Essential Towing Gear: What You Need
When you purchase your first caravan, thoughts turn to all the fabulous accessories you can buy to make your travels more like staying in a luxury resort. Not that there’s anything wrong with that....
Inside a Couple’s Hilltop Grampian
Finding the right rig to accompany you on your travels to the Red Centre, the Coral Coast or Far North Queensland can be overwhelming. But when you find the right van for you and...
EcoCamel Caravan Shower Head Tested
For many of us, owning an RV or caravan is all about the freedom to travel and explore without sacrificing the comforts of home. And one of those comforts is having a bathroom and...
Campfire Safety: Never Just Smother Your Fire
Hands up if you’re guilty of ever ‘extinguishing’ your campfire with sand or soil before heading off to bed or perhaps to the next destination? You wouldn’t be the only one. In fact, there...
Into Civvy Street With Murphy
We were living in Harrogate in a caravan at Vi’s dad’s farm and her brother Sydney told me that Ernie Taylor, who ran a little garage nearby, was very busy and could be looking...
Caravanning and RVing in Australia Closes
Many years ago, I set up a website to answer caravanning queries and to sell my books. It grew to include such things as caravan manufacturers, caravan clubs, travel stories and much more.
Recently, there...
Dual-Cab Dilemma
For the last five years, the general motoring and RV media has talked about the unrealistic towing capacities of dual-cab utes available on the Australian market. Principally, we’ve been critical of the claimed 3500kg...
A Windy Warrnambool Muster
The weather gods didn't smile on us as we gathered at Warrnambool, Vic, for the 13th Australian Caravan Club's National Muster and AGM.
Despite the weather, we had a great time and even the flapping...
Up The West Coast
We were on the road quite early in the morning but then Murphy took a hand and made me lose all the air in one of my tyres. I’m a bit heavy and they...
Caravanning Green
It could be said that driving green is an oxymoron. Can one call oneself a greenie, as I do, and still drive the length and breadth of Australia in a diesel 4WD towing a...
