Category Advice
10 Essential Questions When Buying A New Caravan
Ask all the right questions of yourself and the dealer or manufacturer before you buy your next caravan. Buying a caravan is up there with buying a new car or a home in that it requires significant research. Anyone paying…
11 Things I Learned After 5 Years On The Road
You learn a lot after 5 years on the road. From practical tips to a few reminders about what’s important and how to enjoy it. Here are a few things you might want to keep in mind whether heading out…
How to Pick the Right Tow Vehicle
by Colin Young, Caravan Council of Australia How do you know that the vehicle or van you’ve chosen matches the other in terms of safe and legal towing? Here’s help… Choosing the right tow-vehicle for a caravan or camper-trailer is…
Simple and Tasty Camp Cous Cous
Cous cous. The food so nice they named it twice. Also a simple yet impressive dish for the camp site or RV. Cous cous can be flavoured in many ways and will fill you up! Eat it as a side…
Cheese & Bacon Pancakes
Some mornings you just want to be able to eat breakfast and get off to your next adventure and this is a great way to hit a few of your essential food groups all in one. It doesn’t hurt that…
The Big Trip – The Ins and Outs of House Sitting
Living on the road can be very enjoyable but there are times when you need a change from the confines of your caravan. House sitting is a great way to have a break while you’re on your big break. As…
Camp Oven Brownie Cake
If you love to cook and love to camp than you’ll know that a camp oven is a must have item! The versatile camp staple can stew, roast and even bake which is what we’ve used it for to make…
Lemon Myrtle & Chilli Mud Crabs
In the early 1900’s the Malaysian, Singaporeans, Japanese and Chinese pearl divers introduced spices to cooking in Australia and in Broome for the locals this meant a new way to honour the mighty mud crabs. Chilli mud crabs are famous…
7 Tips for Smarter Packing
As we enter Spring and hopefully exit lockdown (for some of us) we thought it was a great time to share our top tips for smarter (and safer) packing. If you’re anything like us, when you finally pull up to…
Camp Kitchen Favourite – Poppy Potato Bread.
If you’re over plain old bread and want something that is easy to cook and tasty, this Poppy Potato Bread recipe is for you. Make sure you get your share as this wont last long. INGREDIENTS 2 ½ cups self-raising…
Five quick mods to update an old van
If you’ve got an old van that is feeling a bit outdated, here are five mods you can do yourself to make your van a little more livable. Second-hand caravans are in high demand right now thanks to the restrictions…
#ChicksWhoTow. We need more women to get behind the wheel.
Women of Australia. It’s time for you to take the steering wheel out of your man’s hands and have a go at towing. Come and join the #ChicksWhoTow movement. Kylie and I would be fairly typical of most couples traveling…
Camp Kitchen Favourite – Ridiculously Easy Kai Si Ming
If you need a quick and simple meal to feed the family, give this variation of Kai Si Ming a try. It’s easy, tasty, and guaranteed to please everyone. When I was growing up, one of my favorite meals mum…
Camp Kitchen Favourite – Marinated Butterflied BBQ Lamb
This lamb dish is an easy and delicious crowd pleaser you can prepare at home and throw on the barbecue at the camp. Serves: 4Time: 10 mins to make marinade, an hour to marinade, 15 mins to cook INGREDIENTS: Butterflied…
What cheeses me off – Caravan crash dash-cam footage
I really hate it when people post dash-cam footage of caravan crashes on social media especially when they involve trucks. Here’s why. Barely a week goes past when there isn’t a video posted on YouTube showing dash-cam footage of a…
Checked your caravan brakes lately? What’s stopping you?
When it comes to pre-holiday safety checks, your caravan’s braking system is usually out of sight and out of mind. Here are 5 simple braking system checks you can perform before you head off on your next trip. As a…
What cheeses me off? Our attitude towards speed limits.
There is no law in this country that compels anyone to drive at or beyond the posted speed limit. So why do so many people bully and harass caravanners who are just doing the right thing? When I’m not writing…