Long life milk

Don't go much on cartons at all, so we use Diploma powdered milk, just empty it into a plastic container for storage.

Mix up enough for a couple of days it keeps well in the fridge. A large box will last the trip.

G'day - there is a brand in a screw top plastic bottle - pink for low fat - blue for full cream - not bad - and the screw top plastic combination is pretty sturdy we have found- and the taste is pretty good I have found. - I found it at Woolworths/Safeway and also Big W here in Vic at any rate. In a carton the Kieran Perkins Lite Start is ok as well taste wise.

We use skim milk powder as it is simple to carry and store, buy a couple of large screw top shakers and use them to make and store milk in fridge. Best consumed cold for best flavour, and the bonus is its about 60c a litre.

We have always used the longlife rectangular cardboard skimmer versions (1% fat). Being squared they stack easy. The plastic bottles with screw lids are attractive for dispensing though. BUT we are going to trial a bit of powdered at home for a few weeks......might go that way for the future when bush....we carry plenty of rainwater....making milk up from a compact powdered storage is one great idea if the taste is ok. Some things should not be compromised just because we are bush on a trip - good milk might be one of them :-)....don't start me on the others.

We have tried all the UHT milk brands available. The Coles Farmland LiteMilk is well above the others in taste. When it is cold from the fridge you would be hard pressed to tell it is not fresh. The Farmland LiteMilk is around $1.14 litre and the other brands like Rev and Devondale are around $1.69. Price was no consideration in buying, taste was the all important factor.

Try Farmland (Coles Brand) $1.15 per litre in Perth. They have full cream, lite and skim in rectangular cardboard. The pourer is pretty good and the milk tastes OK. Even my fussy husband likes the "lite". Downside is that the cartons will rub or wear if you are constantly o rough roads.

Also there is a plastic "square" bottle - Farmers something brand. The milk taste fine they are durable and with a screw top lid don't spill. The down side is that they don't crush down when the bottle is empty.

Happy travelling

Devondale full cream milk. Full cream milk is only about 3 or 4% fat so the low fat ones are not much different. I find this is full taste and has the quality closing lid. But I buy hundreds of litres of cheaper stuff and don't mind it..... I use it in the show. Cheers Royce