With warm weather forecast for the weekend we decided to take the jPod and the dogs for a weekend away camping. We wanted to slot in a weekend away before the cold and rainy winter weather. We made a booking for the Foreshore Caravan Park in Cowes, Phillip Island. Taking the Friday off work we … Read more
We took the week off following Easter Monday for a short trip to Bairnsdale – camping in our Jayco Jpod, with our 2 dogs. Summary of our Melbourne to Bairnsdale camping trip Bairnsdale is a city located in the East of Gippsland, Victoria in Australia. 22 April 2019 – Day 1 | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland … Read more
This was meant to be our last day in Bairnsdale, however as the morning progressed we decided to pack up early and go home. We would have ended up stuck in the caravan and the dogs in their crate for most of the day. Along with the thought of having to sort out wet camping … Read more
Thursday 25th April ANZAC day I am a proud Australian and it was great to experience an ANZAC day parade in a country town. We walked with the dogs from the caravan park up to the main street. It was blocked off to cars, in preparation for the parade. The main street in Bairnsdale is … Read more
New Transmission and Brake Controllers for the Jeep Not long after returning from our last trip to Beachport, we had problems with the Jeep’s transmission and at the same time our brake controller had a recall. The Jeep had trouble changing gears. The engine warning light kept coming on in between visits to Jeep to … Read more
Watching movies in the Jayco Jpod Sport Our first trip away we watched a movie on Dave’s iPhone which was placed strategically on his tummy holding it up with his hands. This worked ok but decided that finding a way to attach our iPad Pro ( 12.9 inch) from somewhere inside the Jpod would be … Read more
A relaxing holiday in Beachport, South Australia The aqua color of the water at Beachport and the long Jetty are a memorable sight and why we chose to have a holiday in this magnificent location. With the Jpod unpacked and set up at Beachport Caravan Park as our base for our holiday in Beachport. It … Read more
A holiday in Beachport, South Australia On our Flinders Ranges trip we stopped in a place called “Beachport” for lunch (after driving along the beach for 2 hours). The pretty aqua color of the water and the long Jetty made an impact on us and we always said we needed to come back one day … Read more
Yea is a small country town about an hour away from our home in Melbourne. We wanted to test out our new Jpod and find out improvements for a planned trip later in January. It was our dogs (Fudge and Taffee) first camping trip. We bought them a soft crate to sleep in, and had our … Read more
While we have been tent camping in the past and have lots of camping things, getting the Jpod allows us to store more. So we bought more things to make our life more pleasant while camping! Most were bought from recommendations in online forums, camping facebook pages and looking at reviews. Mozzie Protection To open … Read more
YES. I believe strongly that 99.9% of people that tow caravans would benefit from doing a caravan towing course. What was pretty clear at the start of the course is how in a small group of people ( majority had towed a caravan, multiple times) could make so many mistakes with the hook-up. These mistakes … Read more