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I learnt one message early, and the hard way! All of the above ideas work, and work well. BUT, never, ever, ever, put a screwtop container of coffee grounds in the freezer to stay fresh. At least, make sure you have a rubber band around it. If you don't, the jar will unscrew, spilling coffee everywhere. The coffee grounds will freeze to all the freezer surfaces, shake into all the inaccessible areas, and you will be finding the odd bits of coffee 5 years later! (: At least coffee smells good!

Grant & Carol, For crockery - non slip on the bottom of storage area then squares cut to go between ea item stacked above. For glasses / wine glasses / cups / mugs buy yourself a block of 100mm thick foam rubber from Clark Rubber, cut it to fit the cupboard and cut circular holes with a hole saw to fit each item. Works a treat, never had a breakage. Also useful are 100 X 70mm foam block strips to fit across the width of the fridge sheves. We have three strips and fit them at the front of the shelf as we close the door. The foam keeps items on the shelf in place. We have fitted a physical fridge door keeping mechanism for fridge and freezer doors. Wendy & Grahame

Hi Grant and Carol We have several ways of doing this, and what we do works for us. Items such as cerial boxes etc we keep close together on the upper shelves in the pantry. Generally pack things close together so they can't fall over. As items get heavier they move to lower shelves. Items that can spill eg long live milk etc we put in a plastic container with non-slip on the bottom. If the original packing leaks, the spillage is contained within the plastic container. Items with a screw top or twist top eg spices we put a rubber band around the top and bottom and the elasticity of the rubber band prevents them from opening. For items in the fridge we follow the same procedure. We have lined all our storage cupboards and shelves in the fridge with non-slip. Even the plates and bowls are separated by that non-slip material. We have followed this procedure since 2003 and only had one spillage because we didn't put a rubber band around a Keens Curry tin; lesson learnt there!!!!! Hope this helps you. Peter

Hi Grant & Carol, we too have had to learn from the hard way despite reducing the tyre pressures etc :-( I'm sure everyone has different methods to save breakages & spills, but this is what we do...... In the fridge, any screw top jars / containers were bagged individually & twist tied, then placed into a basket.......if not bagged, they still tipped sideways to spill contents on rough roads. Flour, sugar etc go into Sistema or Lock n Lock containers. Spices for cooking go into a high side rectangle basket & when on rough roads gaffa tape goes across each row as they too unscrew on rough roads :-( If you have a metal catch on bottom of fridge doors where a screw can go into it....do so as the fridge doors will come open.......we've had spills there too when a wooden golf tee was used & broke. We try to pack things tightly on the fridge shelves too, but they do bounce around still. Under the sink things are placed into plastic boxes...lids off of course .....& packed tightly to eliminate movement. Spare stuff went into a large plastic container under the bed to make use of the space better & it keeps things together. cheers & happy travels without pantry / fridge issues when you open the doors Sue

We have had two Kedrons now and our current Topender has air bag suspension so a rather soft ride ,but you always need to reduce tyre pressures according to the condition . We have traveled the Great Central road and the Gibb with little problems in the cupboards . Sure pack your stuff in well but slow down ,reduce tyre pressures and you shouldn't have to much trouble . John