Free Camping – Creepy? Safe? Bliss?
Do you Free Camp? A few years ago I had mixed feelings about Free Camping. Going off the grid, in the middle of nowhere, with the kids, I have to admit, it wasn’t sounding very appealing for me (remembering that I was a five star luxury girl before I discovered...
An interesting take on Homeschooling…or should we say – unschooling?
“How do you educate your kids when you are on the road?” “The thought of homeschooling makes me want to vomit!” “Will I hate the kids trying to be their mum and teacher?” So many things to think about when you take the kidlets out...
Top 3 Caravan Reversing Tips for Newbies
Caravan Reversing Tips: When I took over the wheel and started towing our 24ft caravan, the thought of reversing made me want to do a little vomit. Wayne had previously done all the towing, so I was jumping into very new territory. (Check out his tips for teaching...
Wayne’s top tips for giving your partner a caravan towing lesson – without it ending in divorce!
Giving the Boss (the Wife, Mum, Adele) a refresher caravan towing lesson was never going to be easy…this is how it all went down! We have been caravanning for many years now and it is still surprising that there is so much more to learn. One thing that we have often...
Caravanning in the UK
Say a big Aussie G’day to Winfields Outdoors 🙂 We were over the moon earlier this year to be named by them as one of the Top 8 Caravan Blogs…in the WORLD!!! So we started thinking….what is caravanning like in the UK? Do they do things differently? We...
Extra curricular activities vs Caravanning
Early on, our thoughts were very clear – we would never let the girls activities stop us from getting away on weekends. Many other families had often remarked that when they get older it gets much harder… Extra curricular activities, sports, dancing, friends,...
Family Caravans for more than 3 children…YES, they do exist!
Late last year we discovered our first 4 bunk’d caravan in the flesh! Surprisingly, we had not come across one for many many years. We knew they existed, but had not seen one in real life. We have lots of friends with more than three children and were super...
What lives inside our caravan?
On our first few trips away, there were a few small things that we had forgotten, that we needed. Unbelievably, our first ever trip in the van saw us leave the can opener at home…Eeeeeeek! When we got back from our East Coast adventure in 2015, we commented...
Caravanning with Kids make the Top 8 Caravan Blogs!
WOAH! Our Caravanning with Kids blog makes a WORLDWIDE Top 8 list! We were knocked over for a six yesterday when we were emailed by Winfields Outdoors in the UK. They dropped us a line to let us know that our website was named in the TOP 8 Caravan Blogs WORLDWIDE by...
Caravan Packing Tips
Here are a few of our Caravanning Packing Tips that we hope you all enjoy… What are some of your packing tricks and tips? We would love to hear from you and then add to this collection…. Do you use your oven? We don’t, so we FILL IT! It is a ripper...
Beating the Mozzie Madness…
Caravanning with Kids trials Mozzie Prevention with Natural Wonders Australia: If you have followed Caravanning with Kids for a while you will know how we have struggled with bloody mozzies! Let’s be honest nobody likes them – and unfortunately for us they love our...
How did I go from “…you won’t ever catch me in a caravan!”…to THIS!
How did I go from “you won’t ever catch me in a caravan”…to this?? (And by this I mean a van-loving-travel-obsessed-caravan-mummy!) Sometimes I wonder how I ended up here! If you’d said to me eight years ago that I’d travel around in a caravan (let alone with two...
Meal Preparation – we don’t want to cook on holidays…
The last thing we want to do when we go away is COOK…! However, we also don’t want to eat take away every night and can’t afford to eat out all the time either…mmmm, what to do? It didn’t take me long to realise that when I was on holidays, the least amount of time I...
Choosing a caravan that is right for your family…
When we started searching for a caravan we were so overwhelmed, there were so many choices options and brands. We had never travelled in a van so how could we possibly know what we needed? It was definitely a tricky time as we navigated the world of...
What is a Scupper Vent?
What is a Scupper Vent? Do we really need it? Is it expensive? As we dive head on into planning for our Red Centre adventure, we are loving hearing stories from our friends and our Caravanning with Kids community. Like many other Australians, Uluru has been on our...
A few handy items for the caravan…
A list of things we discovered we needed for every trip… When we first started out, we really had no idea what we needed straight away. Wayne is a planner, methodical and likes to be prepared so he was in his element! We have a laugh when we remember our first...
Caravan Shows PLUS our Top 3!
Choosing a caravan is no simple decision, we are so spoilt for options these days! Our family have been in hundreds of caravans over the years from when we were looking at buying our first one and when we attended the Caravan & Camping shows… we’ve seen them all!...
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