Coffs Coast Advocate

Tap turned on to fill $2.5M man-made lake at Barcaldine

The project completion has come at an opportune time as more Australians are forced to travel in their own backyards.

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16th Dec. 2020 3:12 PM

Barcaldine State School students turned on the tap for the Barcaldine Recreation Park earlier this year.

Border shutdown leaves Victorian travellers ‘marooned’

HAVE you noticed more Victorian number plates on the Northern Rivers than usual?

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21st July 2020 9:07 AM

CARING VIGILANCE: At Lismore Centra Tourist Park, manager Carmen Thomas said potential guests are checked to ensure no-one enters from a pandemic hotspot.

The group bringing thousands of dollars a week into town

An ease in restrictions and border closures has prompted caravanning retirees to head for the hills.

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20th July 2020 4:07 PM

MONTO’S TOURISM BOOM: Maryborough grey nomads Lindsay and Ruth Wieden travelling through Monto during Winter months. Picture: Sam Turner

Rustic $1m camping development targets new travel market

NEW LOOK: Bakers Creek business renews its expansion plans to tap into new tourism market – pet owners

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14th July 2020 5:07 AM

Mycow Accommodation owner Brent Cran with caravan park mascot Bear.

Free CQ camp sites are new COVID-19 hot spots

“If council aren’t applying the state government rules...it should be shut down,” Monty Olsen.

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10th July 2020 5:07 PM

A small portion of the free campers at Calliope on Friday, July 10.

Grey nomads sent packing at Qld border

A “substantial” number of travellers, included grey nomads towing caravans, have been turned around as they tried to cross...

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10th July 2020 11:07 AM

Police turn around a caravan at the border. Picture: Greg Stolz

Cops’ advice for grey nomads stranded in Northern NSW

A number of travellers are biding their time in our region until they are allowed over the Queensland border.

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09th July 2020 5:07 PM

Queensland Police waving through a line of traffic at the Griffith St border check point in Coolangatta on July 9. Photo: Jessica Lamb

Unexpected sales surge boosts Valley, Coast tourism

A welcome sign as the tourism industry recovers from coronavirus restrictions

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02nd July 2020 12:07 AM

J & D Caravans owners Duncan and Jayne Bennett. Photo Tanya Easterby

Tourist parks face uncertainty without grey nomads

Bowen caravan parks will soon be able to welcome guests but, without the Grey Nomad influx, are concerned for the...

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20th May 2020 7:05 AM

Caravan parks are set to welcome their first reservations, though without interstate travellers and the usual Grey Nomad influx, they still face an uncertain few months.

Grey nomads stuck in southwest town for two months

Steve and Debi didn’t have the southwest on their itinerary, but they have found themselves in the local caravan park for...

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17th May 2020 3:05 PM

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