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Purple Line Saracen Ultra Hitch Lock
These days, security devices are necessary to protect your caravan from would-be thieves, but many people will make sure that the caravan hitch is secure, while forgetting about the safety chains, which can be used to tow the caravan away…
ARB Jack
Jack is one friend you’ll want to take on all your trips – ARB’s Jack, that is. The new off-road, long-travel hydraulic jack offers functionality and safety benefits that the common mechanical jack simply can’t. Jack has an approved working…
Lightforce Striker LED Driving Lights
Lightforce are once again leading the market, with their new Striker LED Driving Lights. These rectangular lights don’t just look cool, they also offer excellent performance and come with a complete DIY Installation Kit. This means you won’t just be…
Hummingbird Electronics RF Battery Monitor Kit
Just last month, Hummingbird Electronics released their updated RF Battery Monitor Kit, which can remotely monitor up to 16 batteries at once – perfect if you have multiple batteries in your vehicle, caravan or home. The RF Battery Monitor, designed…
Barebones Living Forest Lantern
The Forest Lantern from Barebones Living is anything but old-fashioned, despite its vintage looks (which we think adds a lovely touch to any outdoor set-up). The 5-watt Cree LED will light your way with up to 325 lumens, producing 3000K…
Driven: 2018 Isuzu D-Max
Isuzu has squeezed a decent update onto its D-Max ute before the halfway-point of 2018, with the main talking point being the updated rear suspension – a three-leaf pack, instead of the old five-leaf pack. Naturally, a more supple spring…
How I discovered Clancy of the Overflow is not a plumber
I admit I was sceptical. Reluctant even, despite my colleagues’ insistence that the Man from Snowy River Festival was a brilliant, not-to-be-missed event. They’d all been to last year’s festival and came home with whips. The last time I did…
Driving interstate? You’ll probably break the law
I have a dream … a dream that one day, road rules will be the same across every state and territory in Australia. The federal pollies need to take control and be responsible for the rules and regulations that govern…
Driven: 2019 Mazda BT-50 gets updated
Mazda’s BT-50 has been around since 2011 and has hardly changed in those years. It’s based on the Ford Ranger but hasn’t been getting the same raft of constant updates. The BT-50 still isn’t the techno-wizard that the Ford Ranger…
Tasmania: How the best plan can be to have no plan at all
With the hopeful re-opening of Tasmania to certain visitors, we thought it tempting (fate?) to revisit the Ed’s adventure in Tasmania: how the best plan can be to have no plan at all. Tasmania emerged from the early morning mist…
July 2018: 3 we love, 3 we long for
1. Love Gracetown Caravan Park, WA At Gracetown Caravan Park, you will be surrounded by the best attractions that the south west region of WA has to offer, including wineries, breweries, the chocolate factory, and, of course, Gracetown Beach, just…
Sunliner RV ditches the engine with its fifth-wheeler launch
Fifth-wheelers have never really caught on in Australia, but Sunliner reckons that’s going to change and with its new Northshore fiver it aims to be at the forefront of this niche market Sunliner has been operating for 44 years. Back…
How to lift 1000kg with one arm
This jack could be your new best mate… You could easily say “move over Arnold Schwarzenegger”when the Trail-A-Mate is around. This jack is based on the principles of a hydraulic bottle jack, but that’s where any similarities end, because it…
DIY that really isn’t a wind up
There’s nothing worse than heading bush with a camper-trailer, and the jockey wheel decides it doesn’t want to play anymore. After a short-term bush fix, Ant decided to replace the jockey wheel on his Ultimate Camper with a swing-up type,…
Horses and Courses
If you read my story about the Man from Snowy River Festivalin this issue – and of course, I hope you do – it deals with pre-formed opinions and expectations. I’d say that all of us ‘suffer’ from this trait.…
