April 26, 2025 • 27 mins
This week on the Travel Australia Podcast, we’re bringing you the ultimate hidden gem for off-grid camping lovers—a new Hipcamp tucked away in the stunning Sunshine Coast Hinterland. Imagine parking up among 3,000 Christmas trees, relaxing on lush green grass, and soaking in panoramic views of the Glasshouse Mountains… with only one other campsite nearby!
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Plus, we tackle a serious topic that’s unfortunately on the rise—caravan and camping theft. We’ll walk you through simple, practical steps to protect your rig and camping gear, and why having a solid backup plan can make all the difference if things go sideways.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to the Travel Australia podcast.
We are Paul, Katie and Jasperfrom the Feel Good family.
Join us as we explore thisgreat country, Australia, its
people, places and cultures.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Yes, it's the Travel Australia podcast where we share
the latest in RV industry newsroad trip travel, caravanning
and camping, product reviews,where to go, what to do and so
much more.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Thanks for joining us this week we farewell the
trusty 79.
We stay at the hidden gem onthe Sunshine Coast hinterland.
It's a Christmas tree farm andKatie talks all things caravan
theft.
Are you covered?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
A jam-packed episode again this week, paulie, and you
know a bit of a bittersweetstarting saying goodbye to our
beautiful 79.
I mean, I don't know, it can'tjust be us.
You know, you bring a vehicleinto your household.
It becomes a part of yourfamily, doesn't it?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
You bring it into the world.
Katie, look, almost three yearsbehind the wheel of our trusted
, tried and true Toyota LandCruiser.
Can't get enough of it.
But honestly, comfort,automatic, yeah, just a
different way of touring for usas little Jasperoonies growing
into a young man and we'regetting greyer.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, well, speak for yourself.
I think One of us is anyway.
But no, you are right, it'sdefinitely time for a change.
It has been an incredibletouring vehicle, though I mean
this time, three years ago, wewere pinching ourselves that we
were upgrading into this 79series, you know from our trusty
(01:43):
Hilux, which we thought wasabsolutely fabulous when we
first kicked off.
And now to think that we'reupgrading again is super
exciting.
But didn't the 79 change theway that we travelled around
this country?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Look, it came almost in sync with the Zone RV and
those two in combinationabsolute dream setup for us.
You know, particularly the ZoneRV was up there on our vision
board.
You know, all those years ago,katie.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, when you first had the crazy idea to travel
Australia.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Correct.
And so to have lived the dreamwith those combination of
vehicles the last almost threeyears, yeah, total dream.
And that's the question like,why the hell would you change
what's working guys?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
That is a very good question, but as you mentioned,
paulie, we're after a little bitof comfort in our more mature
years.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
My knees are going to love me.
Yes, I got a real goodcompliment this week.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh, digital, not from me, no.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Unfortunately, that's actually true.
I yearned for it, but itdoesn't come.
But I did have one of the guysat McCormack's four-wheel drive
who are doing the new build onthe new vehicle that will be
revealed next week.
Or, if you want a sneak peek,go to the YouTube channel, the
Feel Good Family and you'll seeexactly what's going on there
(03:07):
and he said to me when are youturning 40, mate?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Oh bless him.
Did you hug him and say you'rea keeper?
Speaker 1 (03:15):
I didn't because it was a work shed.
It's a quick way to get youknow, turfed out, yeah, a boy
amongst men in those places.
I tell you what.
I don't have a clue, butamazing group of guys there and
what they're doing and, yes,obviously very generous with
their compliments.
So thank you.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yes, I'm intrigued to know what your answer to this
amazing question was.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I said oh, thank you, mate.
Yes, almost 12 years ago.
He's like no, get out.
I'm like thank you, mate.
Righto, it's my mum's cookingwhen I was growing up and now
Katie's cooking as I'm gettingwell over the hill.
All right, now we're not hereto talk about my age or
compliments, but we are here totalk about our fantastic hip
(03:58):
camp that we just stayed at.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Oh yes.
Now talk about unique and look,I want to say we have stayed in
plenty of hip camps since theyfirst, you know, sort of
launched here in Australia.
They're hip, they are you cancamp there, love it.
Great name and look.
Something that, you know,always amazes me is that, even
when you're searching in aparticular region, you may not
(04:24):
ever be across all of theproperties that are available,
and that just seems to be theway that these apps it's not
just HipCamp, it's Airbnb andother places like this work as
well.
They sort of serve you up a youknow here.
Look at these ones, and thenall of a sudden one day, when
you're in there and you'rescrolling and you're looking for
the perfect campsite, boom up,pops, one that you've never seen
(04:46):
before, and you think, oh geez,this must be a new listing.
And then you trawl back throughyou know 500 reviews and you
realize it's been there all thetime.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Now just a question, because I'm getting confused
with this, but Wikicamps ourfavorite app, I mean that's that
for knowing where you're goingDoes it have HipCamps on the
Wikicamps app as well?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah, it can Not all.
It doesn't bring them all overfrom HipCamp into Wikicamps.
I believe it's up to theproperty owners as to whether
they list their property as aHipCamp property on Wikicamps.
We've certainly found manyHipCamps through the Wikicamps
app, but not all.
I believe Some of them are justexclusive to hip camp.
Well, this little gem was onethat just popped up at the
perfect time.
Don't you love that?
(05:34):
It was like the camping godswere smiling down on us.
We needed somewhere to stay,and that was North Brisbane, but
also extremely close to theSunshine Coast, and this
property is in Beer.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Burrum, it's the best of both worlds when you put it
like that.
It's kind of even Stevens ineither direction, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Yeah, it really is Just off.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Steve Irwin Way.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
One of your old besties.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, absolutely, in fact, a little bit of trivia
from a past life.
