Five-Minute Mods – a better drawbar tap
Frustrated by the water tap on your drawbar? It’s easy to change it to a more practical alternative I don’t know about you, but I have always found the tap on our drawbar to be a constant source of frustration. …
Masterpiece launches luxury Performance Offroad 19’6″ model
The Masterpiece Performance 19’6” is one of the new models in the line-up and built to take you off-road in luxury To start things off, it rides on a custom-designed and engineered Australian manufactured SupaGal chassis. Upfront, it utilises a…
BMPRO offers SmartConnect Bluetooth RV sensors from the factory and for retrofit
BMPRO SmartConnect range of Bluetooth sensors integrates with smart RV control and monitoring systems such as JHub and Odyssey To offer us a fully-connected RV journey, BMPRO has moved to avoid its electronic systems becoming outdated. From 2020-on its systems…
New Age Caravans announces a brand-new product range: The Manta Ray Pop-Top
The Manta Ray caravan is its most popular range and New Age claims the release of this new line lifts the benchmark within the pop-top category “The Manta Ray Pop-Tops are specced to impress. All the fantastic features that caravan…
How to make your travel budget go further (and you with it)
If you can’t yet afford a caravan, there’s no reason you can’t travel far and wide. In part one we look at pre-caravan type travel and in part two saving for the big rig and maybe the big lap We…
Six tips to help you nail that big trip budget!
These ideas are useful whether you’re still in the planning stages or have hit the road already and need help balancing the books Have you always wanted to take the big trip and travel around Australia in your RV of…
How not to buy a lemon caravan, part one
It’s one of the hottest topics in van land, so we’ve put together these tips on steering clear of a lemon caravan and what you can do if you still end up with one! Here’s the scenario: you’ve retired, the…
How not to buy a lemon caravan, part two; critical decisions
There are a handful purchasing decisions that are so fundamental, if you get any one of them wrong, it could set the tone for the rest of your ownership experience Here we look at the five most critical decisions you…
Quick tip – Have your RV electrical wiring checked professionally.
If you’ve recently purchased a pre-loved caravan or camper, its a good idea to have the electrical system checked by a professional. Here’s why. Everyone loves the idea of free camping but, these days, we want to do it with…
The New Age 2020 Wayfinder camper is here
The MY20 Wayfinder brings a fresh update to New Age Caravans innovative camper range. Layouts have been refined and cabinetry space has been re-designed to accommodate larger storage areas According to New Age, the MY20 Wayfinder Camper is the perfect…
How not to buy a lemon caravan, part three: What’s the legal way out?
If you find yourself with a Lemon Caravan, then there are legal steps to follow. Be prepared to stand your ground but also to negotiate About three days before we were due to collect our caravan, one of our children…
App of the Month: SnapSeed Photo Editor
Is this the best photo-editing application ever? Professional photographers may say no but for us ordinary folks, it may well be. Let me tell you why You’ve no doubt heard the saying a picture tells a thousand words. Whoever coined…
Is 2020 the year of the comeback for ‘the voice’ of Lemon RV’s in Aust?
Arnold Schwarzeneggar, John Farnham and now Tracy Leigh? The comeback queen of lemon caravans is back, again. How long for, this time, is anyone’s guess 2019 was, by any measure, a pretty horrible year for the embattled administrator of the…
Apache RTC1 Camper recalled because of potential gas leak
A recall notice has been issued for 16 Apache RTC1 camper trailers after it was discovered the gas appliances hadn’t been installed in accordance with the gas safety standard. Jaha Holdings has issued an immediate recall on 16 Apache RTC1…
