Tvan Canning Reviewed

Last year Carlisle Rogers rented a Tvan from our mates at Desert Oak Camper Hire and proceeded to cross the Simpson Desert. The video and article below detail Carlisle’s personal thoughts regarding the Tvan and the Mighty Simpson. If you like what you see, check out Carlisle and his team at 4wd Touring Australia.  

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CTOTY 2013

This year we attended the Off Road Camper Trailer of the Year awards with our new Topaz Series 2.   The Topaz was entered in the Hybrid category. Compared to the rest of the competition, the Topaz S2 was the only large hybrid entered and it loved showing the littlies what it’s all about! We…

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Pat Callinan checks out the all new Series 2 Topaz

Pat’s Birdsville Series 2 Topaz review: What is the Series 2 Topaz? Sometimes you never know where a great idea will take you, but here at Track Trailer the final destination is always the same, somewhere off-road! With that in mind a clean sheet of paper was broken out and the Topaz was born. This…

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Track Mate does the Oodnadatta. Lead on by Pat Callinan 😉

Pat’s Oodnadatta Trip video: What is the Mate? The Track MATE is a combination of Track’s military heritage, mixed with the modern day needs off the off road tourer. Its conception dates back to our beginning more than 20years ago, when we won and delivered several RAFF, NAVY and MILITARY tenders. We developed ultra-light gear carrying…

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RISING RANGES

According to geologists, the area encompassing the Flinders Ranges was once an inland sea depositing different rocks into the area. Over time, these rocks were compressed and uplifted, forming a mountain chain.   Geology lessons aside, during September 2012 the Flinders Ranges weren’t looking so good. The wild spring weather had cooked up the mother…

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ON THE SHEEPS BACK

We first visited the Gawler Ranges in 2010, camping in the national park not far from the Paney Homestead. The camp grounds were dry and dusty, as was the surrounding bushland and the Organ Pipes or red rhyolite rocks that exist in the gullies didn’t quite match that of the tourist brochures. Still, the blend…

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SOUTHERN COMFORT

After our crab-fest in Kadina, it was onto the seafood capital of Australia – Port Lincoln – home to the largest commercial fishing fleet in the Southern Hemisphere. There’s plenty of seafood on tap from any number of fish wholesalers or fine dining establishments, with everything from succulent oysters, abalone, prawns, tuna, rock lobster, to…

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Welcome to Port Douglas!

We’ve made it to Port Douglas and the first (easy) leg of our 10,000km trip from Melbourne to Cape York and return. 3,000km of easy travelling, with our Nissan Navara ST-X V6 comfortably towing our Topaz Series II consistently and easily at speeds between 95 and 110km indicated.   It took us around three and…

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Track Trailer Topaz Series II

words & photos – Michael Browning A raft of improvements based on owner feedback has made this go-anywhere, hybrid caravan even better http://caravancampingsales.com.au/reviews/2012/caravans/track-trailer-topaz-series-ii-32123   WE LIKED >> Sophisticated simplicity >> Superb engineering >> Great storage space NOT SO MUCH >> No internal ensuite option     A few years ago you could have counted the…

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