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Caravanning made easy … but could it ever become too easy?

The way grey nomads travel Australia has been transformed by technology in recent years … and that evolution is only gathering pace. California-based smart caravan...

Weighing day and towing education key tools to reduce caravan accidents

Another bushwalker rescued after becoming lost in remote country

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

Wildflowers in the West

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

Nomad News

Caravanning made easy … but could it ever become too easy?

The way grey nomads travel Australia has been transformed by technology in recent years … and that evolution is only gathering pace. California-based smart caravan...

Weighing day and towing education key tools to reduce caravan accidents

Another bushwalker rescued after becoming lost in remote country

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

Wildflowers in the West

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

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

Cooktown, grey nomads

Cooktown

Gundaroo

Carnarvon Blowholes

Carnarvon

Millicent

Events

International Mural Fest

Nov 01 - Nov 07, 2026

Location: Sheffield

Castlemaine Fringe Festival

Apr 09 - Apr 25, 2027

Location: Castlemaine

Ravensthorpe Wildflower Show

Sep 17 - Sep 19, 2026

Location: Ravensthorpe

Festival of the Miner’s Ghost

Oct 23 - Oct 25, 2026

Location: Cobar

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?