You have to admire the mainstream media’s ability to dangle a catchy headline in cyberspace to lure in readers. Yet the actual news has little to no substance at all. Such is the case with the news item that appeared…
When I was growing up my dad had a broad range of mates when it came to expertise. He had mates who were chippies, mates who were sparkies, mates who were accountants; a mate for pretty much everything. I’ve set…
As the roads clog up with RVs on their migrations and daily 5pm drinks circles become firmly entrenched, take a moment to commiserate with those left behind (thinking, grey nomads: Just jerks in caravans, right?) My parents have become Grey…
Recently, I was sitting in my camp in a holiday park when the conversation going on next door made it to my ears. It was a mother talking to her children while she was getting them ready to go out…
This month sees me away from home. Currently I’m in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, en route to the UK. So my page has taken a little Arabian theme, and as you can see I’ve definitely entered into…
One of the hottest topics for us is free camping, or freedom camping as some prefer to call it. This latter term is to dispel the myth that everyone who doesn’t stay in a caravan park is looking to camp…
Macca talks life hacks The most useless information is the piece of great information that was never passed on. The useful things that people create to make our day-to-day lives better that no-one bothers to tell us about. They are…
All over Australia every year a new batch of meteorologists graduate from university and join ‘the bureau’ to help predict our weather. CLICK HERE TO READ THIS STORY IN OUR ONLINE MAGAZINE At the same time millions of dollars are…
These tasty little crustaceans are really worth the effort it takes to catch them There is nothing I love more than sitting around a campfire with a group of friends indulging in deep conversations. The fire is the host of…
A few events conspired to prompt this month’s editorial. The first was the weather. It’s suddenly turned a lot colder around Sydney. The second was the article we ran in issue 14 about caravanning in winter and the third was…
Everything I pick up today seems to have a ‘best before’ date on it and some of them just seem to make my head so empty that my eyeballs rattle inside it. I know I’m a simple man who is…
Almost 20 years ago the above headline appeared on the editorial page of a certain editor named Pat, then quite a young fella at the helm of a ground-breaking four-wheel drive mag. He was looking to fill a couple of…
