The Van Life! A Daily Cost Breakdown Of Your Road Trip
With more than 823,000km of road, vastly contrasting landscapes, and affordable options for accommodation, food, and more, Australia is a caravanner’s paradise. But unless you have unlimited finances, travelling with an RV is something...
Review: Hardkorr Universal Lantern
Lighting comes in all shapes and forms these days so finding the right solution can be a little overwhelming. The hard-wired 12V style found in many caravans and campers does the job extremely well,...
The Carnival is Not Over!
Three things happened over the Easter weekend that convinced me that I should write about carnivals this month.
A carnival set-up for the weekend in the lovely Cato Park in Stawell, Vic, and one of...
Newcomers’ Guide to Caravanning
Thinking of the caravanning lifestyle? It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of buying your first caravan. The flashy sales pitches seem to push aside all sensible thought processes, sometimes leading to...
Murphy in the Gravel Pit
We used to race the old Triumph around an old disused gravel pit on Saturday afternoons. If Dad had thought it would be a dangerous bike for me to manage, I'm glad he never...
Alpha Suspensions Guide
If it’s an offroad or even a semi-offroad caravan, there’s a good chance it will have independent coil suspension. For good reason.
Independent coil suspension absorbs massive forces imposed by varying road conditions. If it...
Gear Review: Eco Billy
When heating water for a cuppa, washing dishes, or even washing yourselves while on the road, most of us would generally use the usual options like gas, a butane burner, or even a traditional...
Fuel Tips For Your RV Road Trip
A road trip is undoubtedly one of the best ways to see the country. However, it comes with certain costs involved, the biggest almost always being the fuel needed to get from A to...
Essential Travel Accessories!
When my wife and I bought our first caravan, the first thing we wanted to do, apart from taking it out on its first run, was to go to the big caravan and camping...
Paddling Lawn Hill Gorge
In my previous column I said I'd tell you more about our time as school photographers. It was great travelling this great country and getting paid to do so and we went to a...
