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Menindee

The Outback New South Wales town of Menindee was famously a stopping place for explorers, Burke and Wills, on their ill-fated expedition … but that...

Night-time patrols to double as Gold Coast seeks to tackle illegal camping issue

Council ponders whether to allow caravans to park on roadside verges

Woman in her 70s killed in caravan accident in central Queensland

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers gets underway in world record breaking style

Nomad News

Menindee

The Outback New South Wales town of Menindee was famously a stopping place for explorers, Burke and Wills, on their ill-fated expedition … but that...

Night-time patrols to double as Gold Coast seeks to tackle illegal camping issue

Council ponders whether to allow caravans to park on roadside verges

Woman in her 70s killed in caravan accident in central Queensland

Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers gets underway in world record breaking style

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

Merredin

Wyandra

Kaniva, silo art

Kaniva

Lightning Ridge

Events

Clunes Booktown Festival

Mar 20 - Mar 21, 2027

Location: Clunes

Food, Fire & Light Festival

Oct 11 - Oct 19, 2026

Location: Sovereign Hill, Ballarat

Castlemaine Fringe Festival

Apr 09 - Apr 25, 2027

Location: Castlemaine

River of Art Festival

Sep 25 - Oct 05, 2026

Location: Eurobodalla Shire, NSW South Coast

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?