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Nomad News

Celebrating a century of Outback stories, cold beers, and colourful characters!

Country pub-loving grey nomads lucky enough to be travelling in the Quilpie region this weekend will be able to help celebrate the 100th birthday of...

High-flying caravan comes off worst in testing meeting with electric Hilux

CommBank commits to keeping all regional branches open until at least 2030

Could smart technology make overflowing litter bins a thing of the past?

New loos set to lure more visitors to national park campsites

Nomad News

Celebrating a century of Outback stories, cold beers, and colourful characters!

Country pub-loving grey nomads lucky enough to be travelling in the Quilpie region this weekend will be able to help celebrate the 100th birthday of...

High-flying caravan comes off worst in testing meeting with electric Hilux

CommBank commits to keeping all regional branches open until at least 2030

Could smart technology make overflowing litter bins a thing of the past?

New loos set to lure more visitors to national park campsites

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

christmas island

Christmas Island

Moreton Island

Moreton Island

Cathedral Rock

Cathedral Rock National Park

Nagambie

Events

Festival of the Miner’s Ghost

Oct 23 - Oct 25, 2026

Location: Cobar

Festival of Sails

Jan 23 - Jan 26, 2027

Location: Geelong

Callington Show

Oct 25 - Oct 25, 2026

Location: Callington

Town Folk Festival

Nov 21 - Nov 21, 2026

Location: Castlemaine

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?