I was actually involved in therenaming of Steve Irwin Way it
wasn't always called Steve IrwinWay that particular road that
cuts through off the BruceHighway and takes you through
Beerburram, glasshouse, beerwah,landsborough, maloola, and then
(06:21):
back out to the Bruce Highwaythere, where the old Etamoga Pub
, which is now called somethingrandom like the Banana Bender,
how was he?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
It is called that Katie.
Look back to Steve-O, though.
Yeah, I tell you what, kate youbarely drink alcohol.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Barely.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
You've got some incredible Steve Irwin stories
of your time spent with him over, I think, almost six years,
yeah, and of course how we metwas at Australia Zoo.
But if you can get Katie into asecond glass of wine, she'll
tell you all the secrets Aroundthe fire.
That's the time to get her.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Oh awesome, she opens up.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
You know what I mean.
She opens up.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
The secrets are people.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
All right, now Beer Burram the location.
Red Sour people.
All right, Now Beer Burrum, thelocation.
What is the name of this hip?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
camp.
Okay, the name of the hip campis Country Mountain Farms Day.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Great.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
And it is also known as the Sunshine Coast Christmas
Tree Farm.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I love this.
I'm dreaming of a whiteChristmas.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Oh look, we were so excited and it is literally just
off Steve Irwin Way there inBeer Burrum.
And what makes this?
Well, there's a few things, Ithink, that make this location
so spectacular, but the thingthat stands out quite literally
is the epic views of MountTibragagan, better known as the
(07:43):
most famous glass house mountainhere in this particular region
on the Sunshine Coast.
It is just incredible, andwhere you park up your caravan
or your motorhome just looks outacross lush green grass and
beautiful little Christmas treesthat are just doing what
(08:04):
Christmas trees do at this timeof year grow.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
We're talking.
Over 3,000 trees are currentlyin harvest.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Yeah, incredible.
So it is private property.
It is owned by Errol and Kay,two of the loveliest Hip Camp
hosts.
You will meet Super welcomingTalk about hard workers.
You know, we were there forquite a few days and they were
out there tending to those treesevery single day, even on the
weekend, and the property isjust stunning.
(08:33):
It's very simple.
You do need to be fullyself-contained.
There are no facilities here.
There are no power or waterhookups here, no bathroom shower
facilities.
So, bearing that in mind, ifyou love a good off-grid hip
camp, but you also love feelinglike you're safe and secure, but
(08:54):
peaceful I mean, the only noisethat we heard off in the
distance was the occasionaltrain, as the train line runs
all the way from Brisbane rightthrough up the Queensland coast,
to be honest, but you can hearthat off in the distance.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I love that sound.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
It was awesome.
Jasper loved that sound as well.
Apart from that, I think theloudest noise we heard were the
birds and Jasper and Jasper andErrol and Kay's puppy dog, who
loves to come over and have agood scratch.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
And we were the only ones there.
I mean, you could not getfurther down the spectrum of
differences between last week'soh, my goodness, where we came
from Sandstone.
Point experience and theChristmas tree farm experience.
We absolutely love this.
Now, as I mentioned, over 3,000trees, they do start selling
(09:46):
them from the very 1st ofNovember, mm-hmm, and that will
be a five-foot tree for roughly$130.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Right.
Now every foot that that Gee,that's good value, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (09:58):
When you look at the amount of work that these people
put into creating the Christmastree, and the spirit of
Christmas and the magic of itall.
$130 for a five-foot treeamazing.
We could maybe get that intoour caravan.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Well, I'm just over five foot now.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Yeah, so we'd be right.
Every foot after that is about$20 per foot, and this year, for
the first time, they believethey'll be able to harvest eight
foot trees.
How cool, first in best dressed.
Yes best decorated, yes, andfirst in, first served, and it
is really a farm gate.
(10:36):
It's direct to your boot.
Okay, so you have to just rockup.
They cut off on December 20 orif sold out, which happens
regularly.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
And you get to choose .
You get to actually rock up andchoose the particular tree that
you want and they cut it foryou.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I think this is such an awesome experience and a
great lesson for your kids aswell, to see really what you
know is a truly naturalexperience of a Christmas tree
opposed to one from Kmart for 69bucks that ends up at landfill.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Look, I have to tell you, when I was a kid, we had a
real Christmas tree every yearup until I was about eight or
nine.
And the one thing that sticksout in my mind of that time of
year and even now fast forwardtoo many years that memory have
you had your 40th.
Katie.
Oh, I love you, dom, I love you.
(11:26):
Let's just say no.
Everybody who listens know thatI had my 40th because we went
to Tassie, remember, and got theflat tyre on the way down All
those years ago.
All those, yes, all those longyears ago, but the memory.
You know, what's so amazingabout our sense of smell is that
I'm not going to get alltechnical now and how it works
(11:49):
but it connects to a part of ourbrain that is our memory bank.
And so smell is such a powerfultool for us because it can
instantly bring back a memoryand transport you there.
And so even now, you know, allof these years later, if I have
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that smell of that realChristmas tree, it transports me
back to being a kid growing up,and every year.
Now let's just say my dadwouldn't go to the Christmas
farm tree and get a Christmastree from there.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
No, let's just say he was friends with someone in the
state forestry.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Oh look, it was a sleepy little hinterland town
when I was growing up out thereI won't name which one and we
just used to go for a littledrive and come home with a
Christmas tree.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
He knows who's being naughty or not.
Gail, it was amazing.
That aroma just fills theentire house with that real
Christmas tree and that'sprobably why there's such a
magic around this, because musicis the other connector to
memory for me.
And then you chuck in abeautiful alpine smell of a
Christmas tree Boom.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Yeah, just awesome.
