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Nomad News

Homelessness crisis sees Queensland council opens free campsite for tents

While on their travels, most grey nomads will have seen some evidence of the homelessness crisis impacting many parts of Australia The growing number of...

Potholes cause chaos … are too many roads going to pot?

Tips and tales … volunteers at the Driver Reviver kiosk enjoy rewards of the role

Holding back the ocean! Historic jetty given new lease on life

A dunny deal? New toilet technology is slowly altering the loo landscape

Nomad News

Homelessness crisis sees Queensland council opens free campsite for tents

While on their travels, most grey nomads will have seen some evidence of the homelessness crisis impacting many parts of Australia The growing number of...

Potholes cause chaos … are too many roads going to pot?

Tips and tales … volunteers at the Driver Reviver kiosk enjoy rewards of the role

Holding back the ocean! Historic jetty given new lease on life

A dunny deal? New toilet technology is slowly altering the loo landscape

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!’

Stew and Jacqui are fired up about travel … and about campfire cuisine

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’

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

Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Texas

Renmark

Surat

Events

Tesselaar Tulip Festival

Sep 13 - Oct 12, 2026

Location: Silvan

New England Garden Festival

Oct 31 - Nov 01, 2026

Location: Armidale

Mountaingrass Festival

Nov 13 - Nov 15, 2026

Location: Bright

Loxton Show

Oct 04 - Oct 05, 2026

Location: Loxton

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?