Saving outback Australia, one van at a time
The first time I encountered grey nomads, I was irritated trying to get past them on Queensland’s Bruce highway However as retirement approached, I hooked up my $4,000 Hyundai to my $3,000 Jayco and proudly joined the annual migration. Immediately I spotted a problem on a toilet wall in Bourke, where a truckie had written the words: “vans, not trucks, kill people.” To further add to the chorus, the truckers association appeared on ABC TV asking Grey Nomads to “please drive considerately and to stop clogging rest areas,” however there is another side to this story. Unlike city roads, Australia’s outback highways have a calming effect on most drivers. Lets not focus on my irritating slow driving speed that conserves diesel, 90 to 95 km per hr, but consider the hundreds of outback towns in all states, that are being saved from extinction. Outback towns admire Grey Nomads but there is no need to keep this secret any longer. I propose a National Grey N...