Travelling on a Budget
My wife, our three daughters and our three dogs have been travelling all over Australia in our Jayco Swan for over three years now and we have managed to keep our accommodation costs below...
Explore the Great Sandy Strait
Do you sometimes yearn for the Australia of yesteryear, before everything went so terribly trendy and so very up-market? Remember those laid-back, funky Queensland destinations where you could drink a stubby in Stubbies and...
Goldstream RV 1800 Bunk ST Tested and Rated
We tested the 1800 Bunk ST by Goldstream RV to show that pop-tops can be just as kitted-out as any comparable hard-roofed caravan. Sure, there are compromises, but they’re relatively minor.
I know, pop-tops aren’t...
Caravan Water Worries Solved
The fresh water system is one of the most important aspects of any RV. After all, the ability to carry large quantities of fresh water, or draw it out of a river in order...
Explore Gemtree Caravan Park
With the caravanning lifestyle becoming more popular than ever, that personal touch of a family-run caravan park is harder and harder to find. However, less than two hours north-east of Alice Springs is such...
Injured Wildlife Care
In Victoria’s devastating bushfires of early 2009, one single image touched people around the world: Sam the koala getting a drink of water from a Country Fire Authority volunteer. Yet hundreds of koalas and indeed...
Finding the Right Camper
Is the quality and features of a camper trailer more important than the holiday? Or is a camper only the vehicle for adventure? That's the question we asked Celso Prado of Mars Campers.
Mars Campers,...
Legal Towing Essentials
It’s a common question: how do I know if my car can tow that caravan?
As you’ve probably noticed, there is a lot of advice on this topic, in printed magazines and in online forums....
Caravanning Coffs Harbour
Coffs Harbour grew its economy off the trunk of the banana tree. Plantations, tourists traps and gimmicks, each centring on that long, yellow fruit, are synonymous with this mid-north coast holiday haven. But Coffs...
‘Secret’ Bush Camp: Bear Gully
I’m going to let you in on a little secret.
In southern Victoria, not far from Wilsons Promontory, is a campsite called Bear Gully. It’s said that Bear Gully in Cape Liptrap Coastal Park is...
