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Nomad News

Illegal campers targeted as ‘community feedback’ sparks enforcement action

Higher fuel prices and general cost-of-living pressures have meant that many travellers are seeking to trim their on-the-road budgets … and, in certain locations, that...

WA’s iconic Gloucester Tree, complete with new platform, reopens to climbers

Campers ‘hid in tents’ after alleged smuggling gang came ashore

Kakadu slashes park entry fees in bid to attract more visitors

Drop dunny danger! US man becomes latest to fall into toilet sewage tank

Nomad News

Illegal campers targeted as ‘community feedback’ sparks enforcement action

Higher fuel prices and general cost-of-living pressures have meant that many travellers are seeking to trim their on-the-road budgets … and, in certain locations, that...

WA’s iconic Gloucester Tree, complete with new platform, reopens to climbers

Campers ‘hid in tents’ after alleged smuggling gang came ashore

Kakadu slashes park entry fees in bid to attract more visitors

Drop dunny danger! US man becomes latest to fall into toilet sewage tank

The Inside Story

NSW National Park supported camping scheme … will it change the experience?

Local markets are a big draw for nomads … but are the crafts really originals?

Blazes in van parks can be devastating … and nomads must be be prepared

Can grey nomads claim rent assistance for the camping fees they pay?

On The Road

‘We took a caravan trip to look for a house … and just kept going!’

Stew and Jacqui are fired up about travel … and about campfire cuisine

Can’t shower as much on the open road? That could be a good thing!

family caravan

‘I fell in love with camping at first site … and so did my family’

Planning

caravan park fees

‘There is another side to the caravan park story’

washing line in caravan park

The six commandments that govern the way that grey nomads travel

paper maps

Paper maps are officially going the way of the dodo!

Station stays for grey nomads

‘An Outback station stay took our Big Lap to the next level!’

Where To Go

Tocumwal for grey nomads

Tocumwal

Boranup Karri Forest near Margaret River.

Caves Road (Margaret River area)

Queenstown

Surat

Events

A Natural Escape

Oct 09 - Oct 31, 2026

Location: Tasman Region

Grafton Jacaranda Festival

Oct 30 - Nov 08, 2026

Location: Grafton

Lost Trades Fair

Mar 20 - Mar 21, 2027

Location: Bendigo Racecourse

Bulls’n’Barrels Bonanza Rodeo

Jul 18 - Jul 18, 2026

Location: Theodore Showgrounds

Your Rig

‘Tardis’ on wheels

Caravan towing advice

How grey nomads can minimise the risk of accidents when towing a caravan

cube series QB camper

Hard-sided pop-up camper offers new camping option

trayon slide-on camper

Getting bogged on an early trip gave Ross insight into what he needed in a rig

Accessories

Ditch the toilet cassette … urine will be mist!

GottaGo toilet

Nemo Stargaze Evo-X

Hasta la vista, grey nomads! Are robots about to revolutionise the Big Lap life?