Miriam H.

I think misfortunes (minor, sad things that happen) either belong in the category of ‘Unavoidable’ or the category ‘You only have yourself to blame.’ Some misfortunes are manmade and some just seem inevitable. It was inevitable that after a while the caravan was going to look not so new. Wear and tear takes its toll […]

Whenever I wanted children in my class to feel relaxed and chat together I just asked them who had a story about their scars. Everybody has a story to tell about some deformity on their body, likewise with caravans. Someone had to be the first to scar the caravan and thankfully it wasn’t me. It

I know the last two pieces have been about awnings but the topic isn’t finished yet. Awnings is a topic many caravanners and R.V. owners have a penchant to discuss. They have either had good or horrendous stories which they want to share. In the past I have had a penchant to swear when I

                     I knew instantly that I would need something good to sit on if I was to enjoy the next years of my life. We weren’t going on a picnic and soft, flimsy picnic chairs wouldn’t service.  Hardy, stable, portable and sturdy chairs were needed. I knew it couldn’t be La-Z-boys, but when these oztrail chairs

fI vowed silently to myself (vowing out loud may have meant I would have had to do it) that I would do ‘my bit’ when living in the caravan. I decided internally that I would learn how this caravan operated as much as my husband. I talked sternly to myself about taking an interest in

‘Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink!’ This line from the ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ is sometimes how it seemed when we were in the caravan at first. There were taps in the camp to fill the barrel and plenty of water to top up the water tank under our bed but

As landings go it was exactly like a hard landing that Soviet and American space rockets experienced in many of their moon landings. In early flights these two countries had deliberately crash landed on the moon for experimental reasons. On our first relocation to another camp Peter crash landed the caravan but not by design,

Minimising the pressures of life does not come without some concessions on our part and some honing of skills by us both. For instance both of us realise some new points of reference are needed as we approach a new town. We both have honed our perception skills and are now able to identify a

We have been living in a caravan for over two years now. We have unshackled ourselves from the mortgage, the house, rates and suburbia, but are we free. Friends tell us we are living the dream. Surely this must mean we are free. Free from what though. We sometimes still have cranky neighbours. We still

I thought we were just showing our age. I thought we were just following the ‘grey nomad’ trend and trying to beat the empty nest syndrome. I thought we were just selling our house and moving into a caravan because we wanted a bit of an adventure. Actually we were becoming ‘new age’ and embracing