So really really cool and areally different farm gate
experience for us and a reallydifferent camping experience as
well.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
and a really different farm gate experience
for us and a really differentcamping experience as well, and
again to be the only ones thereand have 250 metres of manicured
plush green lawn.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I think that was the squishiest greenest, most
unbelievable green grass we'veever camped on.
We should say there are onlytwo sites here.
They only allow two, I guess,groups of campers at any one
time and we were very fortunate,as you mentioned, paul, to have
the whole place to ourselves.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Which, come on, I mean at $30?
I think it's $35 a night.
You know they're not exactly,you know banking any money Like
honestly to allow people intoyour private space like this,
for you know, a low cost buthigh value experience is crazy
to me.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah, what's amazing is that this farm used to be a
passion fruit farm back in theday when Errol and Kay bought
this place and they worked it asa passion fruit farm for a very
long time and Errol was tellingus all the stories and how hard
it is.
It's hard work harvestingpassion fruits.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Well, they ran the passion fruit farm for 20 years
and they stopped that aboutthree years ago and moved to
Christmas trees, which is stilllabor intense, but a lot easier
on their backs.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
And yeah, crazy to think that you know we met all
that time ago as well in thissame area.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Mm.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Just there at Australia Zoo.
So amazing people and they havegot maybe I don't know about 10
rows of passion fruit stillwith different species and
varieties.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Yes and oh, errol brought some over for us.
Oh, my word, that is seriously.
That is like you know.
If you picture the gods all upthere, you know having their
breakfast.
That's what they're eatingpassion fruit.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Absolutely.
It is God's fruit.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Yep it was sensational, so definitely worth
a stay.
You can find it on Hip Camp.
It is Country Mountain ViewFarmstay.
I think I got that right.
We'll pop the link in thedescription.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
I think you got that Farmstay.
I think I got that right.
We'll pop the link in thedescription.
I think you got there Now.
One last thing to say on theChristmas trees is that if, like
us, you are travelling in a vanor you don't have the space at
home, but you still want thisexperience of a Christmas tree,
they do potted trees that are alot smaller, a lot more
manageable and, yeah, you canpick yourself up one of those.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Yeah, so good.
Definitely worth going out andhaving that experience.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
We'll make sure that the address, the location, is
there in the show notes so thatyou can.
If you're in that region.
It'd be worth a two or threehour drive to get one of these,
I reckon.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Oh, absolutely, and particularly if you are looking
for somewhere to stay.
The Brisbane area, northBrisbane, notorious for not
having an array of greatcampsites, caravan parks for you
to be able to stay in, so tofind a little gem like this,
what are we doing?
Telling everybody about?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Look, there's only two spots, so it's probably just
going to book out.
Now we are going to have a bitof a chat in our RV news segment
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Love it.
Okay, let's get on to the RVnews, Katie, and this one really
new news, Paul.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I mean, it's certainly something that is
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probably a lot more common thanmost of us would like to admit.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I think too.
You know, you look at socialmedia and you'll have a bad
story like a caravan theft or alithium battery fire caused by
you know, one of thosee-scooters or something.
And it just explodes acrosswhat is really, in the global
scale, a pretty small markethere in.
(17:50):
Australia.
So I think the attention isjust magnified because of social
media.
It probably hasn't increasedall that much, although you know
it's a sliding scale, isn't it?
As there's more campers andthere's more people out there,
then I guess it's just apercentage of that total amount.
You know 860 000 registered rvshere in australia now yeah,
(18:13):
well, look, I think it's fair tosay.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
I mean, unfortunately , theft is a part of daily life,
no matter whether you're livingin four walls or you know
you're travelling down the roadwith your home on wheels.
It is unfortunately justsomething that happens, I think.
As far as caravan and campingindustry goes, though, it seems
to be in particular in moreremote or free camping areas,
(18:35):
where security can be quiteminimal.
So we just wanted to go through, I guess, a couple of points
from doing a lot of reading andresearch on things that you can
do to really, I guess, protectyour rig and your camping gear
and also have a bit of a backupplan as well, just in case
things do go wrong.
(18:55):
And the first thing we would sayis to lock your caravan hitch.
If you are towing a caravan, abig rig like we are, or a little
rig, it doesn't matter Mostcaravan thefts are quick and
opportunistic and they'relooking for an easy win, and, in
all honesty, it doesn't takethat long for somebody to back
(19:19):
up, hitch up and drive away withyour rig if you don't have it
properly secured.
So we would say use a hitchlock to actually physically lock
the coupling.
We use a Cruise Master one.
It is the neatest little pieceof kit, isn't it?
It is so clever, paul.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
It is, and I don't know.
It would be near impossible toget this thing out because it's
a lock pin inside the actualhitch barrel, so it's not like
you can cut it.
I don't know, you'd have a hellof a time trying to cut it off,
and I guess that's the thingit's really, deterring these
opportunistic thieves.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Well, that's right.
I think like they're not there,spending all of this time, you
know, like trying to crack asafe or anything.
They they're not there spendingall of this time, you know,
like trying to crack a safe oranything.
They're there for a quick, easywin.
So making things as hard aspossible is a deterrent in
itself.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
I tell you what.
Some people out there inWestern Queensland had their
vehicle keys stolen.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Oh, yes, I remember.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Now this is in a caravan park.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
And so they thought, well, we'll hitch up, and that
way we'll have a little bit moresecurity around not having our
vehicle stolen.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
And you will not believe it.
They still took off.
The whole family was in the van, stabilizers were down.
Crazy, it's mental.
They didn't get very far, onlya kilometer up the road and then
they ran off.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
But I was going to say you could imagine the
absolute raucous that that wouldhave caused.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Oh, the fear for that family too yeah pretty, that's
an unusual one, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Pretty crazy that one .
Look, if you're parked upsomewhere for a long time, you
could install a wheel clamp asan added deterrent.
