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One of the great advantages of family caravan travel is that the holiday doesn't finish when you arrive at the campsite. Give children simple jobs around camp. Depending on their age, they might help set up chairs, organise outdoor games, collect kindling where permitted or help prepare dinner. This can also reduce the pressure on parents to provide constant entertainment. A bucket, ball, frisbee or other outdoor game can provide hours of fun once you're settled.

Safety Alert: Urgent LPG Regulator Recall for Snowy River and Newgen Caravans Attention Caravan Drivers and Owners: If you tow or own a Snowy River or Newgen caravan, you need to check your A-frame before heading out on your next trip.

Touring the Yarra State Forest For those looking for a quiet weekend escape from Melbourne, the forests of Victoria’s Yarra Ranges offer plenty of opportunities to leave the suburbs behind. With winding forest roads, historic timber towns, scenic lookouts and secluded campsites, the region is well suited to a short touring adventure.

The tiny settlement of Louth is famous for Shindy's Inn, one of the iconic pubs along the Darling River Run. Nearby station stays such as Trilby Station and Dunlop Station offer visitors the chance to experience genuine outback hospitality while camping beside the river or staying in restored shearers' quarters. Further south, Tilpa remains one of the most authentic stops on the route.

Why Melbourne is the place to be this August for Australia's offroad touring community If your idea of a great weekend involves camping, camper trailers, caravanning, rugged 4WDs, cutting-edge touring gear or planning your next adventure, the National 4X4 Outdoors Show should already be on your calendar.

Garmin RVCAM 795 While your mobile phone can direct you to where you want to go, a dedicated navigator is a more reliable way to get you there reliably and safely. A phone handling background tasks isn't always focused on navigation, and a call at the wrong time can leave you lost in an unfamiliar city. A temporary signal dropout can take you down a path that might be difficult to correct. While a phone relies on a signal from a tower, Garmin a navigator uses satellite signals for its data.

First Aid: The Essential Travel Companion Every RVer Needs When you're travelling Australia - whether it's a quick coastal escape, a cross-country adventure or months exploring remote outback tracks - there's one piece of equipment that deserves a permanent place in your vehicle: a well-stocked first aid kit. Just as importantly, you need the knowledge and confidence to use it. One of the greatest attractions of caravanning and camping is getting away from the crowds.

Six Mile Creek Words and Pics John Ford West of the New South Wales Sapphire Coast, Six Mile Creek campground is an easy escape from the crowds — a quiet bush camp steeped in nature and history. Tucked in a southern corner of New South Wales is a coastal area that Victorians stream to every year. Just as the Gold Coast and Byron Bay are magnets to Sydneysiders, the Sapphire Coast — stretching from Bermagui to Eden — draws southern visitors to the magnificent shining waters and secluded beaches.

THE ANCIENT HEART OF MUNGO Words and pics Glenn Marshall For more than 45,000 years, Aboriginal people lived around the shores of the Willandra Lakes. Discoveries at Mungo reshaped our understanding of human habitation outside Africa, making this one of the world’s oldest known sites of modern human life and a place you can still walk today.

Heading off-grid with your caravan can feel daunting, so the ADU crew share the top tips they’ve picked up from years of full-time travel Free camping, or off-grid camping, is one of the biggest drawcards of caravanning, but it’s also one of the most misunderstood. When we talk about free camping, we’re not just talking about places that don’t cost money. We’re talking about camping without being connected to power, water, or facilities.