THE DESERT GURU’S ESSENTIALS

ESSENTIAL GEAR

A GOOD knife, an extensive toolkit, some basic spares, a recovery kit and a fire extinguisher are things that never leave any of the vehicles I head bush in (a stretched GU Patrol with Carry Me Camper, a 79 Cruiser with Boss Aluminium canopy, and a Ram 2500 with a Four Wheel Camper slide-on). A comprehensive first aid kit and some maps get put in before I push off anywhere, and then I add the things I’d like to have.

You can use a smartphone for navigation, but I much prefer a dedicated navigator or an iPad running my preferred mapping software – that normally includes Hema Maps and another mapping app, such as Pocket Earth