Oh thank you !!! I live in the south of France..and I have been wanting to do this for ages ...I will choose a boat and roam the Canal du Midi..At 75, your documentary has given me that 'push' I needed.
World travel is a very special moment to experience, the memory lives within you forever. I once met a man in the U.S he'd travelled for the past five years nomadic style, he was native to that country. He told me there were plenty of places he still had yet to see. Travelling & meeting new people is precious, the exchanging of ideas & customs, tasting new home cooked cuisine. I have a vintage address book, the majority of the entries are international. Finally: To be packed & walking out your front door, there's an energy rushing through the body & mind that cannot be matched. It's all part of that inner drive, that gets you on your way.
This is brilliant. My parents took my brother an I on a trip around Australia in a 1960s school bus in 2000. The amount of grey nomads on the road was unbelievable.
Over a million people here in the USA are full time RV'ers some still have a home base to go to some times & a lot of others have sold everything they own to become full time RV'ers . They contribute over $50 Billion Dollars a year to the US Economy . Their age range is in the 30's - 50's .
Ahhh this is awesome! I am going to do this in the U.S. so it's awesome to see it being done in Australia! I wish I could do it there for a few years as well. Thanks for posting!
Glad you liked it i saw it years ago on BBC2 and waited for it to be repeated to record it,that never happened so wrote to the production company in Australia and they sold me a copy on DVD.
@@DIYCampervansAndVariety I videoed this when it was on, have since put it on disc. I've watched it loads of times since, love it. I'm sure the UK edit is slightly different, I'll have to go back and watch it again.
just getting organised to start my trip eventually seeing my niece who lives in Cains. I live in Busselton WA. will be living out of my Subaru outback. watching this I may eventually get myself a van. my grandchildren and great grandees think its great my children not so happy. but I cant wait to get moving. happy days.
2001 I did a trip around Australia,in a very worn out ford falcon one of the best things I ever done,beautiful country,now I live in thailand,im originally from the uk,live life while you can
Thanks folks, almost brought me to tears at times. I'm mid 70's and traveled a fair chunk of this great country, would make it permanent easily, but my partner's well-being has always come first. Love the video.
Love this. Thanks for posting. I really like the honesty and grittiness of the whole doc. Makes one quite introspective. Maybe I don't need such a nice travel trailer as the ones I have been looking at. Reminds me of many of the older people I saw back in the....50, 60's.
The number of solo female travels in Australia has grown, and they connect through forums and fb etc and meet up, i think that's awesome. Good on em, enjoying life
A car phone? Mary was ballin'! On a serious note, I wanted to hug her when she was contemplating on her family and feelings of loneliness. Good to see older people being proactive in what they do to stay active and happy. An old doc but a timeless theme 👌🏾
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I have been watching American nomads for a couple of months and then I have found this...!! Definitely inspirational to where I may be in 3 years, no kids, no pets looking for freedom that I have never had!!
Enjoyed that. Got some good insights into what it's like living on the road and I think I identified with the ol truck driver who found a place at the camp where he was happy to remain. I liked what was there too.
Well done- I met many people while caravaning in Oz who had been on the road for years - it’s true the people along the roads in towns n driving along are so helpful. Safe place to go be on the road
so enjoyed this. watching Mary up on the Northern Beaches I thought how much things had changed. Now to walk in the waters or stand at the edge of the waves is taking a risk of crocodile attack. Very sad, so am happy that she had her time there and wherever else she went and did
Empty nesters like me do this part time, we look for the quieter little caravan park, get great advice from those who are happy to share advice, and my husband and I love it. Having just done the most eastern point of Australia, we now have the three other points to do 😍
Glad you enjoyed it,yes that's when I saw it and gave me the inspiration to start campervan travelling and I have never looked back,thanks for watching.
I have been planning to do this ,should be right to head off before next summer . Very Exciting , Hope everyone had a great time on there travels . I can tell its an old video by the car phone etc, good on them all, they lived the dream .
I remember in 1996, a year before this documentary was made, I had the same 70s era hi ace pop top camper that I purchased to cross the Nullabor, travelling from Perth via Victoria then to Griffith NSW. I was a cropduster and needed to cross Australia for work. It cost me $1,500 to purchase and it was full of rust that I had to cut out and bog, what I could not cut out I bogged, sanded and painted with a 2 pack spray, making it look like a shiny yellow van. With fibreglass I recreated the bottom of the front doors that had completely rusted out. I was an expert because that was how I repaired the leading edges of the wings on my cropdusting aircraft after every bird, rabbit and tree strike, it was more art than science. The van looked almost brand new by the time I finished it. On the last leg to rural Griffith NSW, the alternator brush started to fail with no spares and I travelled 100 kilometres to the next town driving through the night covering just a few 100 yards, then the engine would splutter and die and then I would wait a few minutes and start again, move a few yards and so on over and over almost endlessly until I finally made it and quickly had the alternator brush replaced. That was its major fault and very common and the only reason I did not wish to keep it. I sold it to a farmer who wanted to put Sheep Shearers in it. (Personally I would not share/shear my sheep with anyone). I got my money back so that was lucky. That was before the 50% rusted van poked out through the paint and the sealant failed on the pop top (always a problem with it). It was extremly comfortable but a bleeping nightmare it still causes me flashbacks, good times.
