Nomad News

caravan park occupancy surges

Van park revenues surge beyond pre-Covid levels

Camper, 79, rescued after getting lost on NT walk

Camper given major fright in Litchfield’s ‘terror toilet’

They’re back! Mice plague set to be an issue again

Canola crop proves there’s gold in them thar fields

Tassie van show is back … and everyone is happy!

LandCruiser for grey nomads

Domestic travel boom sees demand for ‘Cruisers surge

Going up! Rising fuel costs batter grey nomad budgets

Grey nomads out of lockdown

NSW regional van parks flat out as lockdown eases

New move to stop visits to contaminated Wittenoom

It’s been tough, but is this the beginning of the end?

Grey nomads on the Big Lap

‘It’s been a challenge, but we’re still living the dream’

September could see spike in caravan crashes in WA

Hikers beware! Tasmanian snakes on the hunt already

Mission Impossible: Grey nomads ‘dash’ across NSW

Grey nomads and newspapers

Newspaper-loving nomads get news they didn’t want

The pub that wouldn’t die … the ‘Mucka’ is back!

Grey nomads warned they might get wet this spring!

Broome ends ‘successful’ Cable Beach camping trial

Covid causes grey nomad volunteer numbers to fall

Camping with Custodians program to be expanded

At last! Neglected former van park to be resurrected

Victoria reveals amended riverfront camping rules

Controversial riverfront camping plan put on hold

Is it time country pubs got a little more sophisticated?

‘We’re camping in paradise … but it doesn’t feel like it!’

New campsite could trigger a grey nomad gold rush!

Housing shortage forcing people to live at campsites

‘Our trip went pear-shaped … thanks to Delta variant!’

Pandemic effect sees some 160 shows get the chop

Renewed push to get WA’s Caves Road heritage listed

‘Nomads need more than 24 hours to transit NSW!’

Will tourism focus shift away from grey nomads?

Grey nomads coming to help

Someone’s in trouble! But should grey nomads help?

NT gets advice on allowing vaccinated-only travellers

Workers’ cabins to be built at popular tourist van park

‘Biggest’ caravan park in Queensland up for sale

Survey shows Queensland croc population exploding

Can ‘slow’ grey nomads be blamed for road accidents?

Plans for Sunshine Coast tourist park abandoned

Caravan speeds through WA / SA border checkpoint

‘I suppose it’s a holiday … but it’s not a patch on Bali’

Is the Big Lap even better the second time around?

vaccination passport for grey nomads

Only vaccinated should come to WA – tourism boss

Grey nomads desperately needed for harvest work

Rod flies into windscreen after caravans collide

‘What will it take for the message to get through?’

Traffic on Kimberley roads heaviest it has ever been!

grey nomads pack up

Caravanners told ‘go home’ as health advice changes

Authorities to ramp up investment in rest areas

Victorian region lockdown leaves nomads in limbo

Caravanner injured after wheel flies off tow vehicle

Caravan parks changing character

When does a caravan park stop being a caravan park?

Should only the vaccinated be free to do the Big Lap?

Grey nomads pick up windscreen chip

‘As windscreen chips go, this one was a real doozie’

‘Sold’ Cape York property to become tourism mecca?

The electric Big Lap dream moves a giant step closer

Tourism numbers surge in Queensland’s central west

Plan to produce gas near Twelve Apostles under fire

Woman dies in fire at residential caravan park

At 50, the Big Pineapple can still draw a crowd

RV parking trial a ‘success’ … and could be expanded

Grey nomads surprised by sudden NT lockdown!

Cold night camping for grey nomads

Chilling tale! Grey nomads recall trip’s ‘coldest night’

Finding a campsite

‘Finding a campsite is like playing Senior Survivor!’

NSW lockdown catches some nomads off guard

Grey nomads not confident in towing skills

Caravanners admit low confidence in towing skills

‘Covid effect’ sparks surge in national park camping

Search for missing nomad prospector is called off

Campers behaving badly as ‘Covid exodus’ hots up

Rural ‘gin’ towns launch a spirited tourism campaign

Will new caravanners head back to Bali when they can

Heavy-duty motorhome gets stuck in swollen river

Gladstone to look at new RV-friendly parking areas

And they’re off! Birdsville Races cancelled again

Victoria’s river frontage camping plan advances

Huge search underway for nomad missing in Outback

Caravanners tell of road road train crash terror

Nomad reunited with dog lost in Outback for 6 days

Grey nomads devastated by theft of dream caravan

Retirees are more active, smarter and healthier than ever before

Today’s grey nomads … smarter, stronger, faster!

Grey nomads go househunting

‘We’re looking for a house … somewhere in Australia!’

Soon-to-be grey nomads see dreams go up in smoke

Runaway chook joins the grey nomad migration

Lockdown fear fuels surge in caravan park bookings

Countless budgies put on spectacular Outback show

Caravanners survive horror crash with triple road train

Grey nomads ‘twitchy’ as Covid situation evolves

Heartless thieves ransack caravan of dying man

Grey nomads warned over deadly dog disease risk

Van parks in Queensland’s north ‘bursting at seams’

No serious injuries after highway caravan crash

‘Low-cost camps needed to get Spirit travellers to stay’

The shows want to go on … but will Covid let them?

End of an era as ‘historic’ city caravan park closes

Big Lap gets smaller as more state borders close

Grey nomads settle down to sit out the lockdowns

Brr! Living the dream isn’t supposed to be this cold!

Grey nomads and acts of kindness

Random acts of kindness make grey nomads happy!

Rig snobbery on the grey Nomad Big Lap

‘If you think rig snobbery isn’t real … think again!’