Australia Day – Just For Fun

Australia Day – Just For Fun

Wake up Australia! Have we got a barbecue stopper for you 😊 We’re keen as mustard living in this lucky country and hope youse are ready to shoot the breakers, bend the elbow and let her rip this Australia Day. But strewth! You can’t simply go full bore without a little prep first, so here’s […]

How to keep your camper trailer in tip-top condition

How to keep your camper trailer in tip-top condition

If there’s one thing we’ve learnt from our extensive travel is not to dismiss any small problems that arise with our camper trailer. Having travelled all around Australia, we are drawn to some of the more remote regions year after year. Visiting places such as WA’s Kimberley and west coast, and other areas like the […]

How to keep the insects away at your campsite

How to keep the insects away at your campsite

We’d all like to have an insect free campsite especially when we know there’s lots of nasties that bite!  While there’s a bundle of commercial products available to manage insects, try some of our tips to help keep those nasties at bay. Oh, bugs are generally drawn to a white light at night time, so […]

5 long term travel myths busted!

5 long term travel myths busted!

Many of us long for that extended break where we pack up and head out for weeks or months, or perhaps a lap of the map that takes a year or longer. But if you’ve ever listened to anyone that said it’s “too hard, too expensive, too dangerous, or you’ll simply get bored”, you’d never […]

Food Leftover Tips

Food Leftover Tips

When your camping trip is coming to an end and you’re still a couple days away from getting home, what do you do when food supplies are looking a bit thin and there’s no supermarket for the next 500kms? When you’ve either got a few leftovers to use up, or there’s not a huge selection […]

Breadmaking in Style

Breadmaking in Style

As we spend a lot of time travelling which often includes to the more remote regions for weeks at a time, it’s not a simple exercise to just whip down to the local shops to pick up a loaf of bread. Nor do we have the room to travel with a dozen or so loaves. […]

Tips for making a good trip great

Tips for making a good trip great

If you’re sitting back and reading this, you’re probably thinking, how hard can it really be? You know – you want to go on a trip, you decide where to go, and you just go. Right? While that might be ok for some, and if that’s you, then great. We’re not quite that free spirited, […]

How To Avoid Trip Disasters

How To Avoid Trip Disasters

Whenever you hit the open road, it’s only natural to think nothing will go wrong when touring. But as we all know, things can, and do happen. We’ll be the first to admit that we’ve had a few clangers over the years, and spoken to many others who shared their not so pleasant experiences of […]

Don’t be a drip with these 10 water saving tips

Don’t be a drip with these 10 water saving tips

It doesn’t matter where you live around the country, we all recognise that water is a precious commodity. So much so, that you may have even experienced the devastating effects drought has had in many parts of Australia first-hand. It’s for this exact reason we take our water usage very seriously when travelling, and it’s […]

How to stretch your travelling dollar further

How to stretch your travelling dollar further

Whether you’re off for a relaxing weekend getaway or packed up to do a lap of the map, most of us need to stick to a budget of some sort. But that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all the good stuff because your backyard money tree looks like it’s ready for the […]