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Nomad News

Licola van park reopens … and it’s hoping for plenty of grey nomad visitors

With no buyer yet being found for the tiny village of Licola in Victoria’s Gippsland region, the general store and holiday park there have reopened,...

Another coastal council launches serious crackdown on illegal camping

Caravan dealership offers weighbridge service … and free towing course

Cultural burns unearth previously undiscovered Cape York art galleries

National park visitor numbers surge to record levels

Nomad News

Licola van park reopens … and it’s hoping for plenty of grey nomad visitors

With no buyer yet being found for the tiny village of Licola in Victoria’s Gippsland region, the general store and holiday park there have reopened,...

Another coastal council launches serious crackdown on illegal camping

Caravan dealership offers weighbridge service … and free towing course

Cultural burns unearth previously undiscovered Cape York art galleries

National park visitor numbers surge to record levels

The Inside Story

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

Can grey nomads claim rent assistance for the camping fees they pay?

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

Merredin

The Great Alpine Road at Mount Hotham.

Great Alpine Road

Tathra

Tathra

Lobethal

Lobethal

Events

Bony Mountain Folk Festival

Sep 18 - Sep 20, 2026

Location: 20 minutes north west of Warwick

Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival

Jun 26 - Jul 05, 2026

Location: Winton

D’Vine Festival

Sep 11 - Sep 13, 2026

Location: Pokolbin, Hunter Valley

The York Festival

Sep 25 - Sep 28, 2026

Location: Various venues in York

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?