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Nomad News from 2020

Effects of bushfires felt long after flames put out

December 7, 2020

The massive bushfire currently ravaging Queensland’s Fraser Island is a frightening reminder of the destructive power of these blazes. Campers and entire communities... Read more

Town hopes new free camp will attract grey nomads

December 6, 2020

As rural Australia seeks to recover from the economic impact of Covid, another country town is to trial a free camping area in... Read more

‘Make caravan crossings free and Tassie will boom!’

December 5, 2020

Despite the optimism around a domestic travel surge, new statistics show that the Tasmanian caravanning industry is still doing it really tough …... Read more

Is this too hot to handle? Temperatures set to sizzle

December 5, 2020

Here we go again. Grey nomads in many parts of the country are bracing themselves for another sizzling few days, The ABC reports... Read more

Gastro outbreak misery at Inskip Point campsites

December 4, 2020

Two popular Queensland camping grounds have been abruptly closed following an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness. Campers have been told to leave the sites... Read more

Kangaroo attack a brutal reminder of wildlife danger

December 3, 2020

Grey nomads can get used to seeing kangaroos around the campground … but a brutal attack on a jogger in Victoria serves a... Read more

Grey nomads stay in tropics for wet season

Hot, humid… and different! Grey nomads stay north

December 3, 2020

While the southern states have now largely eliminated community transmission of Covid-19, the uncertainty caused by the pandemic is continuing to result in... Read more

Will a grey nomad be the next bard of the Outback?

December 3, 2020

Travelling the highways and byways of Australia for months and years on end, grey nomads are often among those who best understand the... Read more

Tourism surge delivers ‘Covid bounce’ to Outback

December 2, 2020

In a surprise twist, many Outback towns that have been struggling for years could find themselves benefitting from a surprise ‘Covid bounce’. The... Read more