Nomad News

65 million years after becoming extinct, Winton’s dinosaurs drown!

New sculpture park to welcome travellers to Cape York

Travellers spend two weeks stranded in Cape York

Caravans bogged on Oodnadatta Track as heavy rains fall

So, how long are you prepared to be out of mobile phone range?

Anzac Day services honour those who have served

Paving paradise? Freycinet’s giant car park plan comes under fire

This is what greets visitors to a ‘pristine’ national park!

Does online booking put too much time pressure on travellers?

Woman found dead following caravan fire in Victoria

reversing a caravan

Put stressful reversing-the-caravan moments in the rearview mirror

Campers re-live ordeal of being trapped by wild weather in remote WA

Bushwalker, 60, airlifted to safety after Larapinta Trail incident

Grey nomads should not become ‘normalised’ to roadkill

Former caravan park to re-open as council bids to ease housing crisis

Floodwater erosion leaves caravan park closer to the edge

Huge volume campers highlights risk of beach sites being ‘loved to death’

Plan for ‘Spirit-ready’ low-cost camping enters new phase

‘Help us give you the camping options you want’

For the first time since 2019, the Birdsville Races are back!

Large fire beaks out at Gold Coast caravan park

WA police release dramatic video of fiery caravan crash rescue

Huge fish-kill event sparks clean-up of Coral Bay beaches

Is closing entire national park after tragedy the right decision?

Flood-prone campsite to fully open again … but for how long?

Is introducing online booking the way to stop free camp overcrowding?

fifth wheeler for full-time grey nomads

‘We’ve reached the end of the road … but I wish we could do it again!’

Grey nomads have to learn to live with Australia’s ‘pothole problem’

Another bushwalking tragedy raises safety questions

‘Cultural shift’ in travel habits ensures very busy Easter at van parks

Cliff fall tragedy sparks track safety appeal

Will ‘Covid caravanners’ start selling up now and go back to Bali?

Time to act? Eyre Peninsula campsite at risk of being loved to death

Cash splash set to bring bitumen to Tanami Road and Mereenie Loop Road

‘We’re putting giant rubbish skips at our campsites! Please use them!’

Victoria reveals first six riverfront crown land campsites

Yet more flooding leads to caravan park evacuations

Budget boost for mobile phone coverage in the bush

Budget blow for grey nomads who want to work more without losing pensions

Another idyllic caravan park could be about to be redeveloped

It’s official. Fuel excise to be halved from midnight!

At $5 per 350 kilometres, taking the electric Big Lap could catch on!

Council set to create new free campsite in Tassie’s north-west

Cassowaries still being killed on roads near Mission Beach

Caravan prices rise as floods sees demand surge again

Man guilty of dangerous driving in fatal 2019 overloaded caravan crash

Wittenoom houses to be demolished, as ‘danger tourists’ told to stay away

Fuel prices hit grey nomads

As fuel prices surge, grey nomads are left counting the cost

slowing down saves fuel for caravanners

‘Guess how much fuel money I saved by slowing down!’

Gold Coast to stop caravans ‘littering’ suburban streets

Grey nomad meteorite hunter off on an out-of-this-world adventure

Here comes the Spirit … and a budget camping option!

When will camping capacity at Inskip Point go ‘back to normal’?

Become a Grey Nomad member and reap the rewards!

Surf’s up … but probably best to stay out of the water!

Visitors to Birdsville stunned (in a good way) by fuel prices!

Controversial Cairns Captain Cook statue is on the move

Popular campsite in north-west Tassie is to close ‘temporarily’

Tragedy sparks renewed calls for Outback travellers to be prepared

Police pulled caravanners from burning vehicle after rollover

Council set to close campground after horror incident

Warnings over risks posed by campers’ fires

Elderly caravanner recovering in hospital after horrific rollover

Caravan obliterated in horror rollover on WA highway

Djarindin Campground about to open on WA’s Dampier Peninsula

fuel prices

Diesel costing more than $3 per litre in some parts of the NT

Vehicle towing caravan collides with bus

Travellers warned over mozzie threat as Japanese encephalitis virus spreads

More luxury cabins set for beautiful national park

Car and caravan catch fire on busy highway

International borders open, but grey nomad workers still in demand

Homelessness crisis sees more people living in van park cabins

Grey nomads left reeling as fuel prices soar

Hay bale truck overtook caravanner in unsafe way

Facilities at spectacular NSW national park to to get huge upgrade

Bucking the trend! Two new caravan parks on the cards

Van park set to remove long-term sites to make way for travellers

Caravan park closed two years ago for upgrade. So, when will it open again?

WA opens up … and the borderless Big Lap returns!

RV stopover closes due to caravanners acting ‘like they owned the place’

NT camping online booking system

NT’s online campsite booking system hit by glitches

The new NT online booking system is live.

New online booking system for camping in NT parks goes live

Search continues for man lost in Outback after 4WD became bogged

Older drivers over-represented in serious road accidents

Massive Queensland rains throw grey nomad plans into chaos

Victorian council poised to ban camping at two popular reserves

Grey nomads expected to flock to rain-transformed ‘green’ Outback

Another beautiful beachfront caravan park has gone on the market

solar panel accident

‘I was driving along the highway when I got hit by a solar panel!’

Cyclist badly injured after being hit by car towing a caravan

Cabins out, tourist sites in … but there’s a sting in the tail!

Investigations underway to find cause of fire at caravan park

Remote WA town to get new van park ahead of expected visitor influx

Rising Ukraine tensions will mean even more pain at the bowser

Tailgating caravans

Tailgating is on the rise. So, what more can be done to stop it?

Stunning artwork features wildlife on Kingscote silos

Kangaroo Island wows with stunning new piece of silo art

Campsite forced to close due to damage caused by 4WDers

Funding boost will see the Outback Way fully ‘bitumened’

Campers labelled ‘imbeciles’ after campfire escapes into bushland

Campers behaving badly slapped with big fines