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Caravan Axle Advice: Single Axles vs Tandem Axles
If you’re in the market for a new or pre-loved caravan, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer variety of shapes and sizes available when deciding what suits you and your needs. However,...
Lionel’s Motorhome Blues
When I started writing this month's column I didn't intend to start by telling you that I'd had an accident in Rutherglen, Vic, and that my motorhome, Yemmy, is at the repair shop! I'd driven...
Why A Dual-Zone Fridge Makes Sense
Way back, and I mean way back when I was a teenager out camping with my mates for the weekend, we relied on a trusty old Esky, or chillie bin, or ice box, whatever...
Review: Opus OP19 19ft Caravan
I’ll never forget when I saw the Opus camper trailer for the first time. With the unique ‘dome’ shape of the canvas, it cut quite a striking figure at camp. Many years ago –...
Caravan Review: Hilltop Mawson 18ft 5in Limited Edition
Over the years, I’ve kept a mental list of manufacturers I’ll consider for when the time comes for me to hit the road full time. That’s still a few years away, but that time...
Travel Guide: Waukaringa Goldfields
The definition of a shortcut is usually ‘a shorter route than is usually taken’. And that’s what I thought when we headed offroad to another destination, but little did I know what we were...
Travel Guide: Eyre Peninsula
The Eyre Peninsula forms the eastern curve of the Great Australia Bight and its southernmost point faces the mayhem of the Southern Ocean. Near Port Lincoln, where flannel-shirted millionaires harvest tuna, lobster and shrimp,...
Caravan Review: Goldstream RV 1500 Remote
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, when it’s time to go offroad, nothing quite beats a compact caravan. Others will disagree, sure, but if you’ve ever found yourself at a dead...
Caravan Review: Goldstream RV 1800 EWB Bunk
Question: how many caravan manufacturers use their own vans for R&D purposes? I don’t mean just a quick weekend trip away; I’m talking about a serious trip with the family into remote Australia. I...
Guide: Roadhouses Up the Centre
For those of us travelling around Australia, roadhouses provide a number of services for which we are all grateful. Of course, there is fuel, something we can’t do without, but often there is also...