Wish you all grey nomads Aussie's good healthy, happiness, and a happy times at your journey around the beautiful Australia with there nice Australians 🐨🇦🇺🍀💞🐞👍 I have done this when I was 30 year's old, 32 year's ago by a motorcycle Honda 250 ccm Enduro from Sydney around just with the minimum of luggage by my own. I had a great time, I miss sometimes my friends I meet a the country with there great nature to. 🐨🇦🇺💞 Happy new year to everyone who loves Australia from Asia 🐘🇨🇭🐨🇦🇺
Thank you so much for this wonderful video I praise all you guys for your strength every day that you keep moving forward and have been blessed with a second chance of life it just open my eyes right now to understand what life has to offer me time to wake up and move on thank you very much and God bless
I've done a lot of this, but being a Pom, I could only do it in 3 month spells. Been down under to "Go Bush" and in the outback 5 times in all. Nothing on earth to equal it. I just love those dusty. dirty roads with their corrugations.
Don,t wait till your retired to do the big lap. Take your annual leave, add your long service leave to it, then take next years annual leave early, and go. That way your still getting paid while your travelling. This is not a dream, we did the big lap around Oz twice. Our attitude was Bugger it, let’s go. And don,t sell your house to fund it.
This is the film I watched on the ABC about 2001 or so that resulted in my wife and I spending 12 and a half years full time on the road. It was great to watch it again. We started in 2005, things were very different when we stopped in 2018. When we started, it was still mostly small motorhomes in the free camps and there were still many places that were not well known (well before WIKICamps), by the time we finished the free camps tended to be crowded with large rigs both motorhomes and caravans. I can't say that things were more restrictive but more councils were enforcing the rules about overnight camping, some were quite serious about it. Having said that, I still get the urge to go back on the road.
Interesting, as a young oldie I think their are three levels of activity. As a kid your running around, and at middle age you slow down,, but theirs a trap that you mustn't fall for when your in the third age, and that's sitting on your butt, because you will grow roots into the couch. You must walk around the house for at least forty mins a day. Then after a while you will realise that you have a new lease on life.
At 15:50 did anyone else notice that he called his wife “mum”? My dad used to call my mother mum too. Funny how that happens in Australia. All us kids called her mum so it just followed that he called her mum too. I don’t know if it happens that often today though.
Home owners complain about motorhomes parking in there area . The thing is that a lot of poor people are choosing to live in a motorhome parking in beautiful areas , realising that home ownership is never going to happen. A motorhome is a lot more affordable than a home and with the digital age and 4g it’s very comfortable, finally I think poor people have got it better than the rich and I think that is the main reason these home owners complain. They’ve paid millions for there bricks and mortar and along comes a motorhome parked on the beach and they can’t stand it , they start thinking I didn’t just buy the house I bought all the streets around my home. I live in a motorhome shower toilet double bed ,I work all week in multiple suburbs in Sydney and I use to spend 5 hours a day in traffic. Now when I finish I’m home and on the weekends I go surfing parked on the beach ,I come in have a bite to eat and a coffee and back out for another session, finally poor people have got it better than the rich .
That TV show on in the background inside the caravan was "Floyd on Fish", I recognise Keith Floyd, he wore a bow tie and was always drinking more wine than cooking food. It think that was what ended him if memory serves me, he passed in 2009 in Dorset England, RIP Keith.
Ha ha a great chef died too soon,I loved watching him and his love of wine,unfortunately not politically correct these days for the snowflakes in charge,shame 👍
Thanks so much for the posting...I cried...I laughed...lots to think about...that would scare the hell out of me being out in the middle of nowhere in an old vehicle that has probably been four times or more around the clock ...you can't just phone the RACV
Glad you liked it Gary ,i found it very thought provoking,thats why i posted it on here hoped it could help a lot of people on so many different levels.Thanks for watching.
I guess it's 20 years on, would be lovely to know the forward story of these people , cheers and here I am at 67 worried about travelling in a secondhand VW Crafter or Ford Transit with 280,000 on the clock!!!
Interesting Fact. After this series aired on ABC over several episodes, the term "Grey Nomad" was adopted so this is the show we have to thank for that.
Brilliant vid, my sentiments exactly, just wish we had the Oz weather and space, but I'm nomadic 9months of the year here in the UK, all the best to you Aussie nomads!
With our combination of open spaces, mild climates, affluence, and political stability, Australia is arguably the best country in the world to follow this lifestyle. I for one feel very lucky to have been born here.
