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2012 Nissan Navara ST Dual Cab Utility towing a 2018 Adria Altea 402 PH Sports Caravan aka "Blue Snoopy"
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31 July 2024 – Canberra ACT to Sydney NSW

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The alarm sounded at 6:30am and whilst the outside temperature was -3 degrees, it didn’t seem as cold as other…

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30 July 2024 – Wodonga VIC to Canberra ACT

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We slept well and there was no throwing off the doona.  The inside of the caravan was about 8 degrees when…

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29 July 2024 – Warrandyte to Wodonga VIC

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29 July 2024 – Warrandyte to Wodonga VIC We were not bothered by the overnight rain and were happy to…

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28 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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Our alarm sounded at 6:30am.  “He” had woken a couple of hours earlier with the continuous sound of the rain falling…

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27 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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For the first time since leaving home, “He” spent the entire night covered by the doona whilst “She” threw it…

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26 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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Several days ago, we decided to visit friends who live at Kinglake, about 45 minutes from our campsite.  Chrissy and Bob…

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25 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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Our sleeps are becoming easier to manage with the internal caravan temperature but last night we had to throw blankets…

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24 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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We set the alarm for 7:30am and kept pressing the snooze button until 8:30am. “He” had planned to visit the…

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23 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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The doona has now been placed at the base of the bed and we are still warm under our single…

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22 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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We had another good sleep as we are now well into caravan living.  With nothing planned, we decided not to set…

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21 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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We both had our best sleep since leaving home.  Our sleep was only spoilt by the alarm sounding at 6:30am. We…

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20 July 2024 – Warrandyte VIC

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We set the alarm for 7:00am and finally got up just before 8:00am. We had no plans for today other…

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19 July 2024 – Ebden to Warrandyte VIC

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Our trip today would take about 3.5 hours, and our GPS offered 3 different routes. With the caravan remaining hitched,…

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18 July 2024 – Canberra ACT to Ebden VIC

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Our alarm sound at 7:00am and it took us 10 minutes to extract ourselves from under our blankets. Leaving the…

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17 July 2024 – Canberra ACT

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Well, last night was very interesting as we managed to create a fair deal of warmth in the caravan with…

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16 July 2024 – Canberra ACT

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We went to bed just before 11pm last night not knowing how the blankets we had chosen would work.  We now…

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15 July 2024 – Sydney NSW to Canberra ACT

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It’s been too long since our last trip, but “He” started to have doubts about caravanning as he went through…

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11 October 2022 – Sydney to Lithgow NSW

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He had been part of the planning committee for the ACC’s 2022 National Muster and today all the planning came…

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31 December 2019 to 2 December 2020, COVID-19

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A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan China was first reported to the WHO Country Office in China on…

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Posted in: General, Previous Years - 2020 Other Trips (Non Australian Caravan Club)

Where Have We Been?

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As I write this we are recovering from Christmas Day in Sydney. The last entry on this site was in…

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Places We Have Stayed At

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Place we have stayed at: as at 8 December 2018 The following tables details the places we have stayed at.…

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20 November 2018 – Penrith to Sydney NSW

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We had waited a long time for this day to arrive.  We placed an order for an Adria caravan after…

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25 July 2018 – Sydney to Penrith NSW

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Our last day travelling with our caravan was 8 June 2018 when we returned from our final trip in the…

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Is this the end of “Blue Snoopy”?

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  Last year, “He” made a decision that our travelling in a caravan would come to an end with our…

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New laws mean SA motorists must slow to 25km/h as they past emergency services flashing red and blue lights

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If you are going to South Australia, please read the following which was published in “The Advertiser” on 1 September…

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Retirement

Saturday, September 29, 2012 Grey Nomad 1 Comment

29 September 2012 “He”officially retired from the permanent workforce yesterday (28th).  Emotion is very high with the realisation that we…

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Engine failure – Iveco Error Code 148

Monday, September 5, 2011 Grey Nomad 17 Comments

We have often wondered about safety when travelling in remote locations in Australia particularly if you have the misfortune of…

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Winnebago – Product Recall (April 2011)

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The following information was obtained from  the ACCC site at  http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/1002321 I’m posting it here to ensure that the issue…

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Stranded – Don’t let this happen to you.

Saturday, October 16, 2010 Grey Nomad 2 Comments

Whilst we were travelling to Mudgee to join the Winnebago Opal Safari, we pulled off the Great Western Highway at…

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Grounded

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For the past five weeks, Blue Snoopy has been sitting idle in our driveway fully refuelled, water tanks filled, grey…

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Blue Snoopy is a 2018 Adria Altea 402PH Sports Caravan pulled by a 2012 Nissan Navara ST Dual Cab Ute.

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  • Previous Years – 2010 Winnebago RV Club Outback Opal Safari
  • Previous Years – 2010 Winnebago Xmas Party – Nagambie Lakes Vic
  • Previous Years – 2011 Bylong Mouse Races & WRVC Grampians Safari
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  • Previous Years – 2012 Victoria & Western NSW
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  • Previous Years – 2015 ACC Sydney City Slickers – Broken Hill NSW Tagalong
  • Previous Years – 2016 ACC Sydney City Slickers – Riverina Tagalong
  • Previous Years – 2016 Central Australia, Darwin & Western Australia – May to September
  • Previous Years – 2017 – Bathurst, Hill End, Sofala & Lake Wallace – September
  • Previous Years – 2017 – Victoria – April
  • Previous Years – 2017 Gunnedah, Lightning Ridge, ACC National Muster, ACC Dams Muster to Lake Wallace NSW – October
  • Previous Years – 2019 Other Trips (Non Australian Caravan Club)
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