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The pandemic has shut down the world, and with it, the camper and remote touring industry.

Nowadays, kids and their parents seem more interested in their devices than exploring around camp and making friends. It’s bloody hard to watch.

Prompted by a recent incident involving the biggest kangaroo known to mankind, Kath asks, what is the safety of your setup worth? Can you put a price cap on it?

Our bone-dry deserts can be brutal, indifferent deathtraps. Travellers need to take them very, very seriously.

Scott rips into the one per cent of campers who ruin the experience for the majority by blindly pursuing their own self-interest

Kath Heiman faces a tough decision: set up a holiday park base and enjoy weekends by the beach, or stick with their life on the open road?

With the recent increase of fatal croc attacks, it's clear something - potentially a cull - needs to be done to ensure the safety of people in WA, QLD and NT waterways.

For many camper trailer owners it can be confusing to know what to do if you have a concern about your camper, so Kath Heiman explains the varied quality assurance options.

You’d think that school holidays would be a relaxing time for kids, but the change in routine can be stressful. Kath shares a few tips on working through the unexpected holiday unhappiness next time the kids have a few weeks off school.

A few key milestones mark the physical and mental development of any child. But for families that spend a lot of their time camping, these important milestones take on a unique shape.

Camping minimalism or Zen camping, we take a look at whether paring back the inventory is as fulfilling as having the comforts of a camper at your disposal.

We’re all tempted to head north as it cools off. But what approach will you take? Will you race to your destination or explore along the way?

While the self-sufficiency of owning a portable toilet might be appealing, the go-anywhere dunny can have a dark side too.

A family camping trip through Australia's remote desert landscapes is guaranteed to be a journey the kids will never forget.

With the line between caravan and camper trailer getting more and more blurry, Borgy ponders what it is that actually makes a camper trailer –well, a true camper trailer!

What sort of ‘travel type’ are you? Do you bounce around, or hang around? Kath spells out a few different travel types and discusses how to successfully travel with people who go about travel differently.

Does it really take monetary rewards and legal sanctions for folks to start using bins? It’s time us overlanders took responsibility for our rubbish.

From a background of insular village living to a lifestyle of roaming Australia in pursuit of experience, Kath recounts how she defied the odds.

What qualifies someone as a ‘good bloke’? Can a woman be a 'good bloke'?

It can take some time to find a travel rhythm, but once you’re in it you’ll enjoy destinations more than ever, as Kath Heiman discusses

It is becoming increasingly frustrating for drivers with camper trailers in tow to find long-vehicle parking spots taken up by normal vehicles - especially when there are regular parks available.

There should be no excuse for leaving behind unwanted or broken camping gear - it's more likely to become trash for park rangers to deal with, rather than a lucky find by a fellow thrifty camper.