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Home  		  

Introduction    
Our 2011 Trip  

A brief look at our 2011 trip, coming shortly.
Destinations  

Great places to see and stay with your dog and how to get there.
Our Outfit  

Specs & pictures of our old 4wd & caravan.

  
Tips & Hints    
Choosing a
Caravan / Camper		 Trying to choose a more compact replacement for our caravan.
 Our final choice and reasons. 
Caravan Heater Effective heating when you haven't got mains power.  
Now updated to include our new diesel heater.
Tyre Selection Finally time to replace the old BFGs  
Tyre Pressure My thoughts on off road tyre pressures from the 60's on. 
Portable Fridges Selecting a mid size portable fridge.
Waeco, Engel or one of the Aussie  made units.
Canoe Roof Rack Single handed canoe loading and maneuvering.
Oil Analysis Could save you a small fortune. 
Generators Portable AC/DC generators.
Safety Switches

Life savers.
GPS & Mapping GPS's and computer mapping.    
3-Way Refrigerators Tips maintaining and improving the performance of absorption type refrigerators.
Battery Chargers How to choose a good one.
My Charger Due to numerous emails, I have added this topic, it describes my own battery charging arrangement. (2 pages)
Now including a block diagram.
Batteries Deep cycle, starting, flooded, sealed, AGM, gel.  
Batteries & 3-Way Fridge Problems Why doesn't the battery ever fully charge and why doesn't the fridge perform on 12V when we are mobile ?
Solar Stuff Solar panels and regulators.
Inverters Converts your battery 12/24V to 240V AC.
TV Reception What is the most suitable antenna suitable for your RV ? 
Also, TV on your laptop computer.  
Towing Legally Confused about towing weight restrictions ?
UHF CB Radio Introduction to CB radio.   
Staying in touch with the world Some basic info on shortwave radio, handy in the bush as well as frequency listing for Radio Aust and ABC news radio. 
Tyre Pumps Looking for a good relatively cheap 12V tyre pump ?
  
Dogs   Introduction page
Sherry
A tribute to a wonderful companion and some photos.
Mishka
Our Mishka - A brief description of the Keeshond.
Buying a Puppy ? Things you should consider and links to people to contact.
Micro-chip your dog ! What is it and why you should, including a true story.
 
Brickbats  & Bouquets 
Service & Repairs Good people to deal with.
Caravan Parks Our favorites.
Suspension Faulty product.
Tyres They could do better.
Tow Bars Lucky to still have a caravan.
  
 

 

 


 

 

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