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The other pair are my folks, they're cool. There's a bit of friction now and again, but 90% of the time it's smooth sailing. I'm happy to be able help them along and get them out of the house, otherwise they'd be couch potatoes in their retirement. There's no way they'd attempt it without us, Mum's over 70 and Dad's nudging 80. In some areas such as national parks or where we simply can't leave the dogs alone too long in the van, it's good that we can share the dog sitting. It works... Having said that, I'm with you in that I wouldn't want to travel the way we do with other people, at least nothing longer than a week or 2. |
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Here's a question for all us campers...
How far out from your trip do you start packing? We're still a little over 2 weeks away and I've already dragged all our gear out of the shed and started going through it.
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I might open the van up the weekend prior. Longer trips we probably start a bit earlier but rarely longer than 3 weeks prior. The van needs very little prep work, which was the main reason for going that route. It's just food and clothes that have to go in. Bedding generally stays in. Once we get home from a trip we pull everything out, wash what needs washing etc, then put it back before closing it down. It's 90% ready for next trip then.
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Day before for a 4-5 day trip.Pretty easy as pretty well everything except food is in the van full time
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For just a weekend away, only the day before.
For a week or 2, 3 to 4 days. For more than 4 weeks, usually at least a week and more. Like the above dude, our van is stacked and ready to go for most stuff all the time. It's part of the fun, knowing that you'll still forget stuff anyhow. The dogs love it too, they sit in the caravan while we're packing...
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It all depends on where we are going and what we are doing - I am lucky we have a caravan so just about everything other than food and clothes in there ready to go at the drop of a hat.
However if we are 'bush' camping then there is other stuff we take like dunny tent, camp fire cooking stuff which I have all stored together in one place so no biggie to get out the day before We are heading off for 2 weeks tomorrow, I did most of the stuff last night, pack clothes tonight then head off in the morning
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Seeing as I spend so much time on the road between motels, cabins and the motorhome. It is packed and ready to go at a moments notice.
A bit like International Rescue. FAB.
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For us, we only get away once a year at the moment with the kids being as young as they are, so all our gear is shoved away in the shed.
We only have a tent so we have to take everything that's associated with camping in a tent. I've pumped up the air mattresses to make sure they stay inflated ![]() I only get weekends to check things out so I generally need a few weeks to make sure I've got what we need. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk
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I know this might not work for you due to space, but I bought a large plastic storage box with all the basics in it including long life food, cooking utensils, etc, a two burner camping stove. (allows us to cook outdoors at Motels)
If I'm using the panel van, I'll shove it in the back along with some stuff I keep in it. The packed box transfers between vehicles. Biggest pain in the A**s is when I need 2 vehicles onsite, I have to do the relay, as my partner thinks she's a danger to other road users and will not drive.
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I've got 3
![]() One for cooking stuff, one for cleaning stuff and one for camping stuff. Only problem is that they sit in the shed for the rest of the year and get dust in them. I pulled out all the pots, pans, plates, cups and utensils and ran them through the dishwasher to clean them up last weekend. I've also got 2 striped hobo bags. One with sleeping bags, blankets and sheets and one with flooring stuff. (Foam squares and mesh floor and walls for the gazebo) Chuck in the fridge, tent, chairs, 6x3 gazebo, gas bottle, clothes, pillows, food, etc and then your 6x4 trailer is nice and full! Kids bikes get chucked on top and then it all gets tied down. The actual packing of the car and trailer won't happen until the day before but I just like to be prepared and make sure I can still find everything ![]() I guess the other topic we haven't really covered in this thread yet is camping disasters! What's happened whilst you've been away? For us, it was returning from Halls Gap last year and a little under an hour away from home the tread on one of the trailer tyres decided that after about 30 years that it wanted to separate. Luckily I noticed the odd vibration from the trailer and pulled over before it became worse. I changed the tyre only to have the car battery go flat whilst changing the tyre. Sent from my SM-G900I using Tapatalk
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I have a double and single darche self inflating mattresses sitting here doing nothing left over from my tent days. Also a single dune one (anaconda brand). We literally only used them two or three times, as with all our tent stuff, before moving to a van. They are for sale if you are interested.
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One memory was limping 15kms with a blown steer tyre along the Buckets Way to Nabiac. Tried everything but just couldn't get the jack under the front axle to change. Stuffed it full of grass, amazingly was able to reuse the split ring wheel again.
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Can't say we've ever had a disaster, but... Last 6 week trip we had 5 flat tyres, seized pistons in the front brake calipers so did a fairly comprehensive brake rebuild/upgrade in a very isolated camp site up near Normanton, destroyed 2 shocks, hit an Emu, and the exhaust broke on both cars. But then you'd expect stuff to go wrong on a 12,000km trip, especially when 1 of those cars has over 400,000km... Still had a fantastic time.
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I'm heading away for the weekend this evening, got another 2hrs of work, a Drs appointment at 5.30 and then I'll start packing, should be on the road by 6.30.
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I'm going tomorrow. Haven't started yet. Most of my camp stuff is in one spot in the garage so I can pack it all pretty quick. The only time consuming parts is food and clothes. That doesn't take long for short trips. |
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if only it were that simple. unfortunately, I have to work.
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Same as myself. I have a couple of tubs of camp gear always ready to go. Then one visit to the shops and I am on my way.
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Down by the Ovens river for this week. The park is nice and quiet.
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We did Halls Gap a couple months ago. Was a great trip with great friends, as usual.
We didn't have a disaster ourselves this time, but one of our friends had a bit of a mishap. Started off with the wife hurting her back a couple of days before being due to leave, so they ended up staying home a couple of extra days. Rather then drive over on the Friday, they ended up coming over on the Monday. When they arrived, they started the process of winding up the roof of their campervan only to have a cable snap and one corner fall down. Cue three blokes scratching their heads for the next 30 minutes trying to figure out what to do to hold the heavy roof of the campervan up. Ended up borrowing a drill from the park maintenance person, drilling holes in the uprights and putting pins (tent pegs) through them to hold it up. Rest of the trip was great and uneventful after that!
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Well, works finished for the year, the Wife has the next 8 days off to, so the camper and car are packed and we're heading away for the week.
Had a site at the Barmera caravan park booked until I saw the weeks weather forecast, they're expecting mid 40's in Adelaide and high 40's in the Riverland, so I rang up Saturday morning and transferred my booking to the Robe caravan park which is part of the same group. Weather is high 20's and up to mid 30's, so a good 20* cooler which should be perfect. Haven't been down the southeast since I was about 5 so it'll be an adventure, looking to see some caves, do a bit of kayaking and swimming, cast a line and might head down the Mt if time allows. I'll be thinking of my fellow Adelaideans as they melt. |
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I liked the solution. Rather ingenious and simple. Glad the rest of the stay was good for you and them.
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Perth copped the heat as well. Seems to have picked up a bit of extra heat coming across the nullabor though.
Just spent 3 weeks in bris (not camping) sweltering in mid to high 30's basically every day with the added bonus of high humidity. was looking forward to getting back to some dryer, cooler weather. Looks like i'll have to wait a few more days. Enjoy the cool of the south east. Haven't been to Robe yet and it often comes up when discussing travel plans.
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That humidity is something I can't handle Rob, would move to QLD tomorrow if not for that.
Bloody beautiful here in Robe, light breeze and high 20's. Caravan park is nice, very clean, has a few camp kitchens, big adventure playground, indoor pool and a cool little games room and the best part, its only 150m from the waters edge of a very nice swimming beach. |
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