Tips

Safe Towing Off-Road
If you’re new to adventure travel and choosing a camper trailer or caravan for your travels, it’s handy to learn a...
Solar for Off-Grid Camping and Overlanding
Escaping someplace wild for days or even weeks is always memorable. The addition of power adds comfort, and in this...
How To Make a Bow Drill Friction Fire
Making a bow drill friction fire with nothing but your skills and natural materials is a gratifying process. In this...
How to Pack a Hiking Pack
Long days walking through the wilderness are best when our pack is comfortable. But what steps can we take to make...
Leave No Trace
Deep inside most of us, there’s a delight in being confronted by a vista of nature untrammelled by humans. The...
7 Tips For Packing A Platform Roof Rack
Whether you’re heading off on a seaside holiday or you’re planning a big trip through the outback, chances are,...
Engineering Sign Off For Modified 4x4s
With so many modified 4x4s prepared ready for remote travel you'd think the pathway to ensuring our vehicles are road...
How to Source and Use a Topographic Map
I've never met a person who doesn't love looking at a map. Whether it's a map of your local park, topographic map or a...
The 4 Basics of Survival
I’ve been exploring remote Australia for nearly five years, and I spend my time honing my bushcraft and survival...
How To Transport a Canoe
Knowing how to transport a canoe is the first skill any new paddler will need to master. There are many means of...
8 Basic Canoe Skills Worth Mastering
The humble canoe has served humans for tens of thousands of years and these days have evolved into a popular...
Burning Your Camp Rubbish
What do you do with your rubbish when you’re on a long excursion into remote country? I’ve long been an advocate...
CB Radio Tips
If you’re like us the radio comes on as you hit the trails, or head out on the water, and other than the basics,...
Heavenly Burger Recipe
This burger recipe is quick, easy, and delicious. Our mouths are watering, and yours will be too! We look at taking a...
Low Impact Campfires
Ever since humans set foot in new lands they have used fire to significantly modify their newly colonised landscape....
10 Pieces
Like most people I don’t like seeing litter, particularly when I’m out in the wild. It’s jarring to see...
Overloaded? It might be time to tow
Towing isn't for everyone or for everywhere, but if it's a struggle to squeeze everything in (and on), or you're...
Charcoal Skewers
Sometimes simple and healthy meals are the best. Everything tastes good from a campfire, and things taste even better...
Unforgettable Camp Oven Lamb Shanks in 5 Easy Steps
As the fire crackles and the sun dips lower in the sky, dinner starts to become the hot topic of conversation....
Blueberry and Custard Pastries
A hot dessert is the perfect end to any camp meal. These pastries are as easy as they are scrumptious - let's take a...
Camper Recovery
Haul a trailer far enough and chances are you may get stuck. This day we were just arriving at our isolated campsite...
Airing down, a chore?
Air pressures can be a hot topic and the debate over correct pressures for varied conditions will likely continue...
Staying Charged
Whilst unplugging is a common goal of hitting the road, staying charged is often a vital part of the journey.For...
Sand Recoveries
Keen to hone our sand recovery skills we headed to Lancelin north or Perth.First up we wanted to set up a good...
Protection of the Wild
"We need the tonic of wildness… At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require...
Avoiding Blowouts
Of the long list of things that can strand us far from everywhere, it’s a little underwhelming that many experts put...
A Month of Dinners
Food preparation for a big trip can be one of the most difficult tasks. Life seems to get even busier in the lead up,...
Campfire Lamb and Vegetable Stew
There are few things in life more satisfying than a meal from the campfire. With diced lamb and Campers Pantry...
Chicken and Vegetable Ramen
An icy wind forced us in the tent, and the sleeping bags with the roar of the stove promising dinner had us warming in...