We are planning a camping trip and are complete novices other than if you count the few times I slept under canvas as a teenager lol.

We have looked at a few websites and are more confused than anything. powered or unpowered, concrete pad, ensuite (Ensuite camping FFS) these are some of the terms I have come up against and was wondering who camps on a concrete pad, are these not meant for caravans??? What is an ensuite campsite, is it just a toilet or a shower too?

Any experienced campers out there want to take our hand and walk us through it?

Powered is always best for convenience but not always the best for the scenery since some campsites near the beach usually have the best camp spots away from power source.
ensuite means that you have your very own little hut type toilet/shower on your camp spot.
concrete slab is not great to put your tent on plus it's quite hard hammering tent pegs into 100mm of concrete, it's meant for caravan.

Why would you buy a tent and then go to a powered site ??? Just go and buy some sand pegs and camp on the beach ... totally free and easy. Just dont forget ya shovel

Best just go powered camp site. Most site have very good shower blocks and camp kitchens that you can use, but having power at your tent keeps my camp fridge on for the beer and lights and kettle for a cuppa in the morning.

Camping in Australia means taking everything out of your house, and I mean everything, loading it into your two 4x4s, trailers and boat plus whatever kids cars you can rustle up, moving the entire load to a campsite, and rebuilding your home there sans bricks and mortar.

I camped in my little one man tent in the campsite at Town of 1770. It was like building a bungalow in New York City.

I was camping in Tasmania over xmas. I saw these two guys who had a campervan. On the side of the campervan they had hung a flatscreen telly. They had a gazebo over the telly to stop the light reflecting off it. There was a satelite dish on top. They were sitting under the gazebo with their laptops and a beer fridge.

I just wondered what was the point of them going camping?

Unpowered on the beach with a pile of firewood, fishing rods, a couple of mates and a well stocked eskie what more do you need..........................apart from the shovel

Loz x

I went camping here and hated it, Id rather camp in England anyday, mozzies, dark at 7pm, too hot during the day, hot and sunny at 5 am
, snakes!!

I'll just stick to units with a nice balcony and plenty of eaterie's thanks, big softie that I am

Now that sounds like a plan



Dougie

[QUOTE=Burbage;7517274]Camping in Australia means taking everything out of your house, and I mean everything, loading it into your two 4x4s, trailers and boat plus whatever kids cars you can rustle up, moving the entire load to a campsite, and rebuilding your home there sans bricks and mortar.
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Totally true, Im amazed every weekend when the petrol stations here are chocka with 4x4s that have huge boat on the roof and the biggest overloaded trailers you have ever seen,and not forgetting the 3 kids screaming in the back

If its holiday time the trail of these vehicles coming from Perth, is hilarious.
Camping light is not in the Aussie vocab.

Gems

Hi everyone,
just wondering if anyone knows of nice places to camp/fish between perth and geraldton? We have just bought our first tent and we love to fish so any help appreciated..and NO i dont want to have to take the whole bloomin house!!!!!!!! just the basic essentials, tent, rods, esky full of beer, oh and several bottles of wine( thats for me!!) if thats too much i will leave hubbys esky and beer at home

Don't forget the shovel:

Loz x

google is your best friend before you plan............. good time of the year though, no mozzies.......... I like to camp July, tis so refreshing. cool without the awful dampness of the uk camping experience....

or to pitch it above king tide mark

Not for me to say it wont happen

LOL, and.... watch the moon and tide charts too might be an idea