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Nomad News

Unscripted weather … unseasonal rain and temperatures make for a challenging Lap

Australia has always been a land of ‘droughts and flooding rains’, but it sometimes seems as though the weather patterns are becoming ever more extreme...

Karlu Karlu named Australia’s third International Dark Sky Sanctuary

Bigger and biggest … this palace on wheels redefines luxury on wheels

Camper trailer bullet hole an ‘isolated incident’ … but still unnerving!

Plan to fully seal Central Australia’s Plenty Highway takes another step forward

Nomad News

Unscripted weather … unseasonal rain and temperatures make for a challenging Lap

Australia has always been a land of ‘droughts and flooding rains’, but it sometimes seems as though the weather patterns are becoming ever more extreme...

Karlu Karlu named Australia’s third International Dark Sky Sanctuary

Bigger and biggest … this palace on wheels redefines luxury on wheels

Camper trailer bullet hole an ‘isolated incident’ … but still unnerving!

Plan to fully seal Central Australia’s Plenty Highway takes another step forward

The Inside Story

Travelling in remote areas? Bringing a distress beacon could save your life

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

On The Road

‘We took a caravan trip to look for a house … and just kept going!’

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’

two decades in a caravan

‘After 19 years on the road, we’re just getting started!’

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

Hahndorf

The Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.

Australian War Memorial

Thargomindah

Loxton in South Australia is a great grey nomad destination

Loxton

Events

Nindigully Pig Races

Oct 03 - Oct 03, 2026

Location: Nindigully Pub

Flavours of Mudgee

Sep 26 - Sep 26, 2026

Location: Mudgee

Bright Autumn Festival

Apr 23 - May 02, 2027

Location: Bright

Laidley Spring Festival

Sep 11 - Sep 12, 2026

Location: Laidley

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?