Nomadland was sort of sad. This is far more representative of what I ( a 58 year old woman who retired early) and my friends are doing in Arizona. It’s fun, adventure, new friends and old. We are pinching our pennies yet having a blast. We’ve got cell phones, google maps internet, Amazon delivery lockers and grocery pick up. And back out into the desert we go! Van life!!🖖
I finally got around to watching Nomadland. To me, the whole film was sort of grey and bleak, there was little joy in it, eve nwhen there should have been. I have always found great beauty in deserts and other places that many people avoid, there is great colour and interest in them. I can remember a period of about 4 months in Western Australia when we didn't watch TV, listen to the radio, read a newspaper, or even do much on the internet - bliss! Before my wife and I started living full time on the road in 2005, I did a fair amount of looking at what was going on in the USA, the snowbirders, etc. We even considered going to the USA after we finished living full time on the road in 2018. I couldn't really see Nomadland in what was happening in the USA, it seemed more like what we were doing here except for some obvious differences. Having been stationary for a number of years, I am getting those urges to get back on the road - somewhere - anywhere.
I am 69 , i would like to do that , but i have to consider the children today dont have the same opportunities that we had , its really hard for them in this age to even own a home - So i would have to say you are lucky to be able to go and do this . Not saying you shouldn't , just saying gratitude for what you have is important .
@Gort Newton , No money ! all i have is the land , i was a single mum that worked till late at night for most of my life , not much support for single women - so i bought my own land and built my own place after i left my husband , and supported my children by myself . I have no regrets i did that .
Unfortunately, John "Zocky" Wilson passed away in Wollongong, New South Wales. His obituary was featured in the Illawarra Mercury on May 26, 2017. Great inspiration John RIP.
I used to know one of these couples, he's dead now and it's somewhat sobering to realise that they probably all are. At the age of 45 we sold everything and hit the road, that was 19 years ago and although we now own land we are still nomads, technically at least. Best thing we ever did. There are 1000s of excuses for not doing this, but only a few genuine reasons. We met people with 10x the money we had who said "Gee I wish I could afford to do what you are doing". If it's not for you then fair enough, but if it is, get off your arse and do it before it's too late.
GRAYnomad glad you made it work for you sad to hear the guy you knew has now passed away but it comes to us all eventually,at least he had a great retirement.👍
Not all of them, I found some of the CWA women still alive. I left a quick description of what became of them. Which one of the guys that you knew died?
Wow how long ago was this recorded? It looks like the 70s or even the 60s? :) what a blast from the past. Shame its not like this anymore, you cant just stop and sleep anywhere anymore and so many other things have changed. Great video :) edit: 1997, 23 years ago - wow so much has changed in those 23 years.
Dear Lady. Keeping house and raising children is a sacred calling. Don't let the world tell you otherwise. You are pleasing Father God in that calling, and you are a hero. You also inspire others and bring a new vision to them. Thank you and thank you again. Garth Richert. Cape Town.
The only thing which went utterly wrong in my life: I was not born an Aussie. This is a wonderful documentation. Before 44:00 he says at home he would went to the doc but never underway. I moved a lot between continents and countries and this is what happens: All my old pains leave me after a year and after 2 years I receive other ones. I explain that to me that whereever I live I have a lack of something. After 2 years I feel a new wrong thing/pain. Asap I moved its gone and after 2 years here is a new one. And the worst place to be for me is home. He is right and it is not an illusion.
60 is definitely the new 40, and I'm not just saying that because I'm getting near that age. I am sure that in the 22 years since this film was made it has become accepted that people can do this sort of thing and do it well. I can't even think of the last time I heard the phrase "mid life crisis". I hope that the commentary would be different today; it did have an edge of patronising about it. Ageism became a bit of an issue over here in the UK a while back and gave a lot of people pause for thought. I am happy to say that things have moved on since. Enjoyed the vid. Any one thinking about doing this: give it a go.
After watching this film 22 years ago it was my intention to do just that, travel all over Australia, hitching a lift by Trucks, as i have been long haul UK European truck driver i thought no worries taking the wheel to help out, then i saw a film called "Wolf Creek" ............................................... and i think i will just miss out Australia, and Cycle all around the UK instead.
I'm facing where do I go from here.....and am stuck with not enough money to make my dream of living in a tiny house on wheels come true....Am on the East Coast of the USA and lost my way....love this lifestyle. Freedom, living off grid. with solar
Sorry you are struggling at this moment in time Deanna i watch lots of youtube videos of Americans who are living on the road due to financial pressures,it is a great lifestyle but there are still costs involved,hope things turn round for you soon,thanks for watching.
i have been through a rough patch myself so i know how hard it is to find strength to carry on sometimes but our can do spirit in us keeps us fighting and hopefully you will find a way out,best wishes.