And we actually have in ourzone RV a Y-tie security system
installed and we would say, youknow, for the minimal outlay for
something like this, for thatpeace of mind.
It can not only lock your vanelectronically, it also can
trigger alerts andimmobilization features if any
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movement is detected when you'renot in or around your van.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
What an incredibly inexpensive piece of kit.
You know.
I mean we're talking like $500,$600 to really secure your
asset and you know yourlifestyle, if you like.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Oh, total peace of mind, paulie.
Okay, number two, let's talkabout your camping gear.
This probably is the biggestthing you know.
These are easy grabs, easy winsfor opportunistic thieves, and
we've all done it.
We've left.
You've left the barbecue outovernight, or the kids' bikes.
We've all heard of a mate'smate who's been traveling and
had the bike stolen off thefront of the van.
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Using cable locks is a greatidea to secure things like solar
panels or your barbecues oreven your bikes for extra
security.
Always, always, store yourvaluables inside your van or
your vehicle, especiallyovernight.
Don't leave things out layingaround as a oh, that looks like
an easy grab.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Yeah, my dad used to always say sometimes you really
just want to deter the honestpeople.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Well, look, if you see somebody's wallet and keys
just laying around, you knowtempting for some.
Look, if you are parked up inone particular place for a
longer period of time, you couldeven install things like motion
sensor lights or cameras aroundyour setup, because even just a
light coming on in the middleof the night is enough to deter
(22:34):
some people.
Great advice.
And look, it doesn't justhappen in these remote places
either.
It can happen in busycampgrounds.
I mean everywhere we go we seethe signs in the campgrounds.
In the remote places either.
It can happen in busycampgrounds.
I mean everywhere we go.
We see the signs in thecampgrounds, in the camp
kitchens.
They give them to you atreception.
It says thieves go on holidaystoo people.
So just have your wits aboutyou.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Exactly, and the most stuff that we ever saw stolen
at a caravan location wasactually in a caravan park on
the Gold Coast.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Yeah, absolutely.
Look.
A rule that we put in placefrom day one was that we lock
our caravan door anytime weleave it.
Now that could be going to havea chat with the neighbours who
are in the next side overhanging the washing on the other
side of the van.
If you can't see your caravandoor, we would say to you lock
it.
That way you know you're notgoing to run into these issues.
(23:23):
Good habit, okay.
The third point we would say istrack your van with a GPS.
Now, our YTAI system has theGPS tracking included in that,
which is just brilliant.
But you can also get little GPStrackers that you can place,
you know, inside your towvehicle or inside your caravan,
because if the worst does happen, then you've got a way to be
able to track it and find itquicker.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Incredible piece of kit.
Did I say that already?
Yeah, absolutely.
We don't work with a wittyY-Tie, but great piece of kit.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
It is, and look the Zone.
Rv vans come with the Y-Tieinstalled, which I think is just
an awesome thought process fromthe manufacturer to include
something like that.
When you're investing a lot ofmoney into a high price,
luxurious piece of kit, you wantthat peace of mind from the
get-go.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Cheap insurance.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Yeah, absolutely.
And talking about insurance,get the right insurance because
even with all the right locksand lights and gadgets and
things to secure your stuff,sometimes theft can and does
happen and that's where youreally want good insurance.
We are insured with Club 4x4.
They have many great productson offer and that just gives us
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the peace of mind that we cancover our camping gear as well
as our vehicles.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Now look, we're certainly not insurance experts.
We can only tell you who we'reinsured with and that we know
and trust this product as thebest on the market.
So do your own research.
That's who we use.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Absolutely so.
As a final thought, we wouldsay lock it, track it and insure
it.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Love it.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
So that when you are heading off on these epic
adventures, you know you'rechasing the freedom, not the
fear, and you've got that peaceof mind that your rigs and your
gear are going to be safe.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
So good.
I just think there's so manyvaluable little nuggets in there
.
And, like anything in life, thethings that are easy to do are
also easy not to do.
So, you know it's low cost,easy to do.
Set of ideas there, tick themoff, she'll be right mate.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Yeah, look, absolutely, I would say.
If there was only one thingthat you were going to do if
you're towing a caravan aroundAustralia is get a hitch lock,
because that is just such agreat deterrent.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
And the white eye.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Yeah, true around Australia is get a hitch lock,
because that is just such agreat deterrent.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
And the white eye?
Yeah, true, I mean.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Okay, if there was only two things that you were
going to do Exactly.
Or if there was three thingsyeah, get yourself insured as
well.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
So pretty well all your points.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Okay, good, that's probably why you made them.
Yeah, Now okay.
This week Exactly Okay, good,that's probably why you made
them.
Yeah, Now okay.
This week's takeaway we're justtalking about adventure, but I
love this Adventure.
Doesn't wait, neither shouldyou.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
It's so true.
It's so true.
And time and time again, wehave met plenty of people, you
know, on the road or in thesetowns that we travel through,
who have said to us oh, the onlyregret that we have is that we
didn't do this sooner, or wedidn't do it with our kids, we
waited for this, or now, time,you know, has passed us by and
we just we can't travel the waythat we thought we could.
(26:32):
Get out there, just get outthere.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
It ain't a rehearsal, katie Yep, all right, I think
that is it for this week, okay,but next week another ripper hip
camp within an hour, evencloser to Bruce Vegas, oh yeah,
with water views Going to lovethat, and a special guest with a
bit of a YouTube superstartraveler.
You'll love it.
See you then, oh, oh, oh, oh,oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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Welcome to the Travel Australia podcast.
We are Paul, Katie and Jasperfrom the Feel Good family.
Join us as we explore thisgreat country, Australia, its
people, places and cultures.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Yes, it's the Travel Australia podcast where we share
the latest in RV industry newsroad trip travel, caravanning
and camping, product reviews,where to go, what to do and so
much more.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Thanks for joining us this week we farewell the
trusty 79.
