Food

Aussie Made No 1: Anyone interested in good tea try Madura. It is my preferred tea brand, won over by great flavours and taste. Made here in Australia, northern NSW to be precise. It does not cost the earth and I now have several flavours to choose from. Great loyalty rewards to reduce the cost even more. Free post for orders over $50. We should support local products more: https://www.maduratea.com.au/

Aussie Made No 2: Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory. A well loved favourite in Christmas Hampers I make up. The red licorice covered in Belgian styled coverture white chocolate is my favourite, followed by milk chocolate red licorice and the Sun Muscat grapes in Dark Chocolate: https://www.greengroveorganics.com.au/the-junee-licorice-and-chocolate-factory/

Aussie Made No 3: Random Harvest Gourmet mustards, sauces and chutneys are some of my favourites. More expensive than some other brands but a wonderful indulgence at Christmas or Easter: https://randomharvestgourmet.com.au/#about

4X4 Equipment

Aussie Made No 4: moving from food to manufactured equipment today. REDARC Australia makes a range of items for the 4×4 market like DC to DC chargers, battery management systems, solar blankets, inverters and gauges. The Doc has a REDARC DC to DC charger and Autron gauges in the Patrol. REDARC bought Autron and relabelled the gauges as REDARC. They make quality goods than can withstand the harsh Outback. Equipment costs more but last, so it costs less in the long run: https://www.redarc.com.au/

Aussie Made No 5: few will have heard of this name, unless you are a caravaner. BMPRO, based in Victoria, makes battery chargers and battery management systems for caravans, RVs and 4X4s. The name is new to me. It was a BMPro MiniboostPro DC to DC charger with solar input I got installed in the Battery Box. The unit is not waterproof, so you cannot install it under the car bonnet, but inside the car or battery box is fine. Made here in Australia, costing less than the REDARC equivalents: https://teambmpro.com/

Aussie Made No 6: interVOLT, based in Western Australia, makes DC-DC Power Conditioners, Battery Equalisers, Voltage Stabilisers and Lighting Dimmers. Their target market was marine use but I had an interVOLT EBI Pro installed in the Patrol. It was a programmable solid-state dual battery controller used to charge the auxiliary battery (recently replaced by the REDARC with a solar input): http://www.intervolt.com/news/

Aussie Made No 7: GME makes UHF radios, aerials, Personal Locator Beacons, etc. all of which I have. I have two GME UHF’s, two aerials and two PLBs. Excellent build quality, great features and good after sales service (had an LED light fixed, UHF was still working). I do not understand why people buy other brands when GME are a world leader in UHF and PBLs. They have never let me down. They have both land and marine versions of their products: https://www.gme.net.au/gme-au

Aussie Made No 8: RFI aerials. Used by many emergency service vehicles in Australia. They have a vast selection of UHF, VHF and mobile aerials. The RFI aerial is attached to one of the GME UHF units (I have two for safety reasons – after a near miss). It works really well: https://www.rfiwireless.com.au/mobile-products.html

Aussie Made No 9: Water in diesel alarm. Winner of the Inventor of the Year Award. It monitors in real time diesel use and sounds an alarm if any water is found in contaminated fuel, allowing you to shut down the engine and drain the water before your engine is damaged. Can be used in cars, boats and generators, it is installed on the Patrol: https://www.waterindiesel.com.au/shop

Aussie Made No 10: LightFORCE makes driving lights, LED bars and spotlights for the world market. The Patrol has two Genesis HID driving lights fitted and a small LED light bar on the rear for light at night. LightFORCE is renowned the world over, a few days ago I saw a set of lights fitted to avalanche clearance plant and equipment in Alaska: https://www.lightforce.com/AUS/

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