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G'day from Downunder

Paul_and_Pam_on
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Hi everyone....we are a couple of Australian 'Grey Nomads' (snowbirds) saying g'day.
We retired about 5 years ago and since then we have spent about 6 months of each year towing our caravan (travel trailer) around Australia.
From what we can see Australia is very similar to the US as far as RVing is concerned. One big difference we notice is how your rigs are generally quite a lot bigger than ours, this is probably due to the cost of fuel. By far diesel powered vehicles are the most popular for caravan towing down here, a litre of diesel is currently selling for around $1.60 in the city and around $2.20 or more in the outback!!, in your talk that's around $6.00 to $8.35 or so. Petrol (gasoline) is a little cheaper but not much. This all makes it quite expensive given that we have long distances to travel; from the east coast to the west is around 5000km or 3000 miles. We'd love to hear from any of you guys, maybe you would like to hear more about caravanning in Australia...Paul and Pam, Queensland, Australia.
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Ashbourne
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Loved looking and reading about your travels.
A great insight to our 3 week trip to NSW in October in a small rented camper
Mark

RVfunx2
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We will thoroughly enjoy your pictures and posts about camping in Australia.

Paul_and_Pam_on
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Hi again all...sorry about the delay in response....wife and I have just returned from a trip west...I would like to invite you to visit our website (link below) and we would only be too happy to answer any queries you may have, there is provision at the bottom of each page for this purpose....regards.

http://pfgreig.wix.com/travellin-still

Paul and Pam, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

RobertRyan
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wintersun wrote:
Living in California we find that most of our trips out of the state are several thousand miles at a minimum. How do you handle the long distances to get around even parts of Australia? I can see where even finding fuel stops could be a challenge.


Finding fuel stops generally is not a problem, but when you are driving in the actual Outback as against Country Australia , yes fuel stops are a problem

Australian Country as against Outback road

wintersun
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Living in California we find that most of our trips out of the state are several thousand miles at a minimum. How do you handle the long distances to get around even parts of Australia? I can see where even finding fuel stops could be a challenge.

RobertRyan
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pnichols wrote:

Robert,

My question had in mind Australian drycamping like what one would find at places like Finke Gorge - which would require complete self-containment:



That is correct and it is included in the free camping category, which could be much closer to a town or City

pnichols
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pnichols wrote:
I'm curious about one aspect of Australian RV camping: Is most of it drycamping or most of it camping with electric, water, and sewer hookups?

My visions of Australia are a lot of out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere remote camping with completely self-contained caravans, but I probably have it wrong.


RobertRyan wrote:
Plenty of Caravan Parks, but a lot of Free camping as well...


Robert,

My question had in mind Australian drycamping like what one would find at places like Finke Gorge - which would require complete self-containment:

2005 E450 Itasca 24V Class C

dcason
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Well, welcome. Take that six months and fly over here. Rent and rv (they are not cheap but at least our petrol is). THEN, do mostly boondocking (to save money and stay in some really wow places) and some campgrounds (perhaps national or state parks...state parks being mostly cheaper).

It is a big land with a lot to see! I would love to go to Australia some day but that plane ride is just too long....

RobertRyan
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Slownsy wrote:
Most Australian campers has only got cassette type toilets and no grey tanks but joust a hose going in to a bucket that then needs to be carried to a suitable disposal point. So no full hookups but only power and water.
Frank.

You can cart this chemically treated cassette by hand to dump point or use a Trolley

RobertRyan
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pnichols wrote:
I'm curious about one aspect of Australian RV camping: Is most of it drycamping or most of it camping with electric, water, and sewer hookups?

My visions of Australia are a lot of out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere remote camping with completely self-contained caravans, but I probably have it wrong.

Plenty of Caravan Parks, but a lot of Free camping as well

Slownsy
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Most Australian campers has only got cassette type toilets and no grey tanks but joust a hose going in to a bucket that then needs to be carried to a suitable disposal point. So no full hookups but only power and water.
Frank.
Frank
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4x4 Super Cab
8' Tray 6.2lt, 3.7 Diff.

pnichols
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I'm curious about one aspect of Australian RV camping: Is most of it drycamping or most of it camping with electric, water, and sewer hookups?

My visions of Australia are a lot of out-in-the-middle-of-nowhere remote camping with completely self-contained caravans, but I probably have it wrong.
2005 E450 Itasca 24V Class C

RobertRyan
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rjxj wrote:
Welcome to the site.
Post pics!!! I have always wanted to visit Australia.

I also post photos of Australia and Australian RV's on other parts of this site

Okie_in_Wyoming
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Welcome aboard!! Thank you for your post. I would love to see some pictures of your travels. It is always wonderful to see places I might never get to see in person.
I think you will enjoy this forum. Lots of nice folks that are also helpful with any questions you may have.
Again, Welcome!
Okie
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