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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

Rand

The Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

Australian War Memorial

Oatlands

Derby jetty

Derby

Events

Remembrance Day

Nov 11 - Nov 11, 2026

Location: Australian War Memorial, Canberra

Queenscliff Music Festival

Nov 07 - Nov 09, 2026

Location: Queenscliff

FX-FJ Nationals

Jan 02 - Jan 05, 2027

Location: Latrobe

Ballarat International Foto Biennale

Aug 21 - Oct 17, 2025

Location: Ballarat

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