Coleman Powerhouse 414 dual fuel stove review

15 May 2012
By
Coleman Powerhouse 414 dual fuel stove review

I recently purchased a Coleman Powerhouse 414 dual fuel stove from Great Escape Camping to complete the elimination of LPG cylinders from my camping kit. I started by purchasing a Coleman Premium 285 dual fuel lantern — my review here. I was very happy with its performance, so decided to purchase the stove. I am planning a camping trip soon where the stove will be put through a good workout. In the meantime, I have use the stove to boil the kettle at a family picnic and as a BBQ to pan fry some sausages on a recent 4WD day trip up...

Read more »

Driving Duck Creek Road to O’Reilly’s

14 May 2012
By
John Shephard Lookout

I recently took the family on a four wheel drive day trip up Duck Creek Road to O’Reilly’s. After reading many reviews on the internet – from, “the road is very rough”, through to, “it is a doddle, a two wheel drive could do it” – I was a...

Read more »

Visit to Kondalilla National Park

11 May 2012
By
View of Kondalilla Falls

Kondalilla National Park is a great place for a walk through the bush, but don’t expect four wheel drive trails in this national park. We had not been planning to visit Kondalilla National Park. Rather, we were driving home from somewhere else and thought the my girls needed to get out...

Read more »

Maleny Cheese and Maleny Dairies

19 April 2012
By
Maleny Cheese and Maleny Dairies

We visited Maleny Cheese on 7 April 2012 — Easter Saturday. If you want to buy some great cheese, this is a good place to visit. However, with our young children in tow and hoping to provide an educational/entertaining experience as well, we were hoping to get some more...

Read more »

80 channel UHF information

4 April 2012
By
80 channel UHF information

I have difficulty remembering which UHF CB radio channel I should be using. Here is my handy list for 80 Channel UHF. Duplex channels Repeater output 1-8 (5 emergency use only) 41-48 Repeater channels press the DUPLEX button on your radio to use any available repeaters Repeater input –...

Read more »

Tasmania road trip — the best holiday ever?

8 March 2012
By
Tasmania road trip — the best holiday ever?

During the 2010/2011 Christmas/New Year period, my family had the best holiday ever. I did a road trip from Brisbane to Tasmania and back. My family flew to Tasmania and we met there for a holiday around the Apple Isle. For various reasons, I have only just got around to...

Read more »

Rhino-Rack Pioneer Alloy Platform Rack

23 February 2012
By
Rhino-Rack Pioneer Alloy Platform Rack

I have found the perfect roof rack for my Toyota Prado — a Rhino-Rack Pioneer Alloy Platform Rack (42102). Some time back I did some calculations. I wanted to raise my Prado and fit a roof rack, while also staying under 2 m in overall vehicle height. I wanted...

Read more »

Easy AdSense by Unreal