by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, NEWS
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...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, Dinner, Food, NEWS, Tips
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...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, NEWS, Tips
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...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, Tips
What is a Scupper Vent? Do we really need it? Is it expensive? When we dove head on into planning for our Red Centre adventure, we loved hearing stories from our friends and our Caravanning with Kids community. Like many other Australians, Uluru had been on our...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, NEWS, Tips
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...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, NEWS, Show/Expo
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!...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, NEWS, Tips
How to get your children to sleep in a caravan! You’d be amazed how many times we hear from parents that they don’t use their van as much as they would like to because their children won’t go to sleep! Firstly, HUGE DISCLAIMER, we are no parenting experts! Just like...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, NEWS, Tips
When we first purchased our caravan, the thought of anyone stealing it was far from my mind. I will readily admit to a few blonde comments from myself in early discussions… “How would they do it? Someone would notice it, wouldn’t they? It would be way too hard...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, General Tips, Tips
Here are some of our favourite Caravanning with Kids tips! Plus some general tips that we have found have worked a treat for us over the years – we would love to hear about your handy tips and tricks too… Have you seen our Australian...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, Tips
We always knew that our tow ball and hitch set up was not perfect and probably not quite right, we did our best when we got the caravan, but after being out on the road, speaking to others and reading information online, it was time to see an expert before our next...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, Product Reviews
Not again! Waking up in the morning to find that our mattress protector had worked it’s way off again. We knew we were not alone and had heard many horror stories of caravan, motorhome and camper owners fighting with their linen. So, when we came across...
by caravanning with kids | Caravanning Tips, NEWS, Tips
We found this one on Pinterest. A great visual on caravan weight distribution. We have great storage in our van under the bed, under the chairs and under the kids bunks. In the early days, we used to load everything (activities, folded tables, slabs of beer, water...