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My and my mate always have a "Bouston Legal" night where we get two bottles of cognac, two glasses( yes glass comes out), two giant cigars and still there all night drinking and smoking cigars, enjoying the serenity before the rest if the groups come as we go early to set up every thing.
Yeeleh, my car won't start. Woop woop woop woop.
Bro, My car won't start.
My BFF drinks light beer Don't ask me why, anyway he's usually last to bed ,but problem is he uses up all the wood
leaving nothing for the cuppa in the morning, I'm an early riser too. Like the Boston Legal thing too
First up quick clean up,check lines, re bait, crack can, sometimes not in that order
Preparing now for melb cup long weekend going up next weekend to set up camp site all tents, amenities and caravan.
Gonna be a long day/ night cos normally we have four bloke go up and do it all but thus time just two of us. We do it cos we luv it.
Publicly speaking to a private audience.
Tennis ball, cricket bat & footy !
Botchi balls. lol
Shade cloth for under the tent and eating shelter.
Helps keep the area clean, kids can walk on it without shoes, protects the tents, peg though and if you are on sand - sand will fall though the holes
Also cloths line
Best invention ever is the head torch. Should at least one in the camp for cooking/cleaning/whatever.
Thanks for all of the tips and advice, it has made our trips away so much easier and pleasurable experiances. Now... the unimog was starting to look more and more attractive, but SHMBO put her foot down, so we ended up with a camper trailer :) Ticked all the option boxes, so no need to set it up, just add a few small things to make it a bit more comfy (read that as a queen sized latex mattress with 2 inches of memory foam... and soon to have an air conditioner too hahahahaha)
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looks good did you split that log to boil the kettle swedish stylelol
Yeh, I had seen it a million times of facebook, and thought it would be a good chuckle for the kids to see that the oldman can do some cool stuff from facebook... almost worked but in the end it was still lame cos... Dad did it
cool I like it,, I've only seen that style for starting fires.
Phfft what would kids know anyway great effort, the challenge
is now out there for quirky fire side stuff
I had an awesome spit roast set up too in this spot, but it started raining 20 minutes after i set it up :(
I will end up trying to make a smaller version of this soon too
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you have way tooooo much time on your hands, and they talk about me.lol
Love the paddle spit but I like my Auspit
What else are you spose to do while camping when the kids are quiet, the fish are not biting and the missus has a head ache?
Why not,,,,,break out the cordless saw and drill and get into it , love it bloody Gold
Of course the best stuff to have is the stuff YOU need, determined from personal experience. There is heaps of stuff in the camping shops which looks like a great idea but ends up not living up to expectations. I put airbeds into that category! Don’t try to by up an exhaustive list of stuff beforehand or you’ll end up wasting your hard earned on ‘white elephants’.
Cuppa' right. 'camping' is such a broad term. For some it is sleeping in a bivvy bag straight on the ground. For others, it's being able to see the bush from the 5 star motel. We all have comfort levels, which often change depending on the expectations of our better half.
An analogy that not everyone will get, is to compare your camping plans to a baby birthing plan. (for those wondering about a birthing plan: usually for first time mums. Often it goes like this: I'll give birth in this position, with this candle burning, this cd on, etc etc. It's all pie in the sky theory until you actually do it. When it comes time for it, that position is too uncomfortable, the candle stinks, and "turn that stupid music off!" GIVE ME THE GAS!!) But I digress.
Often we romantisize camping, and make irrational plans. The best way is to make a few educated judgements, and test them out with a short trip. Come back, analyse the success or failure. Ditch stuff, modify, get more stuff if necessary. (for example I went for a month long trip. At the end, I decided I didn't need the gas bottle, as I mostly used gas cans and fire. I also need to build a shelf to sit the water container on when stopped)
Lots of short shakedown trips. Practice makes perfect.
Thoroughly agree. Missus and me in our 60's and still in a tent because we still can. When it gets too hard we will get a van or something. Until then tents and bar b cues rule.Quote:
Originally Posted by P4trol
I love our new awning.. it was listed multiple times in the "most useless camping equipment you ever bought" thread, and granted we've only had the chance to use it once so far - but we had shade, and it kept everything dry when it rained at night, and it was much easier/quicker than setting up a tarp :)
we have a rule......... when we are camping / glamping
anything can come - but it has a little sticker dot on it
when it gets used, the sticker comes off
after every 2nd trip, anything with a sticker on it is turfed - not to be taken again.........
I have culled a shed load of things that way
also, sorry, but I have not used my Cast Iron ovens in about 15yrs - well, since the kids grew up
too much weight for never getting used
I have my Weber, 1 x pot, 1 x frying pan and 1 skillet
After years of :-
Sleeping on the Ground
Then Self inflating Mattress
Then Camp Stretcher
Then Camping Trailer
Then Camper Van
and now
Caravan.
Ah the comfort for my old bones
true enough, Bob
I think most people (most 4by4) transition
from swag
to tent
to camper
to popup
to caravan
not everyone I know - but thats the route I ended up......
some stop at tent, some stop at camper
either either, as long as you get out there and enjoy this great land, how you do it is not the problem
I always take too much stuff, but again I never want for anything at camp and dont like borrowing.
ATM I'm down sizing everything so I can travel as light as possible and not tow my camper.
eg are smaller tucker box and smaller battery box equal more room and less weight,
I like the sticker idea , but I couldnt throw away a camp oven just because I dont use it anymore.
It has too many memories of some great ppl I've met and camped,fished and travelled with and places visited
and the meals cooked
Probable why I have over 7 camp ovens, lol Ha Ha
My camping evolution:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigcol
Various tents, to kombi campervan, to swag, to bus/motorhome, to rooftop tent & now to camper trailer. I suspect that a caravan is not something I’ll ever consider, but who knows what I’ll think after towing the Tvan around the country. Maybe I’m destined to follow in Bob’s shoes.........or maybe we’ll go back to a hitch free life & get another bus /motorhome . I just hope that our health & funds allow us to keep on travelling & camping for as long as we want to.
What has become increasingly important over the years, above all else is a comfy permanently made up bed & minimising the amount of ’stuff’ which has to be moved to access something else.
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hahahahahahaha
and I have 5 of them.........
never use them anymore.... but
never get rid of them either.........