Phone Reception When Travelling Around Australia
If you are serious about travelling, and having phone reception is important to you, then you have to be on Telstra. In our experience there are places where you get Telstra coverage where no other provider does. All of the work we do is online. We don’t typically do the […]
Speed Limits and Fuel Efficiency
There is on particular trip we have been on that we have done twice. Both times with the same vehicle, and towing the same camper. But both trips had extremely different fuel consumption. The trip I refer to is from the Gold Coast to Borroloola in the Northern Territory (more […]
Ryobi RIG1000 Generator Review
Our Engel Fridge is almost an antique, so it uses more power than our deep cycle battery can provide after being charged only while driving. Especially if we stop driving mid afternoon, the fridge has to run non-stop all afternoon, then all night until we hit the road again the […]
Our Vehicle “Ellen”
I guess I’ll start by explaining the name. A few years back all our mates had big fourbies. Nissan Patrols and Toyota Landcruisers. So Jazz named our little Vitara “Ellen” because she wanted to be one of the boys. Ellen is a Suzuki Grand Vitara. She is only small, […]
Post Office Hotel, Camooweal
As you cross the border from Northern Territory travelling into Queensland on the Barkly Highway the first bit of civilisation you are met with is a town called Camooweal. We have stayed out the back of the Post Office Hotel and Pub in Camooweal a couple of times now for […]
Blue Heeler Pub at Kynuna
Traveling with dogs does limit a lot of the activities we can do and the places we can stay at. Kynuna is a small town in North West Queensland that we stayed out the back of the Blue Healer pub. It’s a very remote place that doesn’t even have mobile […]
Our First Barramundi
Barramundi: One for you, and one for me. On our first trip to King Ash Bay, NT to visit my parents we managed to get out in the boat fishing 3 times. On the first morning just as dawn was breaking, we head down to the boat ramp. Of course […]
Sharp Park, Canungra. Queensland.
Located just a short drive from the Gold Coast, minutes from the township of Canungra, you will find Sharp Park. It’s close proximity makes it a great weekend or school holidays getaway for Gold Coasters. About Sharp Park Splitting the camp grounds in two is the majestic Coomera River. I […]
Neurum Creek Bush Retreat, Near Woodford, Queensland
How time flies. For our third wedding anniversary we decided to go on a camping trip. Jazz’s criteria was: – Somewhere we can take the dogs. – Somewhere near the Sunshine Coast. After a quick look online, Google reveals what appears to be the perfect place, Neurum Creek Bush Retreat. […]
King Ash Bay, Northern Territory
When the closest major supermarket is a whole days drive away, you are officially in the middle of nowhere. To describe King Ash Bay as secluded is an understatement. The fact is, to travel from my Gold Coast home, it is easier, cheaper and quicker to travel to London than […]