It can be done on very little Deanna, keep the faith and it will come let me know how you go. I'm 67 and intend to live out of a van in Australia soon. The simple uncomplicated life is what I yearn for, and nature in all its strength and might, you can contact me for a chat hemmingslee@gmail.com. Sometimes that helps to clarify things...cheers Lee
These grey nomads are a inspiration this was filmed a while back I reckon, we have a lot of nomads today at the tamworth country music festival 2019 with their fancy caravan and cars on display showing off it’s pathetic,
I’m so glad this popped up on my feed! Thanks for posting....
zorazora zorzzora glad you enjoyed it 👍.
Starting in 95 I set off around Oz in my kombi. Went 8 times round over 10 years and earned a living as a folksinger! This country is truly amazing!
Bob Eden Wow Bob totally living the dream,bet you've some story's to tell.
Great Bob. Im. Looking at doing it as im. A country music artist
Oh thank you !!! I live in the south of France..and I have been wanting to do this for ages ...I will choose a boat and roam the Canal du Midi..At 75, your documentary has given me that 'push' I needed.
If you are well enough to do it then go for it,age should have no boundaries,get out there and make some memories,safe travels x
Looking forward to times like this Australia at its best, thank you for sharing!
Hi Cheryl glad you enjoyed it.
World travel is a very special moment to experience, the memory lives within you forever. I once met a man in the U.S he'd travelled for the past five years nomadic style, he was native to that country. He told me there were plenty of places he still had yet to see. Travelling & meeting new people is precious, the exchanging of ideas & customs, tasting new home cooked cuisine. I have a vintage address book, the majority of the entries are international.
Finally: To be packed & walking out your front door, there's an energy rushing through the body & mind that cannot be matched. It's all part of that inner drive, that gets you on your way.
This is brilliant. My parents took my brother an I on a trip around Australia in a 1960s school bus in 2000. The amount of grey nomads on the road was unbelievable.
Glad you enjoyed it ,one of my favorite documenterys,
Over a million people here in the USA are full time RV'ers some still have a home base to go to some times & a lot of others have sold everything they own to become full time RV'ers . They contribute over $50 Billion Dollars a year to the US Economy . Their age range is in the 30's - 50's .
Sadly I'll never be able to do this in my country (South Africa) without being mugged, thieved or murdered being a white single male pensioner. ;
Ahhh this is awesome! I am going to do this in the U.S. so it's awesome to see it being done in Australia! I wish I could do it there for a few years as well.
Thanks for posting!
Glad you enjoyed it.
and we'd love to have you down under! :)
Really enjoyed this documentary. Was very inspiring and very well put together. Thanx for sharing 👍🏽
Grimm 23 glad you enjoyed it 👍
I have been glued to this, absolutely fantastic. Thanks for posting.
Glad you liked it i saw it years ago on BBC2 and waited for it to be repeated to record it,that never happened so wrote to the production company in Australia and they sold me a copy on DVD.
Hope some of them are still going around
@@DIYCampervansAndVariety I videoed this when it was on, have since put it on disc. I've watched it loads of times since, love it. I'm sure the UK edit is slightly different, I'll have to go back and watch it again.
just getting organised to start my trip eventually seeing my niece who lives in Cains. I live in Busselton WA. will be living out of my Subaru outback. watching this I may eventually get myself a van. my grandchildren and great grandees think its great my children not so happy. but I cant wait to get moving. happy days.
linricks enjoy the journey hope you have a wonderful safe trip 👍
I love the guy who licks his fork clean and puts it back ready for later🤣🤣
Gart Jone me too,minimalistic living at it best 👍
Mmmmmm camping clean, not as good as his radio remote
What lovely & uplifting story, thank you.
Rob Heenan glad you enjoyed it.👍.
2001 I did a trip around Australia,in a very worn out ford falcon one of the best things I ever done,beautiful country,now I live in thailand,im originally from the uk,live life while you can
james goodwin too true James,we are here for a fun time not a long time 👍
Thanks folks, almost brought me to tears at times. I'm mid 70's and traveled a fair chunk of this great country, would make it permanent easily, but my partner's well-being has always come first. Love the video.
Love this. Thanks for posting. I really like the honesty and grittiness of the whole doc. Makes one quite introspective. Maybe I don't need such a nice travel trailer as the ones I have been looking at. Reminds me of many of the older people I saw back in the....50, 60's.
Glad you liked it,made me re evaluate my priorities,felt i had t share it.
@@DIYCampervansAndVariety Live life to your fullest with no regrets!
The number of solo female travels in Australia has grown, and they connect through forums and fb etc and meet up, i think that's awesome. Good on em, enjoying life
A car phone? Mary was ballin'! On a serious note, I wanted to hug her when she was contemplating on her family and feelings of loneliness. Good to see older people being proactive in what they do to stay active and happy. An old doc but a timeless theme 👌🏾
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I have been watching American nomads for a couple of months and then I have found this...!! Definitely inspirational to where I may be in 3 years, no kids, no pets looking for freedom that I have never had!!
