Hi all just subscribing to the thread.
We are campers as well, although we are the rough it in the state park hiding on the deserted 4x4 track type. You know the "if theres a loo it's too civilised" type. Ah nothing quite like shoveling it in the dark. chuckle.
We have a camper van Jayco which sits in the drive getting old while we hoof it in a tent....I'm trying to convince dh to sell the jayco and buy a 4x4 camper but he's not convinced. YET!
We are currently saving the dollars to purchase a camping fridge and have our eyes on a Australian made model. Oh I am having trouble thinking of it's name......bushman? maybe?....anywho it's made in Victoria.
Our kids are on the older side but enjoy things like bird and animal hunts. Were they list all the animals they see and look them up in the books....yeah we take books, bird books to identify birds, animal books to identify animals and not to forget reptile and bug books. Ah they lead to some very interesting questions which have to be written down to research on the net once we are home on occation. The kids also enjoy the stars and the book that go's with that cause I don't know all the constalations. Balls, cricket bat, board games and most importantly my scrapbooking stuff, cause it's not camping if I don't get time to relax as well. Mind you the supplies are seriously pared back to the bare essentials which does have a tendancy to cramp my creativity at times.
Since our last trip we have purchased swags for everyone as one of the water containers split and leaked all over the end of dd's sleeping bag. Lucky it was a hot day so it dried nicely before bed. We are also looking at a new stainless steal water tank so no more split water containers....ah seams the last 4x4 track was a bit too rough for that one container.
Girls I read in the last few posts some are having dificulty backing vans. Try a big old car park for practice that dosn't have many "witnesses" really helps! There are already lines painted for parks and narrow roads and stuff for practice. Brilliant! I learned how to back when I was in the Army but taught my Mum to reverse the van in the local car park.
- as PRMG said we went camping with them for four days and now have the camping bug. DS LOVED it, so did DH and I, we are now looking into getting a nice big family sized tent for now, with a goal to get a caravan or camper trailer in 4-5 years. Now with baby #2 on the way our more expensive holidays wont be as frequent and we want DS and eventually DD to be able to enjoy the great outdoors - Yay!
What car did you get? We have a Territory that tows okay, but we're upgrading DH's old work van to a Ford Ranger twin cab, hopefully within the next 18 months. I somehow think the Territory won't be used for towing after we get the ute!
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