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August 2002 This Month's Online Featured Articles: BLASTED! Campsite Review - Cleaverville Beach Campsite, WA "...this camp appeals to families looking for a get-away and to people taking a stop off on a round Australia adventure, retirees with caravans and campervans find it to be an affordable and warm refuge during the winter months..." |
August 2002 - Table of contents
GREAT PLACES TO GO
6 Bush duffer tracks
Follow Captain Starlight's
track - the Strzelecki Track, that is.
36 Sun, sand and surfing kangaroos
We find out why so
many southerners migrate in winter to tropical destinations like Mackay in Queensland.
70 Visitor from space
Wolfe Creek meteorite crater is a massive blast from the past.
SPECIAL LIFT-OUT!
43 Campsite reports
Plan your next camping
get-away with our 16-page guide to some of the best camping spots around.
CARAVANS AND MOTORHOMES
30 Sensible comfort with a new Windsor
Windsor's new Streamline
has 36 layouts to choose from.
66 Holiday for hire
We have a look at
what you get in a hire campervan.
GOOD GEAR AND GADGETS
10 Walkabout
See a special teddy
bear, find out about a new postal service and don a smart hat in Walkabout this
month.
Find a fantastic mix
of outdoor stores in this Melbourne Street.
CAMPERS’ TALES
29 Face of Australia
Discover the beauty
of our country.
59 Bird talk
This museum has an
impressive collection of Australian birds.
62 From the depths
Low water levels reveal
the remnants of a small community.
76 Sign time
Have a laugh with
these roadside signs.
80 Campfire cooking
Prue Kerr shares some
ideas on camp cooking - the secret is on supermarket shelves.
92 Penal history
Tasmania's Isle of
the Dead is a convict burial site.
95 Outback manners
Remote location travellers
must be flexible and sensible.
JUST FOR READERS
60 My Outback Experience
A reader's story about
a marvel of nature has won her a warm and snuggly jacket from Snowgum.
GETAWAY VEHICLE
88 78-Series turbo
A turbo-diesel option
adds practicality to Toyota's workhorse.
CATCH A FEED
68 The plight of the grey nurse
This harmless and
docile shark needs help to survive.
REGULAR FEATURES
24 Readers’ letters
Our readers tell of holidays and adventures.
18 Win a travel guide for the east
coast
We have 12 of these information-packed books to give away.
82 Aussie Cross Quiz
Test your trivia knowledge with our Australiana crossword.