A while ago we put up a Facebook post asking what people used to clean the checkerplate on their vans. There were several products mentioned, but one called Purple seemed to get a thumbs up from lots of RVers, so … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tips, Tricks and Mods
As we were about to leave to go on our last trip, the mailman arrived with the latest bill from our phone company. I saw that they were still billing us for a previous phone/Internet plan, even though we’d signed up … Continue reading
After being a bar or two short of the coverage we needed (in fringe areas) in our recent trips, we decided to buy a booster aerial. (I still remember having to go outside the van at night at Darlington Beach Caravan … Continue reading
Cruising on north-east, we left Lightning Ridge at around 8.30 and bumped and swayed our way along the road to St. George. We decided on St. George for three reasons: (a) it was time to have a stop; (b) people … Continue reading
Part of the fun of meeting up with others is finding out new (and often better) ways to do things. Here are three tips from Tony. Hose Storage Tony went off to Bunnings and bought one meter lengths of pool … Continue reading
It won’t take long to tap out this tip (and I bet lots of you have done it already) – to save time eliminating one fuse after another when an appliance stops working on the road, figure out which one … Continue reading
We’ve seen a few different options for setting up an open fire safely, and we considered a choofa, but we wanted something that wouldn’t take up much room. Then Rob had an inspiration when he was folding a basket flat … Continue reading
This week I finally got out my sewing machine and got to work on a couple of jobs that have been queued up: re-sizing a magnetic fly screen that I bought from Catch of the Day (it came in a … Continue reading
While we were travelling around Australia, we ran into Bucko and Janet quite a few times. Bucko mentioned to Rob that it was a good idea to change the hot water system anode from time to time, and showed him … Continue reading
After a recent post, we got this email from Kerry and Ron, who – as you will see – spent a freezing night in their caravan, and hastily started looking at their caravan bedding. “Question for you, need opinions….at Cooma … Continue reading