ADELAIDE EXPEDITION CENTRE
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A 1.779 kg smoked scotch roast, cheeky smoked pickles and an outrageous Golden Bickie whisky-dripping butter—all cooked with a caravan-friendly Ninja Woodfire Pro XL.
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CAMP SYSTEMS
A wide, stable and brilliantly simple raised swag platform. Leighton reviews the Darche XL100 Stretcher and the extension that turns it into an even more useful c...
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CAMP SYSTEMS
Frozen outside and toasty inside. Leighton explains why he only stocks the Darche Cold Mountain Canvas range—and why the roomy 1100 is the sweet spot for swag and...
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CAMP SYSTEMS
Exceptional quality, brilliant setup and serious comfort. Leighton explains why the Darche Dirty Dee 1100 is his pick of the range—and the one pack-down drawback ...
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FIELD GUIDE
Handheld or fixed? High-gain or low-gain antenna? Dual receive or straightforward comms? This practical AEC guide matches Oricom UHF equipment to convoy driving, ...
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REMOTE & OFF-GRID
Before reaching for the recovery rope, check your tyre pressures. My practical starting points for sand, corrugations, rocks and mud—and the gear I carry to air d...
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REMOTE & OFF-GRID
Saber Offroad recovery gear is coming to Adelaide Expedition Centre. Here is why we chose the range, how the key products fit together and what I would actually c...
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BUYING GUIDE
I’ve worked through the current DARCHE range and narrowed it down by how you actually travel: solo, with the family, or properly remote. These are the setups I’d ...
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BUYING GUIDE
Which EvaKool fridge actually suits the way you travel? My picks for weekend camping, couples, families, remote touring and permanent 4WD installs.
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BUYING GUIDE
A practical AEC Field Notes guide to building a touring 12V system around the way you actually travel — battery capacity, charging, solar, monitoring, recovery an...
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