This is a collection containing all of the reviews, information and advice articles that we, Overland Exposure have written for Australia! We’ve travelled most of this massive country/continent and have written informative articles about heaps of different equipment, vehicles and all sorts. Whether you are full or part time, or looking at any length trip, this collection of our advice is sure to help out. If you want specific information about Location guides and Itineraries click here instead.
Caravan, Motorhome, Bus, Expedition Truck, Camper trailer? WHICH ONE WE CHOSE AND WHY!
Where do we even start? What even is a caravan? GVM? Amp Hours? Sway control? What Tow vehicle will we be getting? What caravan? Should we even get a caravan or do some sort of truck camper? Or back of the Ute camper? A bus? Wow. To say it is all overwhelming is an understatement. Daniel is a massive research fiend, so when it comes to buying things or making big decisions like this, he goes to…
4 Weeks on the Road Full Time
After 4 weeks on the road…How are we feeling and what have we learnt… Well, what a whirlwind of time. We are doing things a little differently to many others in that our first 6 weeks are our real shakedown trip weeks and our first 2 weeks were a bit intense as we headed from Newcastle up to Brisbane and the Gold Coast and not what we intended to be doing on our trip. We…
How We Prepared Ourselves, Our Lives and Our Belongings to Start Our Caravan Lap of Australia!
Firstly, we sat down for many nights and wrote a very detailed to-do list. We use an app called ‘Trello’, which has Boards that you create, then Lists and Cards. You can also have multiple people share access to the Board and can add, delete, move Cards around. We both have our “Big Lap” Board and have even colour-coded the Cards in the various Lists to allocate jobs to each other or ourselves to ensure…
Which Caravan to Pick?
Now that we have narrowed down our field of options, we are only left with the mammoth task of finding the perfect caravan for us, which probably doesn’t even exist! We aren’t experts, and we have never owned a caravan, so here is how we decided which to get! The really offroad vans – Kedron and Bushtracker These would be a gimme choice… Durable, reliable, great proven track records all around Australia in the toughest…
Engel Eclipse MR40F Long Term Review
Engels cheapest reasonably sized fridge has served our family really well over the last 7 years. The Eclipse was meant to be the new, affordable model for Engel, who had seen fridge retail prices increase and a lot of the market start to get priced out of their products, at the same time as competitors were homing in on them and fighting them on the price front. The Eclipse was the solution. A cheaper to…