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[email protected] the Issue 173 Times May 25, 2018 In this issue: •Headway in camp lighting •Getting a good night’s sleep •Making tracks in Tasmania ‘Roos don’t scare us!’ – GNT readers They’re big, they bounce, and they can be unpredict- able, but a kangaroo’s pres- ence doesn’t scare most grey nomads. Can you spot the difference Only 20% of respondents to between the Peterborough RV our recent GNT survey on Park sign in March (above) and the issue reported they had the Peterborough RV Park sign two ever been intimidated by the months later (right)? iconic marsupial while on the Big Lap. One of them was Cynthia K, who remembers getting the heebie jeebies in the south- Above & beyond west on her last trip over. “Of course they scare me,” Some towns are pulling out was swift … and eye-catching! cussion turns to grey nomad she said. “They’re huge, they all the stops to make grey A giant ‘WELCOME’ has been friendly towns, Julia Creek, don’t always jump out of the nomads feel welcome added to the ‘offending’ sign, west of Townsville in outback way, and they’ve got mean and the message is clear. Queensland is a name that eyes!” In the battle for grey nomad “Peterborough loves having inevitably crops up. The Julia However, Jim K, who has hearts, there continues to be RV visitors,” said the Mayor Creek RV Friendly Rest Area hunted in the bush for most communities that stand out of the District Council, Ruth offers self-contained vehicles a of my life says that, like most from the crowd in their readi- Whittle.