Saving water is imperative for a long stay. Water Pildappa Rock, Eyre Peninsula South Australia © Glenys Gelzinis When it comes to coffee, we love brewing with a travel press mug. Having a few staple items in a pantry cupboard or crate will also make meal preparation easy. To make cooking easier, I recommend creating a folder or book of recipes for quick, easy, and cheap camp meals to make. When the weather’s unpleasant, we opt for the gas oven in the caravan. Cooking tools Louth Bay campground, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia © Glenys Gelzinisįor cooking, a kettle barbecue and a butane stove can pretty much enable us to cook everything from breakfasts through to desserts, all in the outdoors. Have a couple of torches handy, just in case. When we’re sitting outdoors at night, we use battery-powered lanterns and a campfire helps when it’s not fire ban season in Australia. If you only intend to use a generator for short periods of time, quieter generators that don’t disturb the peace are available.
This powers 12-volt lights in the van and we haven’t had the need for a generator yet. We have a solar panel on our van and dual batteries to store the energy produced. Lighting Stenhouse Bay campground, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia © Glenys Gelzinis (There can be opportunities to get water on the road, but it pays to be prepared and not assume this). Before you leave homeīefore leaving home, make sure your gas bottles are full, take battery-powered lamps with new batteries, let family members know your rough itinerary (safety first), have water tanks full in your vehicle and pack spare water containers to top up if needed.
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Off-grid doesn’t have to mean leaving all creature comforts behind, but without access to power and water, you need to think about how to do things differently.
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