We stay at the hidden gem onthe Sunshine Coast hinterland.
It's a Christmas tree farm andKatie talks all things caravan
theft.
Are you covered?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
A jam-packed episode again this week, paulie, and you
know a bit of a bittersweetstarting saying goodbye to our
beautiful 79.
I mean, I don't know, it can'tjust be us.
You know, you bring a vehicleinto your household.
It becomes a part of yourfamily, doesn't it?
Speaker 1 (01:01):
You bring it into the world.
Katie, look, almost three yearsbehind the wheel of our trusted
, tried and true Toyota LandCruiser.
Can't get enough of it.
But honestly, comfort,automatic, yeah, just a
different way of touring for usas little Jasperoonies growing
into a young man and we'regetting greyer.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
Yeah, well, speak for yourself.
I think One of us is anyway.
But no, you are right, it'sdefinitely time for a change.
It has been an incredibletouring vehicle, though I mean
this time, three years ago, wewere pinching ourselves that we
were upgrading into this 79series, you know from our trusty
(01:43):
Hilux, which we thought wasabsolutely fabulous when we
first kicked off.
And now to think that we'reupgrading again is super
exciting.
But didn't the 79 change theway that we travelled around
this country?
Speaker 1 (01:56):
Look, it came almost in sync with the Zone RV and
those two in combinationabsolute dream setup for us.
You know, particularly the ZoneRV was up there on our vision
board.
You know, all those years ago,katie.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah, when you first had the crazy idea to travel
Australia.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
Correct.
And so to have lived the dreamwith those combination of
vehicles the last almost threeyears, yeah, total dream.
And that's the question like,why the hell would you change
what's working guys?
Speaker 2 (02:28):
That is a very good question, but as you mentioned,
paulie, we're after a little bitof comfort in our more mature
years.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
My knees are going to love me.
Yes, I got a real goodcompliment this week.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Oh, digital, not from me, no.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Unfortunately, that's actually true.
I yearned for it, but itdoesn't come.
But I did have one of the guysat McCormack's four-wheel drive
who are doing the new build onthe new vehicle that will be
revealed next week.
Or, if you want a sneak peek,go to the YouTube channel, the
Feel Good Family and you'll seeexactly what's going on there
(03:07):
and he said to me when are youturning 40, mate?
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Oh bless him.
Did you hug him and say you'rea keeper?
Speaker 1 (03:15):
I didn't because it was a work shed.
It's a quick way to get youknow, turfed out, yeah, a boy
amongst men in those places.
I tell you what.
I don't have a clue, butamazing group of guys there and
what they're doing and, yes,obviously very generous with
their compliments.
So thank you.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Yes, I'm intrigued to know what your answer to this
amazing question was.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I said oh, thank you, mate.
Yes, almost 12 years ago.
He's like no, get out.
I'm like thank you, mate.
Righto, it's my mum's cookingwhen I was growing up and now
Katie's cooking as I'm gettingwell over the hill.
All right, now we're not hereto talk about my age or
compliments, but we are here totalk about our fantastic hip
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camp that we just stayed at.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Oh yes.
Now talk about unique and look,I want to say we have stayed in
plenty of hip camps since theyfirst, you know, sort of
launched here in Australia.
They're hip, they are you cancamp there, love it.
Great name and look.
Something that, you know,always amazes me is that, even
when you're searching in aparticular region, you may not
(04:24):
ever be across all of theproperties that are available,
and that just seems to be theway that these apps it's not
just HipCamp, it's Airbnb andother places like this work as
well.
They sort of serve you up a youknow here.
Look at these ones, and thenall of a sudden one day, when
you're in there and you'rescrolling and you're looking for
the perfect campsite, boom up,pops, one that you've never seen
(04:46):
before, and you think, oh geez,this must be a new listing.
And then you trawl back throughyou know 500 reviews and you
realize it's been there all thetime.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Now just a question, because I'm getting confused
with this, but Wikicamps ourfavorite app, I mean that's that
for knowing where you're goingDoes it have HipCamps on the
Wikicamps app as well?
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah, it can Not all.
It doesn't bring them all overfrom HipCamp into Wikicamps.
I believe it's up to theproperty owners as to whether
they list their property as aHipCamp property on Wikicamps.
We've certainly found manyHipCamps through the Wikicamps
app, but not all.
I believe Some of them are justexclusive to hip camp.
Well, this little gem was onethat just popped up at the
perfect time.
Don't you love that?
(05:34):
It was like the camping godswere smiling down on us.
We needed somewhere to stay,and that was North Brisbane, but
also extremely close to theSunshine Coast, and this
property is in Beer.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Burrum, it's the best of both worlds when you put it
like that.
It's kind of even Stevens ineither direction, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (05:55):
Yeah, it really is Just off.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
Steve Irwin Way.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
One of your old besties.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Yeah, absolutely, in fact, a little bit of trivia
from a past life.
I was actually involved in therenaming of Steve Irwin Way it
wasn't always called Steve IrwinWay that particular road that
cuts through off the BruceHighway and takes you through
Beerburram, glasshouse, beerwah,landsborough, maloola, and then
(06:21):
back out to the Bruce Highwaythere, where the old Etamoga Pub
, which is now called somethingrandom like the Banana Bender,
how was he?
Speaker 1 (06:30):
It is called that Katie.
Look back to Steve-O, though.
Yeah, I tell you what, kate youbarely drink alcohol.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Barely.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
You've got some incredible Steve Irwin stories
of your time spent with him over, I think, almost six years,
yeah, and of course how we metwas at Australia Zoo.
But if you can get Katie into asecond glass of wine, she'll
tell you all the secrets Aroundthe fire.
That's the time to get her.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Oh awesome, she opens up.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
You know what I mean.
