toll roads

Caravanners, Toll Roads and Turmoil

Toll roads. In Australia, they're unavoidable. Drive Highway 1 and you’ll follow a serpentine route that bends and twists around all Australian states and territories, with the exception of the Australian Capital Territory. There’s even...
Mt Buller

Off Season: Mt Buller Touring

You’ve settled into the year, you’re working, your kids have been sick of school from day two, your wife is going insane and the dog has just eaten something it threw up five minutes...
12V

Product Test: 12V Cooking

I have a confession to make. I have the culinary ability somewhat akin to a blind man attempting to complete a 1000-peace jigsaw of a map of Australia.  If you want a great Vegemite sandwich,...

Caravans, Water and Common Sense

Water is, without question, the one resource we can’t do without. When caravanning, the ability to carry the appropriate amount of water is therefore particularly important. SUBSCRIBE TO GORV FOR FREE! It’s a balancing act. Caravans...

Into Business With Murphy

I’d always fancied running our own business and the opportunity came when a new service station was built in the main street of Mornington, Vic, near the beach. This was a great challenge as...

Buying a Used RV: Part 2

In this, part two of our guide to purchasing a secondhand RV, we want to give you a checklist of what to look for when inspecting an RV with the view to purchasing it....

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...
Donvideo

Don Caravan Restoration

It takes a special kind of enthusiasm and passion to restore as many caravans, vehicles and things that Andrew Phillips has. From old bondwood caravans to a Wagon Queen Family Truckster station wagon –...
free-camping

Guide To Better Free-Camping: Part 1

Out of all the ways we can travel around the country, free-camping is my favourite. There is something very challenging about living in your caravan in a remote area, using only the resources you...

Watered Down

Some of Murphy’s tricks are quite hilarious in retrospect, although there was nothing funny at the time. Take the time he nearly had me in the water. I'd left home around midnight, a favourite...