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WA to launch new online booking system for national park campsites

There are plenty of grey nomads who aren’t big fans of having to book national park campsites online, but most now acknowledge that they are...

More than ever to do at Uluru … but is it still a Big Lap ‘non-negotiable’?

Major upgrade of beachfront park in Queensland’s Hervey Bay now complete

Dramatic bushwalker rescue highlights importance of Personal Locator Beacons

Massive new NSW national park a giant step closer to becoming a reality

Nomad News

WA to launch new online booking system for national park campsites

There are plenty of grey nomads who aren’t big fans of having to book national park campsites online, but most now acknowledge that they are...

More than ever to do at Uluru … but is it still a Big Lap ‘non-negotiable’?

Major upgrade of beachfront park in Queensland’s Hervey Bay now complete

Dramatic bushwalker rescue highlights importance of Personal Locator Beacons

Massive new NSW national park a giant step closer to becoming a reality

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!’

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’

two decades in a caravan

‘After 19 years on the road, we’re just getting started!’

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

Coober Pedy

Coober Pedy

Winton

Ivanhoe Crossing

Kununurra

Port Douglas

Port Douglas

Events

Riverboats Music Festival

Feb 19 - Feb 21, 2027

Location: Echuca-Moama

Ballarat International Foto Biennale

Aug 21 - Oct 17, 2025

Location: Ballarat

Lost Trades Fair

Mar 20 - Mar 21, 2027

Location: Bendigo Racecourse

Beef Australia

May 02 - May 08, 2027

Location: Rockhampton

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

High-tech, AI guided laser zaps mozzies in their tracks

Ditch the toilet cassette … urine will be mist!

GottaGo toilet

Nemo Stargaze Evo-X