She opens up.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
The secrets are people.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
All right, now Beer Burram the location.
Red Sour people.
All right, Now Beer Burrum, thelocation.
What is the name of this hip?
Speaker 2 (07:05):
camp.
Okay, the name of the hip campis Country Mountain Farms Day.
Speaker 1 (07:11):
Great.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
And it is also known as the Sunshine Coast Christmas
Tree Farm.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I love this.
I'm dreaming of a whiteChristmas.
Speaker 2 (07:21):
Oh look, we were so excited and it is literally just
off Steve Irwin Way there inBeer Burrum.
And what makes this?
Well, there's a few things, Ithink, that make this location
so spectacular, but the thingthat stands out quite literally
is the epic views of MountTibragagan, better known as the
(07:43):
most famous glass house mountainhere in this particular region
on the Sunshine Coast.
It is just incredible, andwhere you park up your caravan
or your motorhome just looks outacross lush green grass and
beautiful little Christmas treesthat are just doing what
(08:04):
Christmas trees do at this timeof year grow.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
We're talking.
Over 3,000 trees are currentlyin harvest.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Yeah, incredible.
So it is private property.
It is owned by Errol and Kay,two of the loveliest Hip Camp
hosts.
You will meet Super welcomingTalk about hard workers.
You know, we were there forquite a few days and they were
out there tending to those treesevery single day, even on the
weekend, and the property isjust stunning.
(08:33):
It's very simple.
You do need to be fullyself-contained.
There are no facilities here.
There are no power or waterhookups here, no bathroom shower
facilities.
So, bearing that in mind, ifyou love a good off-grid hip
camp, but you also love feelinglike you're safe and secure, but
(08:54):
peaceful I mean, the only noisethat we heard off in the
distance was the occasionaltrain, as the train line runs
all the way from Brisbane rightthrough up the Queensland coast,
to be honest, but you can hearthat off in the distance.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
I love that sound.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
It was awesome.
Jasper loved that sound as well.
Apart from that, I think theloudest noise we heard were the
birds and Jasper and Jasper andErrol and Kay's puppy dog, who
loves to come over and have agood scratch.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
And we were the only ones there.
I mean, you could not getfurther down the spectrum of
differences between last week'soh, my goodness, where we came
from Sandstone.
Point experience and theChristmas tree farm experience.
We absolutely love this.
Now, as I mentioned, over 3,000trees, they do start selling
(09:46):
them from the very 1st ofNovember, mm-hmm, and that will
be a five-foot tree for roughly$130.
Speaker 2 (09:54):
Right.
Now every foot that that Gee,that's good value, isn't it?
Speaker 1 (09:58):
When you look at the amount of work that these people
put into creating the Christmastree, and the spirit of
Christmas and the magic of itall.
$130 for a five-foot treeamazing.
We could maybe get that intoour caravan.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Well, I'm just over five foot now.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
Yeah, so we'd be right.
Every foot after that is about$20 per foot, and this year, for
the first time, they believethey'll be able to harvest eight
foot trees.
How cool, first in best dressed.
Yes best decorated, yes, andfirst in, first served, and it
is really a farm gate.
(10:36):
It's direct to your boot.
Okay, so you have to just rockup.
They cut off on December 20 orif sold out, which happens
regularly.
Speaker 2 (10:43):
And you get to choose .
You get to actually rock up andchoose the particular tree that
you want and they cut it foryou.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I think this is such an awesome experience and a
great lesson for your kids aswell, to see really what you
know is a truly naturalexperience of a Christmas tree
opposed to one from Kmart for 69bucks that ends up at landfill.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
Look, I have to tell you, when I was a kid, we had a
real Christmas tree every yearup until I was about eight or
nine.
And the one thing that sticksout in my mind of that time of
year and even now fast forwardtoo many years that memory have
you had your 40th.
Katie.
Oh, I love you, dom, I love you.
(11:26):
Let's just say no.
Everybody who listens know thatI had my 40th because we went
to Tassie, remember, and got theflat tyre on the way down All
those years ago.
All those, yes, all those longyears ago, but the memory.
You know, what's so amazingabout our sense of smell is that
I'm not going to get alltechnical now and how it works
(11:49):
but it connects to a part of ourbrain that is our memory bank.
And so smell is such a powerfultool for us because it can
instantly bring back a memoryand transport you there.
And so even now, you know, allof these years later, if I have
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that smell of that realChristmas tree, it transports me
back to being a kid growing up,and every year.
Now let's just say my dadwouldn't go to the Christmas
farm tree and get a Christmastree from there.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
No, let's just say he was friends with someone in the
state forestry.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
Oh look, it was a sleepy little hinterland town
when I was growing up out thereI won't name which one and we
just used to go for a littledrive and come home with a
Christmas tree.
Speaker 1 (12:34):
He knows who's being naughty or not.
Gail, it was amazing.
That aroma just fills theentire house with that real
Christmas tree and that'sprobably why there's such a
magic around this, because musicis the other connector to
memory for me.
And then you chuck in abeautiful alpine smell of a
Christmas tree Boom.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Yeah, just awesome.
So really really cool and areally different farm gate
experience for us and a reallydifferent camping experience as
well.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
and a really different farm gate experience
for us and a really differentcamping experience as well, and
again to be the only ones thereand have 250 metres of manicured
plush green lawn.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
I think that was the squishiest greenest, most
unbelievable green grass we'veever camped on.
We should say there are onlytwo sites here.
They only allow two, I guess,groups of campers at any one
time and we were very fortunate,as you mentioned, paul, to have
the whole place to ourselves.
Speaker 1 (13:30):
Which, come on, I mean at $30?
I think it's $35 a night.
