Where do all the Permanent Grey Nomads go,
Submitted: Monday, Jan 19, 2009 at 15:37
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Member - DAZA (QLD)
When School Holidays are on and all the Ankle Biters and Rug Rats
are causing Havoc in caravan parks ect, or they are packed out,
where do the People Touring round
the Block go, to keep their
Sanity, do they go out to the edge of
the Desert or the bottom
of Tasmania or up to the
Pilbara, and wait till they get the all clear
to resume their normal travels, dont get me wrong, we live at
the southern edge of the
Gold Coast and at times we have to venture
out to do Hunting & Gathering but we can return to our Safe Haven,
but we see the mad rush of people going to the Tourist Spots or
to the Beaches ect, but things calm down a bit when School opens
for the next term.
Cheers
Daza
Reply By: Member - John D, Wandong (Vic) - Monday, Jan 19, 2009 at 19:58
Monday, Jan 19, 2009 at 19:58
Daza,
my cousin owns a 350 acre bush property about 70 klms north of the Murray, and we head up there camping from
Melbourne &
Ballarat whenever we can, going up there this weekend actually.
As the property has approx 3 klms of river frontage we will be chucking the hand lines in trying to catch a legal cod or two, also be doing some
clearing of broken red gum limbs for firewood & also spend some time poring over maps etc in preparation for our next
Kimberley trip in 2010.
love getting away to the bush for the peace & quiet.
Cheers,
John
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Reply By: Hairs & Fysh (NSW) - Monday, Jan 19, 2009 at 21:19
Monday, Jan 19, 2009 at 21:19
Hi Daza,
How's the
Cook's foot? Hope it's coming good.
I'm only a pup, when it comes to these things like traveling, But i reckon the trick would be to go somewhere that wouldn't cross your mind, some small country town, with a show ground/
camp area, park by a river, you know what I mean. You'll probably come across others searching for the same thing. :))
It's a big country mate, a very big country.
.
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Reply By: paulnsw - Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:10
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:10
we never go to popular
places. Wild horses would not drag us to Qld or NSW coast. To many people like sardines in a can at extortion prices. Would never visit
places like
Gold Coast. Prefer the quiet life. Like many stay away from populated
places. Like to see scenery birds plants flowers wild life walking cycling and do a little fishing. Occasionally during school holidays a family may come into one of our camping spots. Welcome seeing families bringing children out to see the real Australia and not plastic over priced tourism. If we have seen some unusual birds or things not generally seen in the burbs by children we will ask the parents and children if they would like to come spot lighting at night and see wonderful wildlife we have in Australia. Childrens eyes light up when they see owls wombats and other nocturnal animals. We explain to them how the live and things they eat and parents and children love it. We show kids how to make a damper on a stick over the fire things that kids dont do in the burbs. 1 family phoned us up before the next holidays and asked if there friends and themselves could come to where we camped as the children learnt so much and had such a good time.
Rented our house 3yrs ago, never been to caravan park yet. We will keep travelling while our health is uptoit. Hopefully many years yet as we are in good health, eat correctly and keep active and healthy
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