10
US APP
EMERGENCY PL
also highly
Dee and Ian McCridle
ers download the
recommend that all RV
to their
free app Emergency+
smar tphones.
ped by Australia’s
This app was develo
d various
emergency services an
stry partners. It
government and indu
functionality to
uses the phone’s GPS
r provide critical
help a Triple Zero calle
d to mobilise
location details require
In an instant, the
emergency services.
latitude and
app will provide your
s.
longitude coordinate
a satphone or have
You should still carry
gency
other means of emer
ever, as mobile
communication, how
tside of major
coverage is scarce ou
ntres. You might be
towns and regional ce
’ call, but that’s not
able to make an ‘SOS
always guaranteed.
p is free, why not
However, since the ap
just save your life.
download it? It might
11
HATCH HANDLE
S
e showed us one of
Joy Hart of Melbourn
and her husband
the modifications her
a beauty. They
have made… and it’s
e door handles
simply purchased som
e and screwed them
from a hardware stor
external hatch doors.
to the outside of the
e of the common
Their hatch doors wer
ey can be removed
‘push button’ style. Th
rated into two
from the van and sepa
. This meant that
halves, as I discovered
put back together,
when the doors were
screw heads – the
you couldn’t see the
finish was seamless.
that protrudes
When fitting anything
van, be mindful
from the sides of your
can not exceed
that the overall width
e handles did not
2.5m. In this case, th
ed these
cause the van to exce
hich are set down in
dimensional limits, w
n Rules.
the Australian Desig