Ok, well let’s start with the first question you’re probably asking yourself about off-road caravans: What is the difference between an off-road caravan and a ‘normal’ caravan? What makes an off-road caravan any better (or even different) than a normal one? Well, all gimmicks aside… you may be surprised to know that there’s really only …
Back in 2011 Ben and I moved to Christchurch, NZ. The day after we arrived, the 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch. 185 people were killed, and thousands were injured. The damage to buildings and infrastructure was massive. The rebuilding continues, still. To say we were ‘lucky’ feels trite; we (including my mum, who we were with) …
We are WELL overdue for an update. So read on to find out why we’ve been absent from this blog for the last three months. Spoiler Alert: there’s nothing exciting, it’s just life (and laziness, maybe) got in the way. Still in Dubbo Yeah, ahhmm… when we arrived here in Dubbo we thought we’d just …
In one of the facebook groups I’m in, someone was asking for recommendations 12 Volt DC appliances for his caravan kitchen; in particular he was looking for a 12v coffee machine that uses Nespresso pods. The poor guy that asked the question got A LOT of answers but pretty much none of them answered his …
The BIGGEST question that surely, must be on everyone’s mind is, “How are you funding your trip?” and “How on earth am I going to fund MY trip around Australia?” or something like that… but probably with more expletives than this PG rated blog can mention. There are those that are retired and drawing an …
Last year I wrote a (desktop) review of this awesome small RV/motorhome over on my other blog. Well… I use the word ‘review’ lightly, basically it was just me gushing over this Australian made compact motorhome to my mostly American audience. Now that we’ve been on the road and know what kind of travel we’d …
We’ve made Dubbo our home-for-now as we save for a caravan and work on our online businesses. Situated just 5½ hours drive from Sydney, in the central west NSW, it’s the largest town in the Orana region and I love it, cos it’s got everything I need. (Oh, except a beach :-/) We’ve been here …
Of course everybody is different, we have different ways of camping, different priorities and certainly, different budgets. This list of our top six camping essentials are what WE think are essential. You’ll probably be different, but it may also make you consider some items you hadn’t thought about already. Disclaimer – some of these links …
Have you heard all the craze about Pinterest? Are you thinking that you should be jumping on that bandwagon and using Pinterest for your travel blog? Bloggers the world over, from every different type of niche, are proclaiming the wonders of Pinterest and how it’s bringing in an avalanche of traffic to their blogs. Is …