How to reduce the risk of Ross River Virus while camping and touring, with practical mozzie-bite prevention tips and symptoms to watch for.

How to prevent Ross River Virus

How to prevent Ross River Virus: The Souvenir No One Mentions There are certain things every Australian touring trip delivers with absolute reliability. Fine red dust in places dust has no business being. A growing collection of free, town-branded stubby holders of questionable usefulness. One mysterious rattle that appears somewhere in the caravan after about…

Riverview Family Caravan Park Barwon Heads review

Riverview Caravan Park: Beautiful, Historic… and Mildly Dangerous

Riverview Caravan Park Ocean Grove: Beautiful, Historic… and Mildly Dangerous Nestled on the civilised side of Victoria—close enough to Melbourne that one can still nip back for a decent coffee, yet far enough away that you can pretend you’re “off grid”—lies the venerable Riverview Family Caravan Park at Barwon Heads. It’s one of those old, well-established caravan…

Four DIY Caravan Fixes for under $50

Four DIY Caravan Fixes for under $50 If there’s one thing every caravanner learns quicker than a rookie reversing into a tight campsite, it’s this: no matter how flash your new pride-and-joy looked sitting in the dealer’s yard, gleaming like it had just rolled out of a shampoo commercial, the moment you actually tow it…

Review of Discovery Parks – Pambula Beach

Review of Discovery Parks – Pambula Beach If one were to design the ideal family holiday park, it would probably look suspiciously like Discovery Parks – Pambula Beach. It has that “something for everyone” quality, like a Swiss Army knife, but without the risk of accidentally slicing your thumb while trying to extract the corkscrew. Upon arrival,…

Fireside Therapy

Fireside Therapy: Why Aussie Dads are requesting swapping Christmas Gifts for Campfire Nights. It appears that Aussie men, in particular, are embracing camping as a mental wellness ritual, a mental reset under the stars. New research from Australian camping company ArcMate found that camping offers a bigger mental reset for men than it does for women.…