You know they're not exactly,you know banking any money Like
honestly to allow people intoyour private space like this,
for you know, a low cost buthigh value experience is crazy
to me.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Yeah, what's amazing is that this farm used to be a
passion fruit farm back in theday when Errol and Kay bought
this place and they worked it asa passion fruit farm for a very
long time and Errol was tellingus all the stories and how hard
it is.
It's hard work harvestingpassion fruits.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
Well, they ran the passion fruit farm for 20 years
and they stopped that aboutthree years ago and moved to
Christmas trees, which is stilllabor intense, but a lot easier
on their backs.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
And yeah, crazy to think that you know we met all
that time ago as well in thissame area.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Mm.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Just there at Australia Zoo.
So amazing people and they havegot maybe I don't know about 10
rows of passion fruit stillwith different species and
varieties.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Yes and oh, errol brought some over for us.
Oh, my word, that is seriously.
That is like you know.
If you picture the gods all upthere, you know having their
breakfast.
That's what they're eatingpassion fruit.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Absolutely.
It is God's fruit.
Speaker 2 (14:49):
Yep it was sensational, so definitely worth
a stay.
You can find it on Hip Camp.
It is Country Mountain ViewFarmstay.
I think I got that right.
We'll pop the link in thedescription.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
I think you got that Farmstay.
I think I got that right.
We'll pop the link in thedescription.
I think you got there Now.
One last thing to say on theChristmas trees is that if, like
us, you are travelling in a vanor you don't have the space at
home, but you still want thisexperience of a Christmas tree,
they do potted trees that are alot smaller, a lot more
manageable and, yeah, you canpick yourself up one of those.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Yeah, so good.
Definitely worth going out andhaving that experience.
Speaker 1 (15:24):
We'll make sure that the address, the location, is
there in the show notes so thatyou can.
If you're in that region.
It'd be worth a two or threehour drive to get one of these,
I reckon.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
Oh, absolutely, and particularly if you are looking
for somewhere to stay.
The Brisbane area, northBrisbane, notorious for not
having an array of greatcampsites, caravan parks for you
to be able to stay in, so tofind a little gem like this,
what are we doing?
Telling everybody about?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Look, there's only two spots, so it's probably just
going to book out.
Now we are going to have a bitof a chat in our RV news segment
on caravan theft, Hot topic atthe moment but right now a
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Speaker 1 (16:57):
Love it.
Okay, let's get on to the RVnews, Katie, and this one really
new news, Paul.
Speaker 2 (17:01):
I mean, it's certainly something that is
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probably a lot more common thanmost of us would like to admit.
Speaker 1 (17:29):
I think too.
You know, you look at socialmedia and you'll have a bad
story like a caravan theft or alithium battery fire caused by
you know, one of thosee-scooters or something.
And it just explodes acrosswhat is really, in the global
scale, a pretty small markethere in.
(17:50):
Australia.
So I think the attention isjust magnified because of social
media.
It probably hasn't increasedall that much, although you know
it's a sliding scale, isn't it?
As there's more campers andthere's more people out there,
then I guess it's just apercentage of that total amount.
You know 860 000 registered rvshere in australia now yeah,
(18:13):
well, look, I think it's fair tosay.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
I mean, unfortunately , theft is a part of daily life,
no matter whether you're livingin four walls or you know
you're travelling down the roadwith your home on wheels.
It is unfortunately justsomething that happens, I think.
As far as caravan and campingindustry goes, though, it seems
to be in particular in moreremote or free camping areas,
(18:35):
where security can be quiteminimal.
So we just wanted to go through, I guess, a couple of points
from doing a lot of reading andresearch on things that you can
do to really, I guess, protectyour rig and your camping gear
and also have a bit of a backupplan as well, just in case
things do go wrong.
(18:55):
And the first thing we would sayis to lock your caravan hitch.
If you are towing a caravan, abig rig like we are, or a little
rig, it doesn't matter Mostcaravan thefts are quick and
opportunistic and they'relooking for an easy win, and, in
all honesty, it doesn't takethat long for somebody to back
(19:19):
up, hitch up and drive away withyour rig if you don't have it
properly secured.
So we would say use a hitchlock to actually physically lock
the coupling.
We use a Cruise Master one.
It is the neatest little pieceof kit, isn't it?
It is so clever, paul.
Speaker 1 (19:36):
It is, and I don't know.
It would be near impossible toget this thing out because it's
a lock pin inside the actualhitch barrel, so it's not like
you can cut it.
I don't know, you'd have a hellof a time trying to cut it off,
and I guess that's the thingit's really, deterring these
opportunistic thieves.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Well, that's right.
I think like they're not there,spending all of this time, you
know, like trying to crack asafe or anything.
They they're not there spendingall of this time, you know,
like trying to crack a safe oranything.
They're there for a quick, easywin.
So making things as hard aspossible is a deterrent in
itself.
Speaker 1 (20:08):
I tell you what.
Some people out there inWestern Queensland had their
vehicle keys stolen.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Oh, yes, I remember.
Speaker 1 (20:16):
Now this is in a caravan park.
Speaker 2 (20:17):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
And so they thought, well, we'll hitch up, and that
way we'll have a little bit moresecurity around not having our
vehicle stolen.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (20:27):
And you will not believe it.
They still took off.
The whole family was in the van, stabilizers were down.
Crazy, it's mental.
They didn't get very far, onlya kilometer up the road and then
they ran off.
Speaker 2 (20:38):
But I was going to say you could imagine the
absolute raucous that that wouldhave caused.
Speaker 1 (20:42):
Oh, the fear for that family too yeah pretty, that's
an unusual one, isn't it?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Pretty crazy that one .
Look, if you're parked upsomewhere for a long time, you
could install a wheel clamp asan added deterrent.
And we actually have in ourzone RV a Y-tie security system
installed and we would say, youknow, for the minimal outlay for
something like this, for thatpeace of mind.
