Some of the little things we do to make our nomadic lifestyle easier and our chores more predictable.<\/p>\n
It all starts for us with routine and predictability.\u00a0 \u00a0We (read Ross) finds that routine and predictability is king for our (his) nomadic long term travels.\u00a0 \u00a0We have routines, systems, patterns, procedures, controls, responsibilities and above all else precious little tolerance for non conformance … and that suit us (again, read Ross).\u00a0 \u00a0On a serious note routine ensures every thing is onboard and secured.\u00a0 One person cant do everything all the time, and we don’t want to discover 6 hours and 500km down the highway that no-one put the milk away or wound the TV antenna down … or in case didnt close the hatch that contains our expensive camp chairs.<\/p>\n
Call it OCD or just a PITA but its important to know that everything is packed away, and packed away properly.\u00a0 \u00a0If we chance across an interesting looking track heading off the bitumen we just want to head on down, and we absolutely don’t want to have<\/em> to stop in order to re-pack the van first.<\/p>\n There’s only two ways to pack a caravan, careless abandon and conscious organisation.\u00a0 The efforts the same, the only difference is just where you put the stuff.\u00a0 We’re packed for offroad all the time, and we frequently find those interesting looking tracks.\u00a0 Packing becomes second nature and it’s very reassuring knowing <\/em>everything is fine and as a bonus everything is always in the same place when you need it.<\/p>\n Everyone needs to know what their responsibilities are, and everyone then does a cursory double check of the others jobs.\u00a0 \u00a0We have friends who have a novel way to level the playing field.\u00a0 \u00a0If something goes wrong, or isn’t packed correctly it’s not the fault of the person who’s job it falls to, but the fault of the person who didn’t double check it.\u00a0 \u00a0We have a few laws, and an important one is all tasks are done to completion.\u00a0 You wind one drop jack up, you do them all. You lock one cabinet\/drawer door lock, you do them all. You wind the awning in, you engage the arm lock, and tighten the thumb screw.<\/p>\n Tips for the caravan toilet We use any plastic containers, and kind a plastic containers such as vogurt containers, ice cream containers, purchased containers … whatever combination suits the size of the shelf and ultimately what’s going in the containers.\u00a0 Glass doesnt go with other glass, and everything is rationed out to snugly fit into the containers which reduces movement, separate fragiles, and eliminates spillage.<\/p>\n The fridge door and the door buckets are the fridges weakest point.\u00a0 In the fridge we do exactly the same thing as the cupboards.\u00a0 Plastic containers on the shelves, shelf dividers in the door buckets and chunks of foam to fill any gaps.\u00a0 We are sparing how we load the door buckets and where possible put items like 3 litre milk containers on the hinge side.<\/p>\n Unhitch or not on a overnight stop<\/p>\n [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Pantry Storage – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ]<\/p>\n Possibly poor follow on from the toilet hatch, but here we anyway.\u00a0 \u00a0We use empty 1 ltr ice cream and yogurt containers in the pantry to store breakables such as bottles and jars etc to keep them upright, stationary and stop them banging into each other.<\/p>\n [\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Unhitch or not on an overnight stop – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ]<\/p>\n Possibly poor follow on from the toilet hatch, but here we anyway.\u00a0 \u00a0We use empty 1 ltr ice cream and yogurt containers in the pantry to store breakables such as bottles and jars etc to keep them upright, stationary and stop them banging into each other.<\/p>\n [\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Next topic – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ]<\/p>\n next topic<\/p>\n [\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Next topic – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ]<\/p>\n next topic<\/p>\n [\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Next topic – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ]<\/p>\n next topic<\/p>\n [\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Next topic – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ]<\/p>\n next topic<\/p>\n [\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Next topic – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ]<\/p>\n next topic<\/p>\n [\/bg_collapse]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some of the little things we do to make our nomadic lifestyle easier and our chores more predictable. It all starts for us with routine and predictability.\u00a0 \u00a0We (read Ross) finds that routine and predictability is king for our (his) nomadic long term travels.\u00a0 \u00a0We have routines, systems, patterns, procedures, controls, responsibilities and above all else precious little tolerance for non conformance … and that suit us (again, read Ross).\u00a0 \u00a0On a serious note routine ensures every thing is onboard and secured.\u00a0 One person cant do everything all the time, and we don’t want to discover 6 hours and 500km down the highway that no-one put the milk away or wound the TV antenna down … or in case didnt close the hatch that contains our expensive camp chairs. Call it OCD or just a PITA but its important to know that everything is packed away, and packed away properly.\u00a0 \u00a0If we chance across an interesting looking track heading off the bitumen we just want to head on down, and we absolutely don’t want to have to stop in order to re-pack the van first. There’s only two ways to pack a caravan, careless abandon and conscious organisation.\u00a0 The efforts the same, the only difference is just where you put the stuff.\u00a0 We’re packed for offroad all the time, and we frequently find those interesting looking tracks.\u00a0 Packing becomes second nature and it’s very reassuring knowing everything is fine and as a bonus everything is always in the same place when you need it. Everyone needs to know what their responsibilities are, and everyone then does a cursory double check of the others jobs.\u00a0 \u00a0We have friends who have a novel way to level the playing field.\u00a0 \u00a0If something goes wrong, or isn’t packed correctly it’s not the fault of the person who’s job it falls to, but the fault of the person who didn’t double check it.\u00a0 \u00a0We have a few laws, and an important one is all tasks are done to completion.\u00a0 You wind one drop jack up, you do them all. You lock one cabinet\/drawer door lock, you do them all. You wind the awning in, you engage the arm lock, and tighten the thumb screw. Tips for the caravan toilet Pantry and cabinet storage We use any plastic containers, and kind a plastic containers such as vogurt containers, ice cream containers, purchased containers … whatever combination suits the size of the shelf and ultimately what’s going in the containers.\u00a0 Glass doesnt go with other glass, and everything is rationed out to snugly fit into the containers which reduces movement, separate fragiles, and eliminates spillage. The fridge door and the door buckets are the fridges weakest point.\u00a0 In the fridge we do exactly the same thing as the cupboards.\u00a0 Plastic containers on the shelves, shelf dividers in the door buckets and chunks of foam to fill any gaps.\u00a0 We are sparing how we load the door buckets and where possible put items like 3 litre milk containers on the hinge side. Unhitch or not on a overnight stop [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Pantry Storage – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ] Possibly poor follow on from the toilet hatch, but here we anyway.\u00a0 \u00a0We use empty 1 ltr ice cream and yogurt containers in the pantry to store breakables such as bottles and jars etc to keep them upright, stationary and stop them banging into each other. [\/bg_collapse] [bg_collapse view=”button-orange” color=”#4a4949″ icon=”arrow” expand_text=”Unhitch or not on an overnight stop – expand info” collapse_text=”Show Less” ] Possibly poor follow on from the toilet hatch, but here we anyway.\u00a0 \u00a0We use empty 1 ltr ice cream and yogurt containers in the pantry to store breakables such as bottles and jars etc to keep them upright, stationary and stop them banging into each other. 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\nPantry and cabinet storage<\/p>\n