July 2018: What’s on around Australia
North Lismore, NSWLismore Outdoor Leisure Show July 13-15, 2018 You’ll find anything and everything outdoor adventure related at the Lismore Show, including 4WD and accessories, motorhomes, caravans, camper-trailers, camping, boats, kayaks, fishing, trekking, rock climbing and all manner of bikes…
Jurgens Jindabyne: Fancy a Bunk Up?
There is one key feature that is required in a family van and that’s beds. Bunk beds specifically need to be functional and have enough space for young bodies to grow. Jurgens Caravans has tried to address both these ideas…
Hsa Jurgens’ Solaris Broken the grey mould?
For many folks who love to escape the cold months down south, this all-new Jurgens van could be the perfect way to catch the sun’s rays! Words, Images and Video ANTHONY KILNER It’s not that often that a caravan manufacturer…
How to Keep the Wet out of Your Van
Resealing a leaking caravan window is easy, if you know how Water leaks are a common problem, especially with aluminium-clad caravans. The sealant often fails at the sheet joins, around hatches, at the side moulds (J-moulds) or around window frames.…
Lakeside Views
There are perks to working on a travel magazine, even if you are not a travelling journalist – and that is when you can get out and explore some of the amazing camping spots that everyone talks about RV Daily…
Lance Mid-Size Offers Rare Slide-On With A Slide-Out
By Time Scott, Sam Rees-Jones Ford’s new Transit is something of a lone shark, yes that’s the right spelling, in that it is a manual-only transmission in a field of autos and semi-autos that help haul the nation’s motorised RVs.…
Landrover Discovery Tows a Road Train
We don’t know what it means… but it looks impressive This little video is from the Travelling Teachers and Tribe Facebook page, where they came across a Land Rover Discovery doing a dead pull of a seriously big road train. Something…
Eye For An Eye: Is Your Leaf-Spring Suspension On The Way Out?
There are few situations more unsettling than watching a three-tonne van performing acrobatics behind a tow vehicle at 100kph. Poor weight distribution is often blamed, but make the problem worse with loose suspension and you have a recipe for disaster.…
Who is least likely to be in a flap in camp?
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, in keeping with my recent series of introductions to the standard characters and personalities of every campsite starting with the fire monitor and the tong master, I’d like to announce one more today. While…
Leave it all behind including the RV
One family discovers the perks of journeying sans van into the heart of the outback (and looks at a great stopover on your way to or from the red stuff) As caravanners, there comes a time to make a route…
The Legal Way to Boost Your Mobile Signal When Travelling
An outback test of the Cel-fi GO that’s currently a unique device in Australia What have all the following got in common? A family leaving the car on the Fraser Island beach, all running up to the highest point of…
Lemon Veal
A classic Italian dish simplified for off-road touring Ingredients 4 thinly-sliced veal escallops ½ cup lemon juice 1 cup beef stock ½ garlic clove – crushed Olive oil Splash of cream (or evaporated milk) Green beans, carrots (cut into sticks)…
Letters to the Editor – Coming up short, metal-eating bacteria and Landcruiser batteries.
In this month’s letters to the editor, or in this case, the acting editor, one eagle-eyed reader spotted a slip up we made with some measurements. Another had an interesting question about the Swift Hot Water System and the third…
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…
