Visit almost any place, large, small or remote, across Central Queensland during the winter months and one could easily be mistaken to assume the region is significantly populated by senior citizens. However, on a closer look these folk are in the main BYOH Grey Nomad travellers from the Southern States. In case you don’t know, BYOH means Bring Your Own Home…!
The number of Grey Nomad travellers have doubled in the last few years with combined caravan and camper van registrations now exceeding 620,000. Every year more and more Australian’s move into retirement and want to see their country and enjoy the camaraderie of life on the road. Just a few years ago many small outback communities were looking down the barrel of extinction.
Today, just like rain on the land, a visibly evident down-pour of Grey Nomads is rejuvenating local economies and creating new employment opportunities. Cobbold Gorge is a great example of how a family owned cattle station in the Queensland Savannah country has successfully leveraged its natural resources and embraced nomadic tourism.
The Bazflyers paid Cobbold Gorge a visit, flying 600 km east from Mount Isa and landing on Forsayth airfield. As the story goes this still developing attraction was born out of the discovery in recent times of a previously unknown sandstone formation on the vast Terry family cattle station. cobboldgorge.com.au
While the Bazflyers travel in BYOP ( Bring Your Own Plane) mode, we also enjoy the camaraderie of Grey Nomads we meet along the way and our couple of nights at Cobbold Gorge was no exception. How many mutual friends can you share with a random acquaintance around a campfire in the outback?
Grey Nomads camped at Longreach
Camaraderie in practice
BAZ settled in on Forsayth airfield
Stunning Cobbold Gorge
The number of Grey Nomad travellers have doubled in the last few years with combined caravan and camper van registrations now exceeding 620,000. Every year more and more Australian’s move into retirement and want to see their country and enjoy the camaraderie of life on the road. Just a few years ago many small outback communities were looking down the barrel of extinction.
Today, just like rain on the land, a visibly evident down-pour of Grey Nomads is rejuvenating local economies and creating new employment opportunities. Cobbold Gorge is a great example of how a family owned cattle station in the Queensland Savannah country has successfully leveraged its natural resources and embraced nomadic tourism.
The Bazflyers paid Cobbold Gorge a visit, flying 600 km east from Mount Isa and landing on Forsayth airfield. As the story goes this still developing attraction was born out of the discovery in recent times of a previously unknown sandstone formation on the vast Terry family cattle station. cobboldgorge.com.au
While the Bazflyers travel in BYOP ( Bring Your Own Plane) mode, we also enjoy the camaraderie of Grey Nomads we meet along the way and our couple of nights at Cobbold Gorge was no exception. How many mutual friends can you share with a random acquaintance around a campfire in the outback?
Grey Nomads camped at Longreach
Camaraderie in practice
BAZ settled in on Forsayth airfield
Stunning Cobbold Gorge
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