Fresh vegetables and no fridge?

Wrap all vegetables up in two or three sheets of newspaper. They keep a while then. Carry the wrapped vegies in banana boxes.

For more info go to Topics above. There's heaps of good camping tips.

Cheers

Buy a fridge or....

Long long ago.... I used styrafoam boxes, ice and newspaper. (Good for 4 to 5 days)

You will be traveling in winter so easily done.

I will be there for the races and might see you.

Speaking to my customers over the last few weeks it seems 1 in 3 will be at the races this year.

Regards

Derek.

You could also consider tinned vegs or dried/dehydrated (from camping stores). Vegs, such as potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, sweet corn, etc will keep a while if stored in dark and packed to avoid bruising/crushing.

Follow suggestion #1 above. Carrots go a bit limp but still OK and all other vegies are OK. Alternatively there are storage bags in supermarkets - light green - which are very good as well. Store in banana boxes as suggested - good size and freely available.

Support Willem's comment,but after that, don't be afraid to check the soft- pack "Stir fry Vegies" [ Edgell, in this case.] Long life. no peeling, and, unless there is a D10 blocking the road,no quarantine problems.
We carry both a wok and a baby camp oven, and The Boss hasn't been game to complain re packaged vegies yet. (Dammit: why won't She cook, just for a change!!).
Safe travels Royston.Damn good country, eh. Enjoy an hang loose. Jeff.

ps. seniors moment: does one peel an orange or a bell, or should I just engauge 'spellcheque' ? jh.

Yep, the newspaper trick works well, as it absorbs the moisture sweated by the veges. Tomatoes keep for up to a week this way. Cabbage keeps very well, but the outer leaves go a bit yellow - discard them, and it gets a bit smelly after a while, so rinse it before using. Carrots keep well, and even lettuces have kept up to a week with only a few dud leaves. Spuds keep very well in a cloth sack, but make sure they are kept in the dark as well as cool, and even the continental cucumbers keep well. And onions.
Just make sure you keep the stuff relatively cool, like in an esky with no ice, or a styrofoam box and in the shade. If camped near water, drape a wet towel over the esky to keep it cooler. Make sure the drain hole on the esky is closed, as I found blowies would get in.
I use the freeze-dried beans and peas for good green stuff, which reconstitute well. And of course, a pack of instant mash is always good.
A great quick meal needing no refrigeration is a tin of tuna/salmon, with chopped onions and instant mash made into patties and fried.
Check the cooking tips on this site.
Gerry

All my early trips were without a fridge. When you travel in the desert in August, the nights get down to below freezing. So we'd fill an esky in the evening, leave it open in the vehicle, and slip the lid on in the morning, so stuff will stay cold during the day. A brocolli box was pretty useful as a cheap esky.

We also wrap most our vegetables in newspaper and put them in a cardboard box.
But also take tinned peas, corn and mushrooms.

Hi Roystons other half

My other half and I have do this a bit even though we have a fridge and good management and some of above suggestions like wrapping in paper, keep in cardboard boxes , keep out of heat (back of wagon all day is bad news) are great and week is not usually a problem.

Choosing tough vegtables like cabbage and carrots are great for quick Coleslaw and do last.

Just use A4 office paper lided boxes here as they are stackable and easily labelled
and small size means you tend to be able to carry more vegies per unit area that aren't touching each other.

We extend the process to sliced bread , and a key is reducing the oxygen to the food, which along with sweating from plastic bags are main reason it goes off.

In case of sliced bread just suck out air such that sides of bag go visibly in and try off end with rubber band etc and this will cause it to last twice as long.

Tried green bags , but didn't help much when above process are used.

One thing , there weren't many flies up Hay last year making food management easy.

Robin Miller

Pillow slips work well. Just keep each type of vege,fruit separate. Stack into a ventilated cardboard box and put bags, coat ,blankets over them. It worked for us in 40 degrees in the Simpson last year.