INNOVATIVE TRAVEL
Gleaned from a thousand misadventures, here’s what I wish I’d known from the start: tips and tricks to improve caravanning life and simplify your travels.
STAY AT A PLACE YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
Is that possible, you ask, and why would you want to? Because popular travel routes draw a crowd and if you stick to the must-sees, you’ll only meet everyone else. Strike out on your own and you’ll find your way into the lives and hearts of Aussie locals whose ideas for exploring their own little patches of paradise just might lead to the discovery of your trip!
WASH OFF THE MOSSIES
Because I live in the tropics and am surrounded by dusk-time mosquitoes for most of the year, I’ve discovered the world’s cheapest mossie hack: take a shower. You heard right and the reason it works is because mosquitoes are expert detectors of body odour — caused by the bacteria that cultivates on our skin when we sweat and don’t wash it off — and lactic acid, which we expel through our skin through sweat. When you wash without using perfumed soap or spraying fragrant antiperspirants, mosquitoes at least, are much less attracted to you.
