Recipes
Where to camp, when to go and what you'll find — camping destination guides from across Australia.
Beef Fillet (or Rump) Stir Fry — The 30-Minute Camp Dinner
The 30-minute camp dinner that always works — thinly sliced beef seared hot in a wok, tumbled with vegetables and a soy-ginger-honey sauce. Serve over rice or noodles.
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Smoked Trout or Salmon Dip — The 5-Minute Canapé
A 5-minute smoked trout or salmon dip — fish, butter, lemon, cream and chives. Food processor or fork-mash for chunky. Keeps 4 days, gets better overnight.
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Smoked Stuffed Salmon — A Dinner-Party Centrepiece
Whole salmon fillets stuffed with herb-tomato-bread mix, smoked over hickory for 3-4 hours at 107°C. The vegetable stuffing absorbs the smoke and fish juices.
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Sweet Smoked Salmon with Onion and Lemon
A 30-minute smoked salmon recipe — onion and lemon topping caramelises while alder smoke gently flavours the fish. Five ingredients, restaurant-quality result.
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Spicy Smoked Chicken Wings with Honey BBQ Glaze
Smoked chicken wings with a punchy 5-spice rub then a honey-BBQ-apple glaze — 70 minutes total in the smoker, fall-off-the-bone tender, sticky-spicy finish.
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Smoked Turkey — A Slow-Smoked Christmas Showstopper
A slow-smoked whole turkey — 8-12 hours over hickory or apple wood at 107°C. Aromatics in the cavity, internal temp 82°C, lasts a week as cold cuts.
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Buderim Chocolates — Chocolate-Covered Crystallised Ginger
The 20-minute chocolate-covered crystallised ginger recipe — two ingredients, no oven, makes 30+ pieces. The perfect after-dinner sweet with coffee.
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Bacon-Crusted Tasty Trout — A 20-Minute Camp Oven Recipe
Trout fillets with a bacon-thyme-lemon breadcrumb crust — 20 minutes from catch to plate, cooked in a camp oven over coals. Restaurant-quality results.
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Sticky Ribs with the Secret Marinade
A foolproof sticky ribs recipe with a secret marinade — works on pork, beef or lamb. Marinate overnight, sear, cook with lid on, glaze. The marinade keeps a month in the fridge.
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Trail Mix — Build Your Own for Hiking and Camping
How to build your own trail mix from scratch — the five base components, what to avoid, two foolproof recipes (endurance hiker, family day-trip), and why making your own beats supermarket bags.
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Chocolate Scrambled Eggs — A 5-Minute Camp Breakfast
Sounds wrong, tastes incredible. Chocolate scrambled eggs are a sweet and rich camp breakfast — five ingredients, five minutes, kids will demand it every trip after.
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Lemon Crumbed Flathead with Cucumber Yoghurt Dressing
A fresh, summer-ready flathead recipe — spiced lemon-and-curry crumb, cooled with a cucumber yoghurt dressing. Uses 8 fillets, ready in under 30 minutes (plus 30 min resting).
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How to Dehydrate Your Own Food for Hiking
How to dehydrate your own meals for hiking and backpacking — choosing a dehydrator, dehydrating meat and vegetables properly, vacuum-sealing for long trips, and three foolproof starter meals.
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