How many times have you heard abbreviations like; GCM, ATM, or GTM? These are all weight abbreviations. If you are driving a vehicle and towing a large trailer or caravan you need to know what these weight … [Read more...]
Car Airbag Safety – What You Need to Know
*** MORE VEHICLES WITH THE TAKATA AIRBAG FITTED HAVE NOW BEEN RECALLED. PLEASE CHECK IF YOUR VEHICLE IS ON THE LIST. You know how it is - you are on a long road trip. You've been travelling for what seems like hours. … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Camping in Hot Weather
Australia is a land of extremes when it comes to our weather. In the middle of summer we can have snow falling in Tasmania, whilst somewhere like Birdsville might be sitting at 48`. At the moment many parts of Australia … [Read more...]
7 Tips for Bush Walking Safety
If you have been reading this blog for awhile, then you will know how much we love getting out into Springbrook National Park for a bush walk and usually a picnic too. What often surprises us when we visit our … [Read more...]
Campfire Safety
There is no doubt that one of the best things about going camping is being able to have a campfire. We love it and will have a fire at any opportunity that we can. But whenever we do have a campfire, we always keep in … [Read more...]
How To Find A Mechanic
If you are heading off on a trip somewhere, whether it’s a short or long term trip, one of the worst things that could happen would be for your vehicle to break down. So how would you find a mechanic that knew what was … [Read more...]
Travelling with Younger Kids – My Top 9 Tips
Travelling with Younger Kids – there is no doubt it can be a challenge! You have to take twice as much stuff as you normally might need. Everything has to be planned with military precision especially if you happen to be … [Read more...]
Sun Safety for Travellers
This post is brought to you by Global Babe. Summer is the ideal time of year to be outdoors enjoying all that Australia has to offer. Our beautiful beaches, national parks, sporting events, markets to name just a few. … [Read more...]
Basic Safety Gear
I often get asked what sort of basic safety gear we carry with us when we are camping or four-wheel driving. FIRST AID KITS At the very least you need a good First Aid Kit.* The size of this kit and the items in it … [Read more...]
Camping Safety
Aussies love camping! But Australia is well-known for it's severe weather events which can sometimes interfere with our camping safety. We get floods, droughts, hail storms, snow storms, cyclones and bushfires. Do … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Camping in Cold Weather
Camping is pretty much a year round activity in Australia and many of us aren't phased by a little bit of cold weather. We have had a couple of trips where it has been pretty cold - our first trip to Rainbow Beach comes … [Read more...]
How to Survive Camping in Bad Weather
It is a well known fact that the weather God's here in Australia are a fickle bunch. Sometimes, just when you have headed off for that long awaited camping trip they decide to dump huge amounts of rain right on the spot … [Read more...]
North East Fraser Island
Our last day on Fraser Island was spent exploring North East Fraser Island. We would have liked to have been able to get as far as Sandy Cape, the most northern point of Fraser Island. However, as we were running out … [Read more...]
Wide Load Safety
Wide Load Safety is so important if you are travelling anywhere in the regional areas of Australia. It won't be to long before you come across a wide load under escort somewhere during your travels. These can … [Read more...]
Fraser Island – Dingo Safety
We spent our first morning on Fraser Island testing out the BT-50’s capabilities in the soft sand with a trip inland to Lake McKenzie. After a quick lunch break we headed north along Seventy Five Mile Beach to Eli … [Read more...]
Fraser Island, Queensland – A Bucket List Destination
We had been talking about visiting Fraser Island ever since we bought our Camper Trailer in 2011. As we were short on time, we decided to stay at the Eurong Beach Resort instead of camping. We found a good deal on line … [Read more...]
Driving on Sand
As some of you would know we bought ourselves a Mazda BT-50 just prior to Christmas. However we haven't had the chance to do much more than a couple of day trips in it. So we are excited to be heading off to Fraser … [Read more...]
