Happy Hour Etiquette

Anyone who travels will be familiar with the ritual of happy hour, whether it is in a caravan park or a camping spot in the bush. It is the nature of people to gather and...

4WDing Basics

Australia offers one of the best opportunities to holiday in untainted, beautiful country. Given the expanse of the country, often a 4WD is the only way to see the best spots. They offer one...
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Caravan Park Rules

All caravan parks have a set of rules by which you must abide if you want to stay there. Some of these rules are very reasonable. Some, seemingly, not so much. Some parks may...

Tow Vehicles and Best-Sellers

BOOKS I'VE WRITTEN My wife, Vi, was in hospital at Esk, Qld, and I was at a loose end between visits to the hospital, so I started writing down all the things I could think...

Easy RV Storage Solutions

Getting the most out of every nook and cranny of RV storage space is essential. But there is an important caveat here: just because your van or motorhome has bucketloads of storage capacity doesn’t...
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Cost of Travel

The cost of living is rising right across the country and somewhere to park your RV is no exception as parks and councils alike respond to a boom in post-covid RV travel. It seems...

Personalise Your Caravan!

We all have our preferences when it comes to choosing a caravan or other RV. And once we have made our purchase, it is time to personalise it to not only distinguish it from...

Aerobatics with Murphy

Our second pilots were fully qualified on smaller planes but not allowed to fly the Hastings for take-off or landings and had to fly Tiger Moths and Chipmunks to keep their hand in. I...
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The Fridge Friend Fix

After years of refining my caravan setup, from solar panels to water filtration, I thought I had food storage sorted. But on my recent three-week journey through Victoria, one small addition made a surprisingly...

Murphy Heads Outback

You may remember the trip to Darwin I told you about earlier. Well, I decided to do the same trip again years later on my own. At least, I thought I was on my...