Conquer Australia — plan the big trips with confidence
Caravan parks, caravan-friendly camping grounds, the best drives and off-road tracks — with rig-aware route planning that tells you whether your van can actually do it, and where to refuel, fill up and dump along the way.
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All destinations →- Australian Capital TerritoryCompact base for the Snowy Mountains and southern NSW runs.
- New South WalesCoast-to-outback touring from Byron to Broken Hill.
- Northern TerritoryThe Red Centre, Top End and the Savannah Way gateway.
- QueenslandCape York, the tropics and the classic east-coast caravan run.
- South AustraliaFlinders Ranges, the Oodnadatta Track and the Eyre Peninsula.
- TasmaniaCompact island touring with big wilderness and short hops.
- VictoriaThe Great Ocean Road, High Country and Murray River runs.
- Western AustraliaThe Kimberley, Gibb River Road, Pilbara and Coral Coast.
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All articles →- Running two fridges, a CPAP and the telly: sizing your genset habit downWhen solar and lithium fall short, a generator fills the gap. Trev on picking the right size, running it politely, and knowing when you actually need one.By Trev Sanders
- The pre-trip caravan brake check most tourers skipElectric brakes fail quietly until they don't. Here's the pre-trip brake check I do on every van before a big trip, and what actually goes wrong.By Dan "Dusty" Whitlock
- The Dampier Peninsula: a Kimberley detour most tourers rush pastCape Leveque Road off the Gibb turns a Kimberley lap into something richer. Here's how I'd plan the detour, water and all.By Bec Harmon
- Weight distribution hitches: when you need one and when you don'tWeight distribution hitches get bolted on out of habit more than need. Here's how they actually work, when they earn their keep, and when they're solving a problem you don't have.By Dan "Dusty" Whitlock
- Showground camping: the overnight stops the grey nomad grapevine swears byShowground camping can save your Big Lap budget and your sanity. Here's how to find them, what they cost, and the etiquette that keeps them open to travellers.By Trev Sanders
- The Savannah Way in the shoulder season: our pick for the crossingWhen to actually do the Savannah Way from Cairns to the Kimberley — the shoulder season windows that beat both the crowds and the wet.By Trev Sanders