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Nomad News

Two different communities … two different approaches to council van park fees

While higher fuel prices have hit grey nomads hard, most would point to the rising cost of caravan park stays as the biggest blow to...

Wildflowers in the West

Bloom times ahead as many regions in the West burst into colour

‘The RFDS saves many lives … but I never thought I would need their services!’

Honouring the work and commitment of rangers in safeguarding nature

Surprise! Surprise! New survey identifies ‘tailgating’ as a leading cause of accidents

Nomad News

Two different communities … two different approaches to council van park fees

While higher fuel prices have hit grey nomads hard, most would point to the rising cost of caravan park stays as the biggest blow to...

Wildflowers in the West

Bloom times ahead as many regions in the West burst into colour

‘The RFDS saves many lives … but I never thought I would need their services!’

Honouring the work and commitment of rangers in safeguarding nature

Surprise! Surprise! New survey identifies ‘tailgating’ as a leading cause of accidents

The Inside Story

Travelling in remote areas? Bringing a distress beacon could save your life

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

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

Namadgi National Park

Capella

Capella

Silverton

Cowell

Events

Laidley Spring Festival

Sep 11 - Sep 12, 2026

Location: Laidley

Barellan Good Old Days Festival

Oct 02 - Oct 04, 2026

Location: Barellan

Kernewek Lowender Copper Coast Cornish Festival

May 10 - May 16, 2027

Location: Wallaroo, Moonta and Kadina

Festivale

Jan 29 - Jan 31, 2027

Location: Launceston City Park

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?