Preparing For Your Trip
Before leaving home you may want to consider the following:
- Make arrangements for mail forwarding
- Set up phone or online banking
- Check that your car/4WD has the legal towing capacity to tow the weight of your caravan
- Have a mechanic carry out a thorough service and safety check on your tow vehicle and caravan including adjusting electric brakes correctly (if fitted) and tyre pressures.
- Carry enough cash to cover repairs/locksmith/tyres/ etc as there may be times when you are not able to access a ATM or an eftpos machine may not be working (you may not want to write down your credit card details for a stranger to use later on) $1000 should be enough
- Don't overload your car and caravan - stay within the legal maximums
- Take enough warm winter clothes - even summer nights around the camp fire can be very cold
- Carry a mobile phone - Telstra Next G has the best coverage but may not work in more remote areas
- Consider having a UHF radio installed in your vehicle which will allow you to talk with other caravan owners and truck drivers on the road
- Carry fresh drinking water - at least 25 litres is recommended. Beware of drinking bore water as it may cause tummy upset or a skin rash from the sulphur it may contain
- Torch, Camera and spare batteries
- A daily dairy or travel journal
- Fire extinguishers (1 for the caravan and 1 for the car) and a fire blanket
- First aid kits (1 for the caravan and 1 for the car)
- Up to date Medication List with details of dosages
- Photocopy of Drivers Licence, Medicare Card, Pension Card, rego papers
- Consider Spare radiator and heater hoses, pre-packed bearings for caravan, caravan jack and wooden blocks/chocks
- Always Lock Up your vehicles!
- See you on the road
- Safe Travels :-)
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