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Is Your Rear Numberplate Legal?

You’ve thought about your touring rig’s weight, its tyre pressures, D-shackles, coupling… everything required for a safe, legal setup, you’ve covered. Right? Well, perhaps not. The appearance and position of the humble numberplate is...
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Review: Gold Class Caravans LC19C

Last issue, we introduced you to a new brand of caravan: Gold Class Caravans. Specifically, we looked at the first model in Gold Class’s offroad range, the Adventure Class. This new brand of vans was...
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Generator Comparison: Solar vs Petrol

Six years ago, I was deep into planning our transition to a permanent life on the road in our caravan. We wanted to do as much free-camping as possible so we had to have...
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Option RV Summermile: Review

Sometimes you just want to get away to a quiet little spot, somewhere the rest of the world can just roll by, somewhere that, by a summer mile, the living is easy. With that in...
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Review: Regal Naralan Motorhome

I arrived at Regal Caravans with great expectations. About six months ago, I had the opportunity to climb behind the wheel of one of Regal’s first attempts at a motorhome, a Sprinter-based van. Regal has...
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Review: Mars 13 Hybrid Caravan

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you’re in need of a genuine offroad caravan, seriously consider going compact. Sure, there are plenty of big, beautiful offroaders that are truly made...
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Swift 500 Series Remedial Process Established

A remedial process has been established for owners of Swift 500 Series gas cookers manufactured between January 1 2019 and May 31 2020 (inclusive). In June 2022, Swift Appliance Group informed customers that all Swift...
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Avida Trip: First RV Adventure

One of the many perks of being national sales manager at GoRV is that every now and then I get to test out the latest products and RVs. Although I have worked in the...
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Travel Guide: Fitzgerald River National Park

In a remote, unassuming corner of coastline between Albany and Esperance lies a national park of international renown, Fitzgerald River National Park (FRNP). In 2017, it was deemed a UNESCO-protected biosphere as 15 per cent of...
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Caught napping!

I was getting ready to do the washing when a ping told me I had an email. Oh dear – it was the editor asking for my column and I hadn't written a word! So...