After getting our fill of food and wine in the Barossa, we said our good byes to Angie and Steve and we continued our trip with Kevin and Shaz over to Port Wakefield and started heading North along the Augusta Highway. We had heard about a pretty good free camp just outside of Lochiel at […]
Read MoreTrip Report – South Australia Part 1
Every adventure has to start somewhere and ours began in South Australia. This wasn’t some random choice but rather a set of circumstances that led to that being our best option. In the last few years we have become good friends with Matt Sutton and his partner Paula, who, together with a handful of loyal […]
Read MoreDJI Mavic Air – Our New Drone
For quite some time now, we had been considering getting a new drone. The Parrot BeBop drone we had was a great drone to get started into the hobby but, for the website and for our other publishing requirements, we really needed something that is a bit more professional. That said, I wasn’t keen on […]
Read MoreLightning Photography on your Smartphone
Have you ever seen those cool photos of lightning and wondered how the photographer got that shot? Surely they must have used an expensive digital SLR camera as well as some trick photo editing software. The truth is many of the most spectacular lightning photos are captured by some very clever photographers who know a […]
Read More5 Essential iPhone Apps for your Travels
Everyone has an iPhone or similar smart phone these days and we all have our favourite apps. For caravanners, there are a few must haves such as WikiCamps that everyone seems to use, and for good reason. It’s a brilliant app that does pretty much everything you would need to plan your next caravanning or […]
Read MoreLatest Trip Report – Stradbroke Island and Crescent Head 2016.
Read all about our latest epic trip to North Stradbroke Island and Crescent Head with the new Safari Tamer and Landcruiser. Click here for trip report. It was a brilliant trip and one we learnt a lot from. Both the car and caravan performed perfectly, despite the best efforts of the owners…! Now to start […]
Read MoreIs the SLR Camera Obselete?
I love photography and I especially love taking photos of the beautiful places we visit on our travels. For years I’ve carried a digital SLR camera with me along with an assortment of lenses and filters. It has allowed me to take some truely spectacular photos. But this comes at a price. The camera and […]
Read MoreThe Reality of Off Road Caravanning
You hear all the time about how people buy an off road caravan and rarely, if ever, use it for its intended purpose. I would say that is true for a great many owners of off road caravans. Some of us actually do want to take our vans into the terrain they were designed. It sounds […]
Read MoreSurviving a rainy weekend
We spent last weekend at a very special place, Yackandandah Victoria. It was my birthday weekend and I was keen to show Kylie this beautiful little town in Victoria’s north east. Unfortunately, the weather was not so good. An East Coast Low which brought horrible weather to NSW and Queensland had ensured a steady stream […]
Read MoreNew Awning Shade – How cool is this?
Last month we ordered a customised awning shade from RV Shade and Covers with our website logo on it. While I wont go into the full story of the ordering process here, I will say that it took a bit of work in order to get the logo to a high enough resolution for it to look […]
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