This may be of interest if you are planning a camping trip around Australia.
Our 20 top tips:
See the Southern Lost City if you have off road capabilities.
Travel with new tyres and appropriate suspension.
Take a loofah, they are great for getting red dirt off your legs and feet.
Let your tyres down before you hit the sand, 10 psi is still ok.
Be brave, some of the best things we saw were down the road less travelled.
If you have an annex, carefully consider if it is really needed. We took ours as we imagined the flies and mosquitoes would be unbearable. It never got used.
Cable ties are your friend, they can hold most things in place for long enough to get you out of trouble.
Don't book all your accommodation, if you are that way inclined. Coral Bay, Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, Broome and Cape Leveque were the only places we booked. We had an itinerary we loosely followed.
If you are going through Aboriginal Lands, apply for permits early, they can take a long time to be granted.
Caravans are restrictive, if you have one, take a tent as well if you want to see a lot of great things.
If you stay ten metres away from any water, salty or fresh, a crocodile will NOT eat or bite you. Crocodiles don't hunt on land. Kids and animals are more vulnerable due to their size. Unless you know it is safe to swim, don't!
Save up for scenic flights, some things just look better from the sky.
Talk to people, you will learn a lot.
If safe to do so, swim after your pack up. You cool off and lose the dirt.
Take some spare stove knobs.
Get to know your car for basic maintenance. The lead time to get a simple car repair job or service done, above the Tropic of Capricorn, is beyond belief. Willy's Motors in Mataranka excepted!
Take some one and two dollar coins if you want to wash your clothes.
If you are using Blogspot and Picasa for your blog, you only get to upload 1000 photos. Sounds like a lot, but I nearly blew my limit in three months.
Take tweezers and splinter probes in your first aid kit.
If you have young girls, comb their hair when the conditioner is in it, saves embarrassing screams in the public shower block.
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Top 20 tips were useful.
ReplyDeleteRosemary enjoyed the last one as she retold the story of a young Cathy who each morning before school used to scream the street down as she had one half of her head brushed before putting in pony tails.
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