Glad you enjoyed it,this documentery started me on my campervan journey.
Enjoyed that. Got some good insights into what it's like living on the road and I think I identified with the ol truck driver who found a place at the camp where he was happy to remain. I liked what was there too.
absolutely love this so inspiring i suddenly don't feel so old anymore thank you
Mel’s World glad you enjoyed it 👍.
Well done- I met many people while caravaning in Oz who had been on the road for years - it’s true the people along the roads in towns n driving along are so helpful. Safe place to go be on the road
Bonjour et merci ! Beautiful stories !!!
really moving bit of film, sad that it reflects so long ago. 22 years but worth watching . peace to them all.
Really enjoyed watching this.3 to 4 more yrs and I too will be traveling around Aussie. Watching this only makes me want it sooner
Really glad you enjoyed it,I posted it to help or inspire people.
don't wait glen. too many people leave it too late. do some trips. it is awesome out here.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this!!!
Cecelia Best glad you enjoyed it 👍.
Absolutely love this video ,thank you so much :)
Owen Richardson glad you enjoyed it,set me on my van life path 👍
so enjoyed this. watching Mary up on the Northern Beaches I thought how much things had changed. Now to walk in the waters or stand at the edge of the waves is taking a risk of crocodile attack. Very sad, so am happy that she had her time there and wherever else she went and did
Empty nesters like me do this part time, we look for the quieter little caravan park, get great advice from those who are happy to share advice, and my husband and I love it. Having just done the most eastern point of Australia, we now have the three other points to do 😍
What a group of beautiful people!
Hanh Nguyen free spirits ❤️
Great documentary - I remember watching this on tv in late 1997/early 1998.
Glad you enjoyed it,yes that's when I saw it and gave me the inspiration to start campervan travelling and I have never looked back,thanks for watching.
I have been planning to do this ,should be right to head off before next summer . Very Exciting , Hope everyone had a great time on there travels . I can tell its an old video by the car phone etc, good on them all, they lived the dream .
I remember in 1996, a year before this documentary was made, I had the same 70s era hi ace pop top camper that I purchased to cross the Nullabor, travelling from Perth via Victoria then to Griffith NSW. I was a cropduster and needed to cross Australia for work. It cost me $1,500 to purchase and it was full of rust that I had to cut out and bog, what I could not cut out I bogged, sanded and painted with a 2 pack spray, making it look like a shiny yellow van. With fibreglass I recreated the bottom of the front doors that had completely rusted out. I was an expert because that was how I repaired the leading edges of the wings on my cropdusting aircraft after every bird, rabbit and tree strike, it was more art than science. The van looked almost brand new by the time I finished it. On the last leg to rural Griffith NSW, the alternator brush started to fail with no spares and I travelled 100 kilometres to the next town driving through the night covering just a few 100 yards, then the engine would splutter and die and then I would wait a few minutes and start again, move a few yards and so on over and over almost endlessly until I finally made it and quickly had the alternator brush replaced. That was its major fault and very common and the only reason I did not wish to keep it. I sold it to a farmer who wanted to put Sheep Shearers in it. (Personally I would not share/shear my sheep with anyone). I got my money back so that was lucky. That was before the 50% rusted van poked out through the paint and the sealant failed on the pop top (always a problem with it). It was extremly comfortable but a bleeping nightmare it still causes me flashbacks, good times.
Good memories though mate of great adventures past,thanks for watching 👍
Wish you all grey nomads Aussie's good healthy, happiness, and a happy times at your journey around the beautiful Australia with there nice Australians 🐨🇦🇺🍀💞🐞👍
I have done this when I was 30 year's old, 32 year's ago by a motorcycle Honda 250 ccm Enduro from Sydney around just with the minimum of luggage by my own. I had a great time, I miss sometimes my friends I meet a the country with there great nature to. 🐨🇦🇺💞
Happy new year to everyone who loves Australia from Asia 🐘🇨🇭🐨🇦🇺
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the guy welding the exhaust pipe without eye protection...different breed back in those days
My dad welded like that 😂
Everyone in this vid reminded me of my nan n pap! Great vid! Big thumbs up! 👍
Just got a camper van myself but in my 30’s just starting early ha
Loco Bogan glad you enjoyed the video,safe travels my friend 👍
Thank you so much for this wonderful video I praise all you guys for your strength every day that you keep moving forward and have been blessed with a second chance of life it just open my eyes right now to understand what life has to offer me time to wake up and move on thank you very much and God bless
Louis Munoz glad you enjoyed the documentary 👍
Wow, what a great video. Professionally made. For someone who is about to hit the road it was great to watch.
Glad you enjoyed it Glenn,i thought it was worth sharing with fellow travellers.
