Mighty Travel Blog

Help Mighty take home a shiny Golden Backpack award - vote now!​

​Have you got your summer sorted? Enter our competition to be in to WIN a 7 day Summer Fleet campervan hire.

Trip highlights and best of the best. Find out what Shannon and Ria will treasure most from their Mighty adventure.

​Follow Shannon and Ria as they make their way along the West Coast of Australia to find out what are the best spots to check out along the way.

You finally have your hands on those elusive Splendour in the Grass tickets. Now it's time to prepare! Here are our top tips on how to survive three of the happiest and most exhausting days of your life at Splendour in the Grass.

​We've been chatting to our friends Rat (Nicola) and Dragon (Saxon) to find out more about what made their epic trip around Australia so amazing. Here's what they told us

​​Is summer or winter better for travelling? Whether you prefer long days soaking in the sun or carving up the slopes on your snowboard, it's impossible to pick a favourite season!

Travelling Oz and not sure how to decide your route? Whilst we can guarantee you'll have a great time whenever and wherever you go in Australia, it does help to know the best places to go at which time of year…

​It may be hard to believe, but for the very first time since setting off on our Mighty Aussie Road Trip 3 weeks earlier, we found ourselves driving through a city. And after 8800km of glorious road under our belts, that says something about the vastness of this beautiful continent.

​It's the simple things that make life so great. Sitting around a campfire strumming a guitar with your closest group of friends, laying on the grass on a balmy summer's night gazing up at the stars, the smell of your favourite meal cooking and being with those you care most about.

​What is the most jaw-dropping sight you can imagine after 2 weeks of mind-boggling, scorching, glorious road trip through the mighty Australian desert that filled our eyes, minds, memory cards and a quite bit of our campervan with bright red dust? It was late afternoon on a sunny day in September when we followed the snaky Flinders Highway round a hill and there it lay before us: the majestically vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean.

​Dust. It was everywhere. Rusty red, warm glowing, adventure promising, Aussie outback dust. Speckled on the side of our trusty campervan, staining our trainers, knees and daypacks, even betraying our not-yet-brushed up light footprints and hand marks on the inside cupboards we kept our photography gear in, after we had quickly wanted to grab our cameras to catch yet another amazing new discovery in this vast continent's red centre. We were on Mars, and we were loving it.

​If you're reading this you made it through the Arctic Vortex, well done. If you're not following, the Arctic Vortex was Australia's most talked about meteorological event of 2015. It was basically a week of cold and miserable weather with a dramatic title​

​Did you know Australia has over thirty thousand kilometres of coastline? Famed for its stunning tropical beauty, explore and discover your own little slice of summer-paradise!  What are you waiting for?! Grab your bathers and get some of the warm summer sand between your toes, the salt-spray in your hair, and dig into a big bag of fish and chips! 

Mighty campers has put together a World Cup Cricket Camping Survival Guide. Below we have outlined all the basic information you need to safely plan, camp and watch this coming summer’s epic itinerary of cricket.

​​There are a number of great spots along Australia’s east coast to catch sight of the whales during their migration. Read on for five of the top destinations.

​Winter in the Snowy Mountains region in New South Wales is heavenly for skiers and boarders. Apart from the stunning scenery of the Australian Alps (some of the world’s oldest snow-covered alpine landscapes), travellers can enjoy hitting the fresh powder on the slopes each day, taking in the crisp air, hanging out with a bunch of friends on an awesome ski trip and, of course, warming up with a taste of schnapps!

​With a 12 day drive time and over 2000 spectacular kilometers, The Great Tropical Drive is one mighty stretch of asphalt.

​The winners of the Tourism Australia France & Mighty Campers #DesignTonVan competition are now on the road! Sophie (the lucky winner) and two friends picked up their specially decaled Mighty Jackpot Camper in our Sydney branch and are making their way up the East Coast of Australia to Cairns for a month.

​Soon enough we were heading west on our 5 day long trip which took us through the goldfields of Ballarat and to the Grampians. Here we stayed at a Big 4 campsite (complete with a discount for booking with Mighty!) and enjoyed a couple of days of walking through the breathtaking scenery.

Continue east on the legendary Great Ocean Road and you’ll find the limestone towers of the 12 Apostles. Surfers and hikers will love Bells Beach, an iconic surf spot. If you want to get a bit more involved in the area there are a number of volunteer organisations which help to protect the environment, adorable koalas and kangaroos.

​Check out some of the biggest attractions along Queensland’s 1,900 km of coastline. This route takes in the Great Barrier Reef, a World Heritage site and the pristine rainforest in a national park located on an island.

​Experience the best of Australia in southern Queensland through the Great Sunshine Way. Discover Queensland’s vibrant capital, Brisbane, World Heritage listed national parks including Fraser Island, and the stunning Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast.

A few months back the lovely Marie was our "Win Your Trip Back" winner! Once every month one customer with a CONFIRMED booking made in the prior month is randomly selected to be the winner of "Win Your Trip Back" by Mighty Campers! 

Marie was kind enough to send us a story about her wonderful trip in the Northern Territory of Australia!

Four of Quiksilver's top French surfers share their favourite Australian surf spots. Want to know a bit more about these pros and where they love to go when they head to Australia? Read on for their personal tips!

​With 37,000 km of coastline and 10,685 different beaches it's no surprise Australia is renowned for its surf. Discover Australia's legendary surf with our guide some of the most awesome surf spots in Australia.

Tourism Australia has partnered with Quiksilver to promote Australia to the crowds heading to the Quik Pro event France 2013.  They have a competition running and part of the prize is a 4 weeks roadtrip in Australia with a Mighty Jackpot Camper!

Australia is synonymous with surfing so the event is a perfect opportunity to find out more about Australia's legendary surfing spots and road trips!

​As Quiksilver puts it "Pumping barrels, heavy shore breaks, insane crowds, sick parties... here's a few things going through everyone's mind when you mention the Quiksilver Pro France! " 

​Although we have been camping a lot in years gone by, we had never tried holidaying with a campervan, so we decided to try it on our recent short trip to Queensland.

​If you’re aged between 18 and 30 and hold a passport for a country or region participating in Australia’s Working Holiday Maker program, you may be eligible to apply for a 12-month visa which enables you to work in Australia while you are here.