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HELP - if you're travelling around Oz full time and have no fixed address, how do you go insuring your car and caravan. We can give insurance companies a family member's address for mailing purpose but that's all. Any info would be appreciated.

Hello Lovely People, I am new at this .... very new .... a real novice. I have just bought a second hand campervan and at the moment NRMA have her, going over her with a fine tooth comb. I must admit I am a little nervous. I have never done anything like this before. I have been looking through the forum a...

Thanks for getting this Solo Grey Nomad site established. Yes, I'm a solo traveller..( well will be once I fine tune this old camper trailer ) This is going to be my first venture with a camper, and it has been an experience trying to get my act together, and must say how the Grey Nomad Forum and it's member...

Thought I would share a few photos of our last trip to WA. I especially like watching wildlife on our trips and always try to capture it on camera. It's really given me an appreciation of how difficult it is to get great animal shots. Anyway, the pelican shot was taken in Monkey Mia. The pelicans ther...

Has anybody travelled through walkers crossing lately and if so what are the conditions like. Also would love to know where to get a decent map of the area. Any help greatly appreciated.

well, the pichi richi volunteers have the money neccesary for repairs to the coffee pot now but the beurocrats in their all knowing wisdom have decided that the steam tubes (that lasted one hundred years no less) are not great enough in diameter, in a nutshell, and dont quote me on the sizes as I got it fr...

Always a great place to visit but after the recent rain it is stunning.Unfortunatly I am over here working this time so won't get time to have a good look around. For those who haven't been there I can highly recommend a visit. Places not to miss Remarkable Rocks, Admiral Arch to watch seals swimming a...

Was in a shop today to buy some new taillights and there is this bloke giving the sales people a real hard time because the GPS Navigator he bought did not tell him when he was in the vacinity of a mobile speed camera.....Not sure how any GPS could do this as the data is stored in the mapping software.... Was...

A week or so ago Gracie jumped up into the back of the Jack and Yelped and then wanted to lay down.... 40 mins later when we got home she was quite happy, ran around the yard etc no worries but to do the right thing I took her to the Vet on the Monday and he gave her some anti iflamitories and sent us away with a bil...

Hi, I'm a single female Newbie. Just bought the most gorgeous (to me anyway) small motorhome called Matilda. Done a few short trips in her as well as one 1000 klm trip interstate. Being a total technophobe, could someone please explain to me in words of one syllable what an inverter is, what does it do...

The 2008 Sunshine Coast Blues Festival will once again bring together the Blues family for a great weekend of Blues at the Nambour Showgrounds on September 12th-14th. The 2008 line up includes Music Oz Best Blues Band Extended Family and The Ray Beadle Band from Sydney along with Festival Favourit...

Hi All, Im new on here and have hopefuly found a site for us lonely singles to find a travel friend the best suggestion yet thanks Dave Im leaving SA mid Nov?? going to perth but coming from a country town and not one for traffic am a little or should I say more than worried about being on my own. I come from Tas...

We left home thursday morning for 3 nights of free camping with 100L of water on board. During the trip my mate travelling behind me called me up and said every time we went over a bump or dip in the road water was pouring out from under the van. Stopped and had a look ,water was dripping from overflow pipebu...

I am wondering if it is possible to set up a single travelers listings to help the solos along the way to contact each other, I've noticed a few on this forum and I think it would benefit each of them greatly to share email addresses and stay in contact, it can be very daunting on the road alone, if you are o...

is it true that if you travel with a group of long term friend's you will enivetibly lose one or two through arguments? or is it better not to risk it and travel alone and make new one's as you travel. I've had friend's since childhood and none of these bludger's will ever leave. I jest, the friend's that I h...

I'm driving from Daly Waters, NT (leaving Fri 29/8) to Alice Springs & then to Hunter Valley, NSW camping along the way - need to arrive by Thur/Fri 4/5 Sept. There is a seat for 1 in a Troopcarrier - so if anyone is interested in a one way journey - route is flexible, possibly down the Oodnadatta Trac...

Has anybody travelled the arrabury and planet downs road/track from nappa nerrie road to the birdsville/development road recently. If so any info on conditions etc greatly appreciated. Regards Gitsho

Can anybody help with which are the most reliable and efficient batteries they have found to use with a roof mounted solar panel system. any help greatly appreciated

Just received my membership pack from CMCA. Lots of interesting stuff, but, reading their magazine, I've ended up feeling totally inadequate on behalf of my beloved Matilda. She doesn't have any of the mod cons that most people seem to think are absolute necessities - a toilet and shower being hig...

apparently it has been noted that the fantastic little coffee pot locomotive from pichi richi pass steam preservtion society has been seriously ill, she is in intensive care with what is believed to be large intestinal bowel cancer, (rust in the boiler, if you wish to be vulgar) the preservation s...