was attending a great but as yet unnamed athletic competition and weeklong festival 2500 years ago in Greece.In those days, believe it or n...

Welcome to the Grey Nomads Forum! The forum is intended to be a place where travellers, soon-to-be-travellers, and dream-of-being-travellers can exchange tips, advice and information and have a chat in a friendly and welcoming environment. Newcomers ... don't be shy in saying G'Day and asking a...

Yep, you can't get rid of me that easy, sorry. Actually I have made a few small contributions to this great forum and secretly been snooping around anyway, well someone has to keep an eye on certain members, not to mention any names though as I am not like that am I Dazren. I am still at home in Sth West Gipp...

We finally headed off on our planned trip to S.A. about a week and a bit ago, after a delay of 10 weeks, caused because unfortunately, when my husband was on his way home from some shopping just prior to our departure, another vehicle came full speed out of a road on our left causing serious damage to our...

Attempted to post this yesterday and received a message that my post had been flagged as spam and would be reviewed by a moderator. We seem to read about another caravan/towing vehicle rollover/incident almost daily. I suspect that if van owners followed a few of the tips in this link http://www.t...

Gday... The local miners have a Sunday Market each month .... if you go there, try not to miss it. Cheers - John

Gday... Near the "Living Desert" outside Broken Hill NSW Cheers - John

Which way do we go?

The red soil from the west turned the sky pink.

Lots of footprints through the red gum.

Only a small crab or bird had disturbed these sand ripples.

Red Gum in Perry sand hills

Pebbles in the desert

Beautiful - even without the sunset

Hi, can anyone give me advice on fitting out a Coaster Van as a Camper. I am situated in Perth WA and would like to know where I can purchase things like a Shower Cubicle with toilet. Which type is best if I intend to not stay where there is power?Also what system would I need for power eg solar panels to (hope...

I just pulled in to Darwin today after a good run up the centre from Victoria. I'm at the Hidden Valley Resort for tonight, and maybe a few more if they let me stay. Any other Grey Nomads in town at the moment? Coffee, beer or wine would be good. Andy

I am preparing for my next big trip and have come up with a really cheap and easy way to keep my little dog (Oscar) from wandering without having to tie him up all the time. I went to Bunnings and bought 2 six metre rolls of plastic lattice and some thin steel rods. The lattice is quite rigid, and once suppor...

Hi, i am contemplating having a satelite dish mounted on the caravan,as opposed to having a satelite dish that i have to set up and locate a satelite each time i move on,Has anyone out there got one mounted on their caravan??