I like to think of us as more Swaggies, wondering from town to town, camping by billabongs, not stealing sheep tho.
Hence the name on our van, stolen from a Slim Dusty song Mechanised Swaggies
Oh for Gods Sake. Will this mean we have to form Family Groups and have gatherings all over the country. Dancing, Singing, Getting drunk, looking for potential partners, Making a quid here and there.
Oh I suppose I can put up with that. But stealing Children is out (past dealing with kids) Dont mind lifting the odd chicken or rabbit. I am not into learning the evil eye stuff at this time of life so that is out.
I wonder will the wife mind, door to door selling of clothes pegs around the various towns !
Here are some Signs we need to get to know.
That one "Woman Willing To Give Money" is interesting ! I'll look out for the Triangle from now on, yer never know yer luck.
-- Edited by elliemike on Monday 9th of March 2015 01:42:47 PM
I think the common thread/bond that joins all Grey Nomads is our realisation that simple is best and complicated is a veritable PIA..... Car and Van or Motorhome....everything basically has its place....and if you're too complicated the "weight police" will get you and make you reduce a few heavy extras/ luxuries you work out you did not need anyway....no lawns to mow...no painting.....whats an electricity bill look like again?.....no waiting for the next perhaps expensive catastrophe by staying at home....we can choose who we want to be near, and disappear at will when we don't want to be found.....we all learn that trick real quick.....and you know if others want to be near you ,its genuine....no hidden agendas.....
Simple but functional clothing...who gives a damn so long as it is 'PRACTICAL'......our friends are invariably dressed similar, practically speaking.......how often at home in 'the old days' could you recommend the local Town's St Vinny's as being fantastic value and range....Grey Nomads all know what we mean.......status symbols are no longer important <if they ever were>.....sure someone will have a better rig....means a better awning to get our bums under.... If a Gypsy life is a "simple' life then call us Gypsies by all means.....how many enjoy a fire as much as we do, and a snag on bread with a bit of 'dead orse'..no front Bar beer ever tasted as satisfying as the beer you share sitting on a basic foldaway staring out to nowhere with friends you enjoy around you......and looking out over a Greens lake sunset....and ...and....Hoo Roo.
-- Edited by Goldfinger on Monday 9th of March 2015 06:28:53 PM
-- Edited by Goldfinger on Monday 9th of March 2015 06:34:24 PM
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My Avatar photo: How my youngest granddaughter Brydie 8 sees her Pa through the lens of her 'Barbie' Camera......
'Without Going You Get No Where'....written across the rear of my Jayco Caravan.
In the last 4 years we've got used to calling our Grey Nomads, but then are we (us not necessarily you) gypsie's or why can't we be both???
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Steve, Di & Ziggy We named our Motorhome "Roadworx" because on the road works "On The Road Again" Ford Transit with 302 Windsor V8 conversion, C4 Auto, 9 Inch Ford Diff All Lighting L.E.D., 260 Amp/h AGM, 530 Watt Solar + Kipor Backup Gen.
I think the common thread/bond that joins all Grey Nomads is our realisation that simple is best and complicated is a veritable PIA..... Car and Van or Motorhome....everything basically has its place....and if you're too complicated the "weight police" will get you and make you reduce a few heavy extras/ luxuries you work out you did not need anyway....no lawns to mow...no painting.....whats an electricity bill look like again?.....no waiting for the next perhaps expensive catastrophe by staying at home....we can choose who we want to be near, and disappear at will when we don't want to be found.....we all learn that trick real quick.....and you know if others want to be near you ,its genuine....no hidden agendas.....
Simple but functional clothing...who gives a damn so long as it is 'PRACTICAL'......our friends are invariably dressed similar, practically speaking.......how often at home in 'the old days' could you recommend the local Town's St Vinny's as being fantastic value and range....Grey Nomads all know what we mean.......status symbols are no longer important <if they ever were>.....sure someone will have a better rig....means a better awning to get our bums under.... If a Gypsy life is a "simple' life then call us Gypsies by all means.....how many enjoy a fire as much as we do, and a snag on bread with a bit of 'dead orse'..no front Bar beer ever tasted as satisfying as the beer you share sitting on a basic foldaway staring out to nowhere with friends you enjoy around you......and looking out over a Greens lake sunset....and ...and....Hoo Roo.
-- Edited by Goldfinger on Monday 9th of March 2015 06:28:53 PM
-- Edited by Goldfinger on Monday 9th of March 2015 06:34:24 PM
Goldfinger - that has to be one of the best posts ever! Says it all - on the road you run into paupers, millionaires, and all manner of "nomads" in between - and we are all equal!!!!
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Modern Gypsie or Swaggy on Wheels best describes it :)..
I like the Swaggy on Wheels sounds more "strayliann"
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Steve, Di & Ziggy We named our Motorhome "Roadworx" because on the road works "On The Road Again" Ford Transit with 302 Windsor V8 conversion, C4 Auto, 9 Inch Ford Diff All Lighting L.E.D., 260 Amp/h AGM, 530 Watt Solar + Kipor Backup Gen.
Wish people (not just this forum, I have had a go at Rivers, and a butcher on Australia Day) would stop calling our beautiful country "straylia" WE live in Australia. Don't ruin that with slang.
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