It can not only lock your vanelectronically, it also can
trigger alerts andimmobilization features if any
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movement is detected when you'renot in or around your van.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
What an incredibly inexpensive piece of kit.
You know.
I mean we're talking like $500,$600 to really secure your
asset and you know yourlifestyle, if you like.
Speaker 2 (21:28):
Oh, total peace of mind, paulie.
Okay, number two, let's talkabout your camping gear.
This probably is the biggestthing you know.
These are easy grabs, easy winsfor opportunistic thieves, and
we've all done it.
We've left.
You've left the barbecue outovernight, or the kids' bikes.
We've all heard of a mate'smate who's been traveling and
had the bike stolen off thefront of the van.
(21:50):
Using cable locks is a greatidea to secure things like solar
panels or your barbecues oreven your bikes for extra
security.
Always, always, store yourvaluables inside your van or
your vehicle, especiallyovernight.
Don't leave things out layingaround as a oh, that looks like
an easy grab.
Speaker 1 (22:08):
Yeah, my dad used to always say sometimes you really
just want to deter the honestpeople.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Well, look, if you see somebody's wallet and keys
just laying around, you knowtempting for some.
Look, if you are parked up inone particular place for a
longer period of time, you couldeven install things like motion
sensor lights or cameras aroundyour setup, because even just a
light coming on in the middleof the night is enough to deter
(22:34):
some people.
Great advice.
And look, it doesn't justhappen in these remote places
either.
It can happen in busycampgrounds.
I mean everywhere we go we seethe signs in the campgrounds.
In the remote places either.
It can happen in busycampgrounds.
I mean everywhere we go.
We see the signs in thecampgrounds, in the camp
kitchens.
They give them to you atreception.
It says thieves go on holidaystoo people.
So just have your wits aboutyou.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
Exactly, and the most stuff that we ever saw stolen
at a caravan location wasactually in a caravan park on
the Gold Coast.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Yeah, absolutely.
Look.
A rule that we put in placefrom day one was that we lock
our caravan door anytime weleave it.
Now that could be going to havea chat with the neighbours who
are in the next side overhanging the washing on the other
side of the van.
If you can't see your caravandoor, we would say to you lock
it.
That way you know you're notgoing to run into these issues.
(23:23):
Good habit, okay.
The third point we would say istrack your van with a GPS.
Now, our YTAI system has theGPS tracking included in that,
which is just brilliant.
But you can also get little GPStrackers that you can place,
you know, inside your towvehicle or inside your caravan,
because if the worst does happen, then you've got a way to be
able to track it and find itquicker.
Speaker 1 (23:46):
Incredible piece of kit.
Did I say that already?
Yeah, absolutely.
We don't work with a wittyY-Tie, but great piece of kit.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
It is, and look the Zone.
Rv vans come with the Y-Tieinstalled, which I think is just
an awesome thought process fromthe manufacturer to include
something like that.
When you're investing a lot ofmoney into a high price,
luxurious piece of kit, you wantthat peace of mind from the
get-go.
Speaker 1 (24:12):
Cheap insurance.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
Yeah, absolutely.
And talking about insurance,get the right insurance because
even with all the right locksand lights and gadgets and
things to secure your stuff,sometimes theft can and does
happen and that's where youreally want good insurance.
We are insured with Club 4x4.
They have many great productson offer and that just gives us
(24:37):
the peace of mind that we cancover our camping gear as well
as our vehicles.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
Now look, we're certainly not insurance experts.
We can only tell you who we'reinsured with and that we know
and trust this product as thebest on the market.
So do your own research.
That's who we use.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Absolutely so.
As a final thought, we wouldsay lock it, track it and insure
it.
Speaker 1 (25:00):
Love it.
Speaker 2 (25:00):
So that when you are heading off on these epic
adventures, you know you'rechasing the freedom, not the
fear, and you've got that peaceof mind that your rigs and your
gear are going to be safe.
Speaker 1 (25:12):
So good.
I just think there's so manyvaluable little nuggets in there
.
And, like anything in life, thethings that are easy to do are
also easy not to do.
So, you know it's low cost,easy to do.
Set of ideas there, tick themoff, she'll be right mate.
Speaker 2 (25:32):
Yeah, look, absolutely, I would say.
If there was only one thingthat you were going to do if
you're towing a caravan aroundAustralia is get a hitch lock,
because that is just such agreat deterrent.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
And the white eye.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
Yeah, true around Australia is get a hitch lock,
because that is just such agreat deterrent.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
And the white eye?
Yeah, true, I mean.
Speaker 2 (25:46):
Okay, if there was only two things that you were
going to do Exactly.
Or if there was three thingsyeah, get yourself insured as
well.
Speaker 1 (25:55):
So pretty well all your points.
Speaker 2 (25:56):
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Okay, good, that's probably why you made them.
Yeah, Now okay.
This week Exactly Okay, good,that's probably why you made
them.
Yeah, Now okay.
This week's takeaway we're justtalking about adventure, but I
love this Adventure.
Doesn't wait, neither shouldyou.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
It's so true.
It's so true.
And time and time again, wehave met plenty of people, you
know, on the road or in thesetowns that we travel through,
who have said to us oh, the onlyregret that we have is that we
didn't do this sooner, or wedidn't do it with our kids, we
waited for this, or now, time,you know, has passed us by and
we just we can't travel the waythat we thought we could.
(26:32):
Get out there, just get outthere.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
It ain't a rehearsal, katie Yep, all right, I think
that is it for this week, okay,but next week another ripper hip
camp within an hour, evencloser to Bruce Vegas, oh yeah,
with water views Going to lovethat, and a special guest with a
bit of a YouTube superstartraveler.
You'll love it.
See you then, oh, oh, oh, oh,oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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