• Places

    Gibb River Road

    Western Australia’s Kimberly region is for very good reason a destination that is prominent on the radars of many caravanners, and for many of us the Gibb River Road (GRR) is high on our bucket list. The GRR is one of a handful of doable epic Aussie outback adventures, and one that we all want to be able to casually drop into the conversation at a suburban backyard BBQ, “yeah, I’ve done the Gibb”.   The question is it doable for us, because it can be difficult to access, or make an informed decision when we’ve never experienced that kind of environment and might not have any real idea what to…

  • General tips

    Freecamping for the uninitiated

    First up freecamping is about as far removed from the uninformed misconception as it could possible get.    Brace yourself; freecamping is generally structured, easily accessible, often not free, very safe and very very unlikely to ever be found without a crowd of other freecamping caravaners just like you; all in search of that elusive freecamp where other people just like you … aren’t. My elderly (tour guided, 5 star, Hyatt holidaying, never camping) parents were horrified when they discovered years ago that we would risk our very lives freecamping in all manner of dark, savage, unchartered and lawless places including off the side of the road where we all…

  • General tips

    Tyre blowouts

    Tyre blowouts, particularly front tyre blowouts can have devastating effects.   Even with every effort to physically monitor tyre condition and correct pressure, a blowout can still occur.   A common cause of tyre failure is heat build up resulting from under inflation.   A slow undetected leak on a long drive will eventually result in under inflated which will in turn lead to failure from heat buildup.   Without any understanding of what to do in the instant a blowout happens, its understandable and almost expected that most drivers may subconsciously resort to instinct and react in a way which could lead to complete loss of control. The first video shows dash cam…