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Sunset at Uluru, NT
© Gavin Murray
Tales of the travels, trials and triumphs as we explore Australia in a converted bus
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The website for Australian caravanners and motorhomers.
On this site you will find our Travel Log (over 5 years of travelling Australia in a converted Bedford bus) as well as a wealth of information and articles relating to motorhoming and caravanning Australia.
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Our travel log is a collection of stories and photos from our travels. Click on the excerpt below to view the latest entry or click here to browse the entire collection.
13th of June 2009
There are many great places to camp in WA. Right now we are camped at one of our favourites, it is a little beach-side reserve just south of Dongara called Cliff Head. What makes it so nice? Well it has lots of space, it is right on the beach with bush on the other sides, some nice shady trees and the fishing and diving are both pretty good. What more could you ask for? Even more...
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3rd June 2009 at 1:18 pm by Hobo
Our motorhome is a 1968 Bedford bus. At the time of writing that makes it 40 years old. Having a vehicle this old has many advantages and just as many disadvantages. On the plus side I count the fact that the bus was designed and built at a time when the majority of roads were more...
4th May 2009 at 7:17 pm by Hobo
Some thoughts on how to setup a motorhome for free camping Written June 2008 Before beginning any discussion about setting up a motorhome for free camping, it is perhaps important to define what is meant by the term Free Camping . What is Free Camping? Quite simply, I use the term free camping to describe any type of camping that more...
Setting Up Your Portable Satellite Television System
30th April 2009 at 6:05 pm by Hobo
This is a Step-By-Step Beginners Guide to setting up a portable satellite TV system for motorhomers and caravaners. Introduction Setting up a portable satellite TV dish is simple and quick if you know exactly how to do it and you have done it 10 times before. For those who have never been shown the basic principles or more...
Getting Your Motorhome - Build or Buy?
30th April 2009 at 4:17 pm by Hobo
Written May 2004 Updated May 2009 and moved from the old articles section What should I consider when thinking about building or buying a motorhome? That is a question we get asked quite often. Unfortunately the answer is quite complex. This article aims to provide some guidelines and thoughts on logical steps to help answer this question. As our more...
Drinking water in your motorhome
26th April 2009 at 6:36 pm by Hobo
In the last article I talked about the advantages of capturing rain water from the roof of a motorhome or caravan and described how we do this. In this article I will explain why I feel it is absolutely essential to have two tanks holding water one for drinking water and the other more...
Sunset at Uluru, NT
© Gavin Murray
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