The VinCats

03/09/2025

We have been on the road for 11 months, and my understanding of what happens to waste water in a caravan grey water tank has changed over that time. In the beginning I thought grey water was just that, grey water, what I did not know was it can turn into Black water quickly. In the not too distant past, when there wasn't so many travelers dumping the grey water on the ground at campsites probably wouldn't have caused any problems, but as this lifestyle and caravaning/camping in general has become so much more popular, the volume of grey water getting dumped has increased markedly....

We have been on the road for 11 months, and my understanding of what happens to waste water in a caravan grey water tank has changed over that time. In the beginning I thought grey water was just that…

31/08/2025

Our set up is too much and I think we need to reduce it down to this size. Go anywhere anytime.

Always taking too much 🤣😂.

Could you travel like this??

30/08/2025

Oh no.....what does this mean.....

18 plus one birthday parteeeee

Why would anyone put peanut butter with whisky....

29/08/2025

Fancy seeing some ducks in the burbs of Brisbane with their little bubs. How cool is that.

Shadow got some new boots and is showing off his new hair cut. Doesn't he look smart?

Anyone got other types of man caves signs? Let us know what they are or add in a pic in the comments.

29/08/2025

GVM, ATM, TBM? Caravan Weights Explained If you’re thinking about getting into caravaning but haven’t bought a van or a tow vehicle yet, you’re in the perfect position to get things right from the start. Before you fall in love with a caravan at the dealership or grab that dual cab ute on sale, you need to understand one thing: weights....

26/08/2025

Someone is trying to sleep in Shadows bed...lol.

It's nice to be back in the Brissy area catching up with friends and eating way way too much.

At least the weather has been good.

23/08/2025

Thanks Tara for having us. Great place to stop for a few days.

Off to Brisbane for a little while. Have to get the van fixed and attend some appointments.

Looking forward to catching up with friends. See ya soon.

21/08/2025

by Aussie Destinations Unknown

Winter shoes...🤣😂

20/08/2025

The sun was out and a beautiful morning. Sat outside reading my book catching the rays when all of a sudden a gentle rocking started from side to side for about 5 seconds. That's an earthquake I thought. No can't be. Maybe I was going dizzy, nope checked and I'm all good, the washing machine was on so maybe my chair is touching the caravan and the spin cycle is in...nope....oh well back to reading.

Washing finished and hung up and put the next load on, a hot wash this time. Said to Vince I would buy him breakfast when it finishes.

Washing seemed to take longer than expected, oopsy ran out of water....Vinnie was NOT happy. Oh relax my laddie, hung out the washing and went and filled the whistling kettle and water bottles. Plenty for our needs till we leave in the morning. He wanted to empty the tanks anyways....Vinnie goes BUT NOT THAT EMPTY. Build a bridge Vinnie. Ha ha ha. Soz my man....

Walked into town and dropped off my scripts then went next next door to calm the waters and buy Vinnie breakfast. Ordered and paid then sat outside with Shadow. Vinnie went off in search of a loo and then the cook came out and said there was no power. The lady from next door came out and confirmed the same. Oh no, no breakie then. We had a soft drink and sandwich instead.

Back to the pharmacy to see if I needed to get my script back and he managed to fill it but as the power was out I could only pay by cash. Walked back to camp to get some cash and we drove back as everything was closing. Saturday they shut at 12.30 pm. We got back and the power was on. Phew, can save my cash for emergencies like fuel when EFTPOS is not an option. Chatting to the pharmacist, he mentioned the earthquake, so I was right with the gentle rocking earlier in the morning. Further chats and turns out we went to the same high school in Auckland. Small world.

Vince picked up some steak for dinner then went back to camp.

Shadow and I went off for a walk, chatting to other campers dotted around the place. The setting around the Lagoon is lovely. It was getting to sunset time so rang Vince to get the drone out.

Time for dinner now.....

19/08/2025

Up early this morning and heading out to Tara for a couple of days.

This is our last stop before getting back to Brissy.

As soon as we got here we filled up the tanks with water. They are not near the camping spot. Then we parked up with power baby! I did 2 loads of washing and then relaxed. It was nice sitting in the sun but a tad cold in the shade.

We managed to get a spot looking out over the Lagoon which was great. As the sun came down the van got more into the shade so I moved off to find more sun and sat back reading. This lady comes down the path and saw me and thought what a great place this was and took a couple of pics of me reading the smiling at the camera...lol. She was also staying here but further down.

The camp is $11.50 for a powered site, yes you read that correctly. How cheap is that! $5 for a non powered site. Also hot showers (on a 3 min timer) and flushing toilets. This is worth stopping at for sure.

Lovely sunset over the Lagoon..Shadow was nice and comfy too.

18/08/2025

Why 3 Out of 4 Fail the Test As we’ve been travelling around Australia, we’ve come to realise that towing weights aren’t just about caravans. The problem is often the entire setup: tow vehicle and caravan together. You pass other vehicle setups along the road, and ask yourself, "how is that even close to being legal?" I came across a…...

As we’ve been travelling around Australia, we’ve come to realise that towing weights aren’t just about caravans. The problem is often the entire setup: tow vehicle and caravan together.

17/08/2025

After a lovely night by the fire and a relaxing start to the day, we headed off to our next destination, Surat.

We have stayed here before and loved it. Took Shadow and Vinnie on a walk to get some food from the supermarket then Vinnie took it all back to camp.

I continued on my walk around town. There is a lot of history here and it's worth a stop over.

Fisherman's park is a donation camp and has flushing toilets. There are potable water taps dotted around, so fill up when you arrive if needed. A dump point is located behind the toilets. Fires are allowed and a ute comes round at about 4-5 selling firewood at a good price.

Here just for 1 night and having another fire.