This was made in 1997 - It would be great to see an update of these folks! I am so jealous - this would be the life for me!
I agree
Me too
This is a great video. It shows all the people as following their own way, even poking a bit of fun at the lady fighting with her behemoth motor home.
tom jackson glad you enjoyed it 👍.
I've done a lot of this, but being a Pom, I could only do it in 3 month spells. Been down under to "Go Bush" and in the outback 5 times in all. Nothing on earth to equal it. I just love those dusty. dirty roads with their corrugations.
Wonderful video and being in the UK at the age of 67 it makes want to go out the door now and drive to Spain. Wonder if the wife will let me !
Ha Ha dont tell her just fill up and go,glad you enjoyed the documentary.
Don,t wait till your retired to do the big lap. Take your annual leave, add your long service leave to it, then take next years annual leave early, and go. That way your still getting paid while your travelling. This is not a dream, we did the big lap around Oz twice. Our attitude was Bugger it, let’s go. And don,t sell your house to fund it.
A great film. Wish I lived in Australia. Visited twice and nearly didn't come back to the UK. Great country. People ain't too bad either.
Yes enjoyed it myself thats why i shared it on youtube,always fancied Oz myself just never happened,thanks for watching.
thanks for posting.
Hope you enjoyed it as much as i did,thanks for watching.
great video thanks for sharing I'm hoping this year I can do the same thing in my old 68 Vw kombi Im still a baby at 65
jacksplace Pascoe hope you have a great and safe journey,half your luck mate 👍.
This is the film I watched on the ABC about 2001 or so that resulted in my wife and I spending 12 and a half years full time on the road. It was great to watch it again.
We started in 2005, things were very different when we stopped in 2018. When we started, it was still mostly small motorhomes in the free camps and there were still many places that were not well known (well before WIKICamps), by the time we finished the free camps tended to be crowded with large rigs both motorhomes and caravans. I can't say that things were more restrictive but more councils were enforcing the rules about overnight camping, some were quite serious about it.
Having said that, I still get the urge to go back on the road.
A truly inspirational documentary,glad you gave it a go and enjoyed your time travelling, thanks for watching 👍
Very impressed with the camera job, thank you camera man 👍and the team
Interesting, as a young oldie I think their are three levels of activity. As a kid your running around, and at middle age you slow down,, but theirs a trap that you mustn't fall for when your in the third age, and that's sitting on your butt, because you will grow roots into the couch. You must walk around the house for at least forty mins a day. Then after a while you will realise that you have a new lease on life.
Really want to do this but my horses keep me “stabilized “.
Bloody fantastic love it
Inspiring to all old people or any person come thing of it,
Just wonderful
Add life to days
Not days to your life
surffins wise words ,glad you enjoyed it.
Absolutely loved this!
Thanks so much for posting I’m going to Live in my camper van very soon
Hi Bilinda glad you enjoyed the video this documentary set me on my own campervan lifestyle.Good luck on your travels.
What a great story...I too have been glued to this...wish there were a follow up and more like this
Hi Melody glad you enjoyed the documentary as much as i did,quite insperational i think.
Live life to the fullest that makes YOU happy. NO REGRETS!
Dale Kundtz very true Dale.
Great video, loved it, im also a grey person but not nomad...yet...cheers
Now that's how I would like to spend my last years. Excellent!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it.
this was awesome to watch, i have enjoyed it so much, I'm re-building a camper for this reason looking forward to it,
Glad you enjoyed it,i found it very thought provoking and just had to share it on You Tube.Thanks for watching.
I'm happy these folks have found their JOY. So few ever do.
Hope you enjoyed the documentary as much as i did.
At 15:50 did anyone else notice that he called his wife “mum”? My dad used to call my mother mum too. Funny how that happens in Australia. All us kids called her mum so it just followed that he called her mum too. I don’t know if it happens that often today though.
Cool, yeah i call my partner dad and he calls me mum because of our child, that's how it started lol
Ha, my pa used to call my nan ...mum! Confused the hell out of me as a kid
I know a 68 year old guy call his son in-law mom MUMMY!! 😂😂😂😂That's weird😂😂😂😂🇳🇿
Absolutely loved watching this. Would love to know how mary went after this doc. Thanks for the inspiration.
Really glad you enjoyed this documentary ,thanks for watching,im trying to find out more about Mary but not having much luck.
I love their attitudes👏
This video warmed my heart ♥️
Home owners complain about motorhomes parking in there area . The thing is that a lot of poor people are choosing to live in a motorhome parking in beautiful areas , realising that home ownership is never going to happen. A motorhome is a lot more affordable than a home and with the digital age and 4g it’s very comfortable, finally I think poor people have got it better than the rich and I think that is the main reason these home owners complain. They’ve paid millions for there bricks and mortar and along comes a motorhome parked on the beach and they can’t stand it , they start thinking I didn’t just buy the house I bought all the streets around my home. I live in a motorhome shower toilet double bed ,I work all week in multiple suburbs in Sydney and I use to spend 5 hours a day in traffic. Now when I finish I’m home and on the weekends I go surfing parked on the beach ,I come in have a bite to eat and a coffee and back out for another session, finally poor people have got it better than the rich .
