Are caravan parks a lottery or a sure thing in terms of satisfaction?
This month’s feature on caravan park woes may strike a chord with some of you, but how many? I think we have all driven into town during a peak holiday season and phoned or driven in to enquire about a…
Caravan review: Vision RV VH hybrid series
A brand-new range of off-road hybrids debuted recently, and we went along to review the Vision RV VH hybrid series caravans in their element; off-road. It is not very often that a van manufacturer will launch its new range at…
Travel: Carnarvon Gorge with a difference
Carnarvon Gorge. Think you’ve seen it all before? Well, we have news for you… there’s a difference Yes, you’ve been to Carnarvon Gorge before and you may think that not much has changed over the past 20 years. But there…
Cat In A Box
Imagine meandering across this incredible landscape just you and your beloved cat— if this sounds like an impossible scenario, maybe it’s time to make it happen and you can do it. By Sam Rees-Jones Many of us yearn for life…
The Chair That Comes With Batteries Included
When the call went out for camp chair testers, we lined up the perfect couple for the job When we were recently asked to test out a camp chair, we immediately thought what a great idea it was. But when…
Change your tow ball height in a flash
Rapid Hitch allows multiple heights for your tow ball… really quickly.By Mark Allen That’s too high … that’s too low. Rather than asking Goldie Locks or the Three Bears to get the height of your tow ball just right, try…
Charters Towers: The Biggest Load of Bull Outside Texas
Everything’s big in Texas they reckon, but Queensland ain’t small either and one steer in this town is a record-breaker There’s little wonder that Charters Towers is a popular destination with travellers, when you can get a good dose of…
Caravan chassis: The things we thought we knew but didn’t!
How well do you know your caravan chassis? We look at chassis production and discover things we thought we knew, but didn’t! Talk to anybody in the caravan industry and they’ll say the backbone of a caravan is the chassis.…
Check out Avida’s All-Terrain Gem: The Topaz
If you’ve a bigger wagon then the Topaz will follow you to some out of the way places From the outside, Avida’s Topaz CV7572 SL is an impressive-looking van. Like all the Avida caravan range, it’s built without a frame…
CIAA News: Road Tripping Revival
The latest Tourism Australia Research (TRA) forecast highlights the positive influence that the low dollar value is having on increasing domestic tourism and inbound travel, particularly from Asian markets. International visitors are expected to grow by 5.6% per annum to…
Clean Clothes Are Just a Bag Away
The revolutionary washing bag that will save you precious space and money Words & images Monica McInnes Laundry on the road can get tedious and expensive if you’re using caravan park laundries or town laundromats. And what if you’re bush…
Clearview releases its Next Gen extendable towing mirrors
More features, lower profile and same extension as Clearview releases its Next Gen extendable towing mirrors. Clearview set the trend when it released its original, extendable towing mirrors. No more faffing about taking mirrors on and off your tow vehicle…
A Composite Bodied, Lightweight Van for Your Next Adventure
Venture far afield in this new ZONE RV Words and Images gary tischer Having reviewed a ZONE RV off-road caravan on the beach at Teewah about a year ago, I was interested to see its latest offering for a slightly…
Cops take action on overweight caravans!
The issue of overweight caravans is raising its head in official circlesWords & images Marty Ledwich On January 4 and 5, 2017, a police officer from Orbost, Victoria, fired a figurative warning shot across the bow of the RV and…
