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Nomad News

Staying in charge! How to get your batteries road trip ready

By Andrew Bottoms, Century Batteries For many of us, spring marks the start of the travelling season. The weather warms up, the van comes out...

The wait is over! New Spirit of Tasmania vessels finally enter service

Plans to ‘unlock tourism opportunities’ in NT parks gather momentum

NSW parliament passes legislation to create Great Koala National Park

Coffs Harbour bypass opening is weeks away, but city still wants tourists to visit!

Nomad News

Staying in charge! How to get your batteries road trip ready

By Andrew Bottoms, Century Batteries For many of us, spring marks the start of the travelling season. The weather warms up, the van comes out...

The wait is over! New Spirit of Tasmania vessels finally enter service

Plans to ‘unlock tourism opportunities’ in NT parks gather momentum

NSW parliament passes legislation to create Great Koala National Park

Coffs Harbour bypass opening is weeks away, but city still wants tourists to visit!

The Inside Story

Staying in charge! How to get your batteries road trip ready

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?

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

Mereenie Loop Road

Silverton

York

York

Howlong

Howlong

Events

Royal Hobart Regatta

Feb 06 - Feb 08, 2027

Location: Hobart

Broken Hill Mundi Mundi Bash

Mundi Mundi Bash

Aug 19 - Aug 21, 2027

Location: Belmont Station (9km north of Silverton)

Town Folk Festival

Nov 21 - Nov 21, 2026

Location: Castlemaine

Lost Trades Fair

Mar 20 - Mar 21, 2027

Location: Bendigo Racecourse

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