Here here. I've never thought of it that way good insight information there mate . Hi from New Zealand ❤
That TV show on in the background inside the caravan was "Floyd on Fish", I recognise Keith Floyd, he wore a bow tie and was always drinking more wine than cooking food. It think that was what ended him if memory serves me, he passed in 2009 in Dorset England, RIP Keith.
Ha ha a great chef died too soon,I loved watching him and his love of wine,unfortunately not politically correct these days for the snowflakes in charge,shame 👍
Thanks so much for the posting...I cried...I laughed...lots to think about...that would scare the hell out of me being out in the middle of nowhere in an old vehicle that has probably been four times or more around the clock ...you can't just phone the RACV
Glad you liked it Gary ,i found it very thought provoking,thats why i posted it on here hoped it could help a lot of people on so many different levels.Thanks for watching.
That's great!!
They have/had lived the second springs in their lives.
I must say I totally enjoyed this🥰
Glad you enjoyed it,very thought provoking documentary I thought, thanks for watching 👍
What an awesome discovery this video is
Glad you enjoyed it Lee,i felt i just had to share it,really put a perspective in my life.
I guess it's 20 years on, would be lovely to know the forward story of these people , cheers
and here I am at 67 worried about travelling in a secondhand VW Crafter or Ford Transit with 280,000 on the clock!!!
I think the Documentary was released in approx 1996,yes an update would be very interesting.
Interesting Fact. After this series aired on ABC over several episodes, the term "Grey Nomad" was adopted so this is the show we have to thank for that.
Beautiful, here's hoping all of these nomads are still going ok
I enjoyed this video.
Justin Case Solar Power glad you liked it,I found it really interesting too that's why I put it on here for other people to see.
THANK YOU FOR GREAT BEAUTY DETAIL ON HOW JOY LIFE BY TRAVEL ROUND BEAUTY OF AUSTRALIA
Brilliant vid, my sentiments exactly, just wish we had the Oz weather and space, but I'm nomadic 9months of the year here in the UK, all the best to you Aussie nomads!
With our combination of open spaces, mild climates, affluence, and political stability, Australia is arguably the best country in the world to follow this lifestyle. I for one feel very lucky to have been born here.
DOH just embarking on my trip now how inspiring
Nomadland was sort of sad. This is far more representative of what I ( a 58 year old woman who retired early) and my friends are doing in Arizona. It’s fun, adventure, new friends and old. We are pinching our pennies yet having a blast.
We’ve got cell phones, google maps internet, Amazon delivery lockers and grocery pick up. And back out into the desert we go! Van life!!🖖
Glad you are doing what most people only dream of,live your life build memories and enjoy,thanks for watching ,stay safe 👍
I finally got around to watching Nomadland. To me, the whole film was sort of grey and bleak, there was little joy in it, eve nwhen there should have been. I have always found great beauty in deserts and other places that many people avoid, there is great colour and interest in them. I can remember a period of about 4 months in Western Australia when we didn't watch TV, listen to the radio, read a newspaper, or even do much on the internet - bliss!
Before my wife and I started living full time on the road in 2005, I did a fair amount of looking at what was going on in the USA, the snowbirders, etc. We even considered going to the USA after we finished living full time on the road in 2018. I couldn't really see Nomadland in what was happening in the USA, it seemed more like what we were doing here except for some obvious differences. Having been stationary for a number of years, I am getting those urges to get back on the road - somewhere - anywhere.
Very inspiring.
I am 69 , i would like to do that , but i have to consider the children today dont have the same opportunities that we had , its really hard for them in this age to even own a home - So i would have to say you are lucky to be able to go and do this . Not saying you shouldn't , just saying gratitude for what you have is important .
Thjeok Thjeok I couldn't agree more ,thank you for watching.
@Gort Newton , No money ! all i have is the land , i was a single mum that worked till late at night for most of my life , not much support for single women - so i bought my own land and built my own place after i left my husband , and supported my children by myself . I have no regrets i did that .
@Gort Newton , sounds good , my daughter keeps on telling me i should , ill see .
thank you for reply would to see more video on any body's travel's rob55
Awesome
Unfortunately, John "Zocky" Wilson passed away in Wollongong, New South Wales. His obituary was featured in the Illawarra Mercury on May 26, 2017. Great inspiration John RIP.
Yes what a shame but it comes to us all eventually RIP .
lol the gold coast is worse now. way over crowded. love the video. so want to be a nomad...
