En Route to Walkamin
I left you last month at the Kilkivan Bush Camp and what a great week we had there. It was an informal gathering of Apex 40 members on our way to an Apex 40...
The Big 90!
My 90th birthday started five hours early! I was at a muster of my Australian Caravan Club's Gippsland Gypsies branch at Maryborough and after a great weekend we had gathered in the indoor area...
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...
A Hall’s Gap Park and a Pressure Cooker
Regular readers would know I’ve been waiting for a sticker to arrive from Mercedes Benz in Germany following repairs to Yemmy. It has finally arrived and I've stuck it on as requested, and I'm...
Big Lap Reality!
With a vision of how things are going to go on your Big Lap, your excitement builds. You can’t wait for those perfect days with your family enjoying new destinations and experiences, and building...
Camp For Longer!
The ever-increasing popularity of the RV lifestyle continues to see more of us hitting the road. And there may come a time when you’d like to find a top spot away from it all…...
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,...
On the Road with Murphy
We had driven from a Surfers Paradise holiday unit to Brisbane to look at the botanical gardens and then left to drive south through the night. We had enjoyed a trouble-free run and although...
Top Five Family Caravanning Tips
We are a family of four doing the big lap. We are ‘Four Hands in a Tin Can’: Peter, Annie, Liam and Mia and thought that, as our initials spelt ‘palm’, we could use...
The Treeless Plain
Well, Yemmy made it to Denmark, WA, and back but has since had a gearbox transplant because he was having a ‘flare’ when changing between second and third. My friend, Eric, used a gearbox...
