Nomad News Archives > 2016 | The Grey Nomads

Year: 2016

Nomads expect heat, rain, wind, fire … and cyclones

Tourists lucky to survive as car swept off causeway

Bulahdelah for grey nomads

Will more bypassed towns mean more free camps?

Water flows on Uluru as record rainfall closes park

A very Merry Christmas to grey nomads everywhere

End of an era at Kingscliff as van park gets a trim

Free camping in Australia

Holiday overseas? We’d rather camp in paradise!

Sharp rise in road toll sparks call for investment

camels on dirt road

Crash statistics show high risk of animal collisions

Group survives croc ordeal as 4WD washed into river

Grey nomads get company in Tasmanian campsites

Port Hinchinbrook re-boot will include huge van park

Zika mozzies might yet call Australia home – report

Be careful out there … it’s an east coast scorcher!

Barramundi bait draws grey nomads to Victoria!

Fraser Island campers told to ‘behave’ near dingoes

Battle of the amenities! ‘Shower stealers’ on notice

Bye thongs, Bye picnics, red fire ants are coming

Grey nomads stranded as bushfire sweeps Nullarbor

Stealth camping

Stealth campers V locals … summer must be here!

18-month-old child killed in van park reversing tragedy

Falling tree limb misses couple … but kills dog

Inch by inch, mile by mile, the bitumen is coming!

Traveller stabbed to death at remote NT rest area

Tourism booming and Apple Isle tops the class

Grey nomads warned to get ready for a heatwave!

The end is near … and so park faces the final curtain

Campervan bursts into flames on Pacific Highway

Free national park entry … would it be a good thing?

Caravanners go to hospital after collision with truck

‘I felt the gust, the wobble, and then we were over’

Free Daintree crossings … but only if you are local

New sealed coastal road a boost for grey nomads

Growing alarm at scale of wildlife collision problem

‘It’s our land, why can’t grey nomads camp here?’

The Big Lap is brilliant … except for the rubbish!

Can Port Hedland become a grey nomad mecca?

Caravanners uninjured after scary truck collision

Mini-tornado terror. Oh, what a night! What a fright!

Mini-tornado wreaks havoc at Sunshine Coast van park

Ooops! Man, 70, crashes into his own caravan

Plans afoot to seal Tassie’s iconic Tall Trees Drive

Remote grey nomads set for ‘supermoon’ sensation

NSW bushfires prompt new warning to grey nomads

Man dies next to empty water bottle in Kalbarri

Camper killed after being struck by falling gum tree

‘Come visit, grey nomads, the Newell is open again!’

Sealed Cape Leveque road to bring grey nomad surge

South Australia national parks

South Australia reforms park entry fee system

Grey nomads at The Spit

Free campers ignore signs at The Spit on Gold Coast

Caravan blown over by high winds on bridge

Couple found alive after 10 days lost in remote WA

Where there’s a will (and this beauty), there’s a way

Python saps power from the people in Katherine

Deadly disease threatens the wombat population

Part-time grey nomads

‘Full-time grey nomadding was too much for us!’

Off-road caravans loved by grey nomads

When is an off-road van not an off-road van?

Are you still in the north? Watch out for mozzie surge

Ambitious project will return island to natives

Landslide risks close the iconic Great Ocean Road

Eagle-eyed nomads are wanted for bird count

Water flows into ‘dry’ lake … but will nomads return?

Are faulty Outback signs putting nomads at risk?

You never know! Travellers find rare swordfish fossil

Incredible! WA wildflowers just keep getting better!

Two trucks and car towing caravan in highway crash

Campers run for their lives as giant bushfire advances

Floods turn grey nomad hotspot into ‘ghost town’

More storms … but Tassie still hurting from last time

The Flinders are flowering and waterfalls are flowing

‘Ready reckoner’ set to cut grey nomad fuel costs

ACT to cut van rego fees? Is uniformity the answer?

Campsite evacuated as Murray River spills over

Motorhome business goes from rags to riches

‘Seal Outback Way and the grey nomads will come!’

Gold Coast steps up fight against Spit campers

Grey nomads flock to Queensland Outback

Grey nomads flock to Outback in huge numbers

If you go down to the Kings Highway today!

Caravan park forced to act as Murray River rises

Early NT rains is good and bad for Kakadu visitors

Newell Highway closure leaves towns struggling

Van park managers

‘Our ‘temporary’ van park job lasted eight years!’

Rider’s death a reminder of big rig driving challenges

‘We’ve faced fire & floods, but the show must go on!’

Another caravan park goes under as rains continue

Caravan park evacuated as wild weather causes floods

Nowhere for grey nomads to hide as storm strikes

Grey nomads not sure about rest

Is the Big Lap as restful as it could be? Probably not!

Ballina shark attack sparks call for action

Queenslanders see a light and feel the earth move

Marathon effort gets Dom across the line in Scotland

Terrible accident highlights need for campfire caution

The Spit is to see a free camping crackdown

Gold Coast crackdown on free camping ‘shanty town’

So far, so good! Visitors flock to national parks

Mozzies could spread Zika in Queensland – scientists

Trapped climbers rescued from crevice on Uluru

Growing croc population sparks call for program

Grey nomad numbers boom

Tentative grey nomads see the signs and hit the road

Winds of change blowing through Aussie landscape

Steam-powered woolscour draws nomads to Blackall