Time to plan your glamping trip Camping is all about getting out in fresh air, getting away from technology, and enjoying the great outdoors. For some it is the perfect escape from the hustle and …
DRIFTA FANS CAMPING EVENT 2018: CAMP COBARK
The Drifta Fans Camping Event 2018 is just around the corner, slated in for 18 – 20th of May, and it’s looking like it’s going to be bigger and better than last year. It’s being held …
THE 5 THINGS YOU FORGET CAMPING
TOILET PAPER There’s nothing worse than scavenging the campsite for some “kind” tufts of grass or having to sacrifice that favorite, old t-shirt. Make sure you’ve packed some bog roll and check out the great …
Fire Safety With Kids
Be comfortable with a fire. A campfire is one of the gems of camping. Fire is a valuable resource but it can also be a deadly one. Here is what we do to create fire …
Isuzu I-Venture Club on Fraser Island
Sometimes in this caper as a 4×4 journo, opportunities arise that make my mates jealous – “So you’re getting paid to do what?” is how the conversation tends to go. Such an interaction happened recently …
How We Used Solar Power To Stay Off The Grid For Six Months
Dean and Shay are The Gathering Folk, a young family who are on a journey around Australia to discover ways to live a sustainable, community-focused life with an emphasis on learning and having fun. After …
Cooking: Chili-Caramel Pork
Ingredients: 2kg Pork belly 2 cups Tasman Rock salt 1 ½ Chili, thinly sliced 2cm knob ginger, grated Large garlic clove, thinly sliced 1-2 tbsp fish sauce 1 tbsp Pukara olive oil ½ cup sugar …
Travelling With Kids In The Summer
Six Top Tips For Keeping Little Minds Growing And Happy Our adventure around Australia leaped into action with an offer of an eight month contract for Brett. With this offer we negotiated and turned the …
5 Top Off-Road Towing Tips
Tips for successfully navigating roads less travelled with a van or trailer in tow. Exploring nature’s playground sometimes requires a little extra effort. Like taking a dirt road and venturing on less travelled routes. Usually …
The History of the Canning Stock Road With Phil Bianchi
Phil Bianchi is a historian and 4 wheel driver who has documented a lot of history of the Canning Stock Route and he has driven the route many times. From Wiluna to Halls Creek, it …
Solar Shower Bags; Do They Actually Work?
Having a shower when you are camping takes comfort to a totally new level. I’ll never forget the first time we boiled a big pot of water over the fire and used a cheap 12V …
Recipe: Beer Breath Chicken
Who would have thought that a can of ale could enhance Australia’s favourite bird? Drunken chicken indeed. INGREDIENTS 1-1.4kg chicken 1 can of beer 1 tablespoon each of chicken stock powder, dried mixed herbs, garlic …
5 Outback Travel Mistakes To Avoid
Hardly a week goes by without us getting emails from travellers saying something like this: We’re flying in to Alice Springs on the 9th and then out on the 12th. We want to hire a 4WD drive …
Secrets Of The Gascoyne
A place full of mystery from an ancient past… Ningaloo Homestead Travelling the North West Coastal Highway, on a tour through the Gascoyne and midway along the endless stretch of the Western Australian coastline, is …
HERE’S A FLAMIN’ GOOD TABLE
The Uniflame Campfire Table is simple in design but far from average… If there was one camping accessory that we’ve tried a number of over the years, tables would be high up on the list. …
Family Vacation Tips To Keep The Whole Family Happy
They say that it’s not always about the destination, but often the journey itself and this can be especially true during family holidays. We can all remember complaining about having to share confined spaces with …
REDARC TVMS: Sneak Peek
REDARC has given us a bit of a sneak peek into their newest high tech gadget: the REDARC TVMS, or Total Vehicle Management System, due for release early in 2018. This new system will bring …
Lerderderg State Park: Melbourne’s 4×4 Escapes
Not much more than an hour north of Melbourne, via Bacchus Marsh, this 201.8km² state park is popular with off-road tourers, campers, anglers, rock-climbers and bushwalkers. The Lerderderg River cuts a path through the main …
Lake Pedder – A Jewel In The Wilderness
Tasmania is famous for their wilderness regions and among the amazing forests is Lake Pedder. When I was a young student at the Australian National University, back in the early 1970s, the Canberra campus atmosphere …
Snatch Strap Standards Updated (Finally!)
Recovery / Snatch Strap standards have been updated by the ACCC as of the December 1, 2017. Considering how lax regulation and quality has been over the past few years, the addition of the new regulations …
Ford Ranger Recalled Due To Fire Risk
A RECALL has been issued for approximately 59,000 Ford PXII Rangers built after July, 2016. The complete list of affected vehicles can be viewed here. According to the recall report, “when driven over long grass, affected vehicles may accumulate …
4X4s and Grass Fire Risks. What You Need To Know
Ford has just issued a recall of their hugely popular Ranger because of the risks of fire from grass collecting under the vehicle. Mazda has also acknowledged the problem on their BT-50, but this is a …
Going To The Toilet When There Is No Toilet
Here is my dirty little secret… I’d much prefer to go to the “toilet” in the bush than in a dark, smelly, cobweb filled pit toilet or filthy public toilet. Now, I have not always …
Can Fraser Island Be A Crowd-free Oasis?
Fraser Island is chock full of sand, dingoes and … backpackers? Thankfully there are places to avoid at least one of these and enjoy this amazing area in peace. It’s no wonder Fraser Island is …
Cooking: Chicken Coq Au Vin
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Pukara olive oil 1 onion, diced 3 carrots, diced 3 celery sticks, diced 4 garlic cloves 200g button mushrooms 200g speck, roughly diced 3 sprigs thyme 3 bay leaves 40g Ashgrove butter …