I used to know one of these couples, he's dead now and it's somewhat sobering to realise that they probably all are. At the age of 45 we sold everything and hit the road, that was 19 years ago and although we now own land we are still nomads, technically at least. Best thing we ever did. There are 1000s of excuses for not doing this, but only a few genuine reasons. We met people with 10x the money we had who said "Gee I wish I could afford to do what you are doing". If it's not for you then fair enough, but if it is, get off your arse and do it before it's too late.
GRAYnomad glad you made it work for you sad to hear the guy you knew has now passed away but it comes to us all eventually,at least he had a great retirement.👍
Not all of them, I found some of the CWA women still alive. I left a quick description of what became of them. Which one of the guys that you knew died?
Can't remember now. I'll watch the vid again and tell you.
The bloke at 15:45. A friend of a friend, can't remember his name now but we did hang out at a few happy hours at CMCA rallies about 20 years ago.
I should watch the entire thing again. It's good to remind you just how little you really need to enjoy life.
loved it
cob cob glad you enjoyed it 👍.
Wow how long ago was this recorded? It looks like the 70s or even the 60s? :) what a blast from the past. Shame its not like this anymore, you cant just stop and sleep anywhere anymore and so many other things have changed. Great video :) edit: 1997, 23 years ago - wow so much has changed in those 23 years.
Cuddly Koala yes I think it was 1996/7 but not sure 👍
DIY Campervans And Variety it has the date in the credits :)
I have never had an accident, but have caused hundreds.
Bloody awesome, you go girls 🔥😍🥰
Nana MC glad you enjoyed the documentary,very inspiring I thought.
Dear Lady. Keeping house and raising children is a sacred calling. Don't let the world tell you otherwise. You are pleasing Father God in that calling, and you are a hero.
You also inspire others and bring a new vision to them. Thank you and thank you again. Garth Richert. Cape Town.
I will join you all this year !!!!!! Van is almost ready
The only thing which went utterly wrong in my life: I was not born an Aussie.
This is a wonderful documentation.
Before 44:00 he says at home he would went to the doc but never underway. I moved a lot between continents and countries and this is what happens: All my old pains leave me after a year and after 2 years I receive other ones. I explain that to me that whereever I live I have a lack of something. After 2 years I feel a new wrong thing/pain. Asap I moved its gone and after 2 years here is a new one. And the worst place to be for me is home. He is right and it is not an illusion.
Im competely inspired!!
Outstanding
60 is definitely the new 40, and I'm not just saying that because I'm getting near that age. I am sure that in the 22 years since this film was made it has become accepted that people can do this sort of thing and do it well. I can't even think of the last time I heard the phrase "mid life crisis". I hope that the commentary would be different today; it did have an edge of patronising about it. Ageism became a bit of an issue over here in the UK a while back and gave a lot of people pause for thought. I am happy to say that things have moved on since. Enjoyed the vid. Any one thinking about doing this: give it a go.
I love this place
Good on you Mary you're a legend xx
Im an Aus living in the US facing the same issue. Feeling totally lost.
Hopefully things will work out ok for you Gordon,happy new year and thanks for watching 👍.
Peace and happiness keep them company...hope Mary finds the happiness she deserves
After watching this film 22 years ago it was my intention to do just that, travel all over Australia, hitching a lift by Trucks, as i have been long haul UK European truck driver i thought no worries taking the wheel to help out, then i saw a film called "Wolf Creek" ............................................... and i think i will just miss out Australia, and Cycle all around the UK instead.
dont let hollyweird put you off, its quite safe
@Gort Newton out rural areas you gonna be fine..little abo kids just rob petty stuff
Nobody 'takes the wheel to help out' mate. Insurance and company policy see's to that. How would you pay for the damage if you wrecked it?
@@colinl9018 22 years ago i did not know that.
I'm facing where do I go from here.....and am stuck with not enough money to make my dream of living in a tiny house on wheels come true....Am on the East Coast of the USA and lost my way....love this lifestyle. Freedom, living off grid. with solar
Sorry you are struggling at this moment in time Deanna i watch lots of youtube videos of Americans who are living on the road due to financial pressures,it is a great lifestyle but there are still costs involved,hope things turn round for you soon,thanks for watching.
Thank you for your kind words...
i have been through a rough patch myself so i know how hard it is to find strength to carry on sometimes but our can do spirit in us keeps us fighting and hopefully you will find a way out,best wishes.
It can be done on very little Deanna, keep the faith and it will come let me know how you go. I'm 67 and intend to live out of a van in Australia soon. The simple uncomplicated life is what I yearn for, and nature in all its strength and might, you can contact me for a chat hemmingslee@gmail.com. Sometimes that helps to clarify things...cheers Lee
Long may you carry on!
These grey nomads are a inspiration this was filmed a while back I reckon, we have a lot of nomads today at the tamworth country music festival 2019 with their fancy caravan and cars on display showing off it’s pathetic,
mathew murphy I believe the documentary was released around 1996.hope you enjoyed it.