Windang Beach Tourist Park: Bugger Off Until Noon According to the brochure, Windang Beach Tourist Park promises a relaxing coastal getaway. Our first experience involved a receptionist with the personality of a mullet, a rigid midday check-in policy and sixty minutes parked on a suburban street. Key Points — Windang Beach Tourist Park Review Strict…
Ryco SynTec wins gold — but what does it mean for your touring 4WD? Ryco has picked up two major innovation awards for its Australian-developed SynTec Performance Oil Filters. Awards are nice, trophies look terrific in reception, and somebody in marketing will undoubtedly find a very expensive shelf for them. But here at gonetouring.com.au we’re…
Can Going Off Grid Make Solo Travel More Affordable? As caravan park prices rise, fuel becomes more expensive and household budgets tighten, the cost of travelling Australia is beginning to change the way people travel. For solo travellers in particular, becoming genuinely self-contained may have less to do with disappearing into the wilderness and more…
BIG4 Batemans Bay at Easts Riverside Holiday Park Review Looking for a peaceful riverside caravan park in Batemans Bay with river views, friendly staff and an easy walk to town? BIG4 Easts Riverside Holiday Park delivers exactly that, provided your van isn’t too long and you don’t mind the occasional tight squeeze on the waterfront…
How to Clean and Maintain a Caravan Cassette Toilet A cassette toilet is a marvellous invention. It allows you to enjoy all the comforts of home while parked miles from civilisation – right up until the moment it reminds you, quite forcefully, that somebody still has to empty it. Key points Empty the cassette when…
Projecta’s Good Design double could make touring electrics a whole lot simpler Projecta’s latest Intelli-Grid GEN III power management system and Intelli-IQ Smart Relays are designed to simplify the increasingly complicated electrical systems found in modern caravans, campers and heavily accessorised tow vehicles, bringing charging, monitoring and accessory control together in a much cleaner package.…
Buying a Used Caravan from a Dealer: Why It Worked for Us Buying a used caravan can be a much less frightening way to enter the caravanning world. This is especially true for first-time buyers still working out what they really need. Our experience buying a five-year-old caravan from a reputable dealer taught us something…
Do Not Overtake Turning Vehicle Signs on Caravans: What the Law Actually Says That “DO NOT OVERTAKE TURNING VEHICLE” sign isn’t reserved for big, burly trucks. Many caravan combinations qualify to display one — and when a tight turn requires extra lane space, having the correct sign can be a legal requirement. Spend enough time…
Boardtrack Beauty! – Custom Shovel in a board frame… Wind the clock back three and bit years… Walter Trout or Wal, as most folks up the northeast of Tasmania know him, was tinkering on his bikes in his shed after work. For sometime now he’d been tossing around the idea of building his own custom…
Viking swing-arm bag – Perfect size for the few essentials. The Viking swing-arm bag for Harely-Davidson Softails is the perfect size for the essentials on short trips. I was not interested in full size saddlebags for my Fat Boy, to use on those short runs. I found this swingarm bag to be perfect to store…