Posted by Doyle on 01/7/10 in Camping Equipment, Featured, Sister Sites, camper vans and trailers, towing
Well after considerable research, we have bought ourselves a camper trailer. This camper is a Jurgens Oryx imported from South Africa. It’s a full offroad specification unit with AL-KO suspension. By buying secondhand, we have ended up with a 6 year old camper that is in very good condition and which had been competently upgraded from the [...]
Posted by Doyle on 12/6/07 in Camping Equipment, Review
There are dozens of these lightweight camping stoves out there that all seem identical apart from the brand and paintwork. I have two: one for the boat and another for the car. This Companion version is well-made and only cost me around $Au 20.00 . It uses standard butane canisters and has inbuilt piezo ignition. [...]
Posted by Doyle on 12/6/07 in Camping Equipment, Featured, Review
For the camper or bushwalker who is conscious of the need to keep the weight and size of their equipment as low as possible, the Trangia stove is the Swiss Army Knife of cookers (or it would be if it wasn’t Swedish). In its most basic form, the Trangia gives you a metholated spirits burner, two [...]
Posted by Doyle on 08/27/07 in Camping Equipment, Review
The trouble with frying food inside a van is that the fat goes everywhere no matter how good your extraction system. But there is a solution. It’s called the Easy Cook. The Easy Cook is one of those gadgets that you often see advertised on the TV with heaps of hype and you just know [...]
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