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Solar Regulators: Putting Sunlight into Your Batteries
Solar Regulators: Putting sunlight into your batteries, and how to make sure that your panels don’t draw it back out! Words and images Gary Tischer. Solar panels are great for collecting energy from the sun but they need a solar…
Top 10 FAQs by novice caravanners answered
If you don’t know your jockey wheel from a Melbourne Cup horse pilot, help is at hand! We answer your top 10 novice caravanner FAQs. I remember the day we went to pick up our first caravan. We had plenty…
Groups in focus: Lotus Caravan Owners Facebook Group
Mark Tramby from the Lotus Caravan Owners Facebook group tells RV Daily about the group’s origins, its current activities and how the members are putting money back into struggling communities. If you’re in the market for a new or used…
RV Daily’s Top 10 Articles of 2020.
Here we go, ladies and gentlemen. RV Daily’s countdown of our Top 10 articles of 2020. Let’s see what sparked your interest during this most difficult year. 2020 wasn’t exactly the year we all expected to endure thanks to the…
What cheeses me off? Drivers who refuse to fit towing mirrors.
Can someone please explain to me why so many drivers on our roads towing full-sized caravans or large boats simply refuse to fit extension mirrors to their vehicles? It absolutely astounds me to see the number of caravanners who, for…
The Big Trip – Budget Planning
When you’re planning the big trip, the one question you will have to tackle before you start packing is how are you going to finance your adventure. Setting a budget may seem like a daunting prospect but, in reality, the…
Camp Kitchen Favourite – The Best Salmon Dish Ever!
This baked salmon recipe cooks in the one pot, takes just minutes to prepare and it tastes so good, you’d swear you’d just ordered it at a gourmet restaurant. It is perfect for a quick overnight stop or after a…
Robe. Close enough, yet…
… far enough. Robe lures many visitors every season, but not too many to spoil the attraction Remember those special little spots you used to visit years ago before the mass crowds poured in? You know the ones, where you…
Idiot caravanners – don’t be that guy!
Idiot caravanners – don’t be that guy! We can cop tons of criticism as it is – so don’t give people ammunition by behaving like a tool. I’ve been travelling around the country in campers and caravans for the best…
Multiple trailers: Road Train? More like, Nope Train
Don’t be fooled into thinking that towing more than one trailer at once is anything other than illegal and unsafe. That’s when the Road Train is more like Nope Train. Back in 2013, retired Mildura truck driver Jim Underwood caused…
5 Ripper bush camps to explore this summer
If you want to avoid the peak rates at caravan parks this summer, why not relax and reconnect with nature at one of these out-of-the-way bush camping spots. CAMP 1: Plantation Campground – The Grampians, Victoria How does a camping…
Camp Kitchen Favourite – Maple-Glazed Baked Christmas Ham
Baked ham might be a bit of an oddity in this country but in North America, it is extremely popular and for good reason. It’s absolutely delicious. If you carry a portable BBQ oven in your RV, it’s a simple-to-cook…
The Big Trip – To sell or not to sell your home
If you’re planning on doing that lap around Australia or something a bit more long term, what will you do with your house? It could be the hardest decision you’ll ever make or, as we found out, the easiest. If…
5 Minute Mods – Update your Satellite Phone Firmware
We all recognise the need to regularly update our smartphones and our other connected devices but how many of us know to update the firmware in our satellite phones? If you don’t, it may not work at that one critical…
