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What sort of house do you take camping?

Tent/Swag
23 (15.8%)
Soft Floor Trailer
28 (19.2%)
Hard Floor Trailer
40 (27.4%)
Hybrid/Crossover
16 (11%)
Soft Wall Caravan
8 (5.5%)
Traditional Caravan
9 (6.2%)
Off-Road Caravan
9 (6.2%)
Other
8 (5.5%)
Roof Top Tent
3 (2.1%)
Semi Off-Road Caravan
2 (1.4%)

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Offline Bigpickle

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Re: What sort of house do you take camping?
« Reply #25 on: February 11, 2019, 08:08:51 PM »
Other for me also. I have a home made/DIY teardrop trailer.

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Re: What sort of house do you take camping?
« Reply #26 on: February 11, 2019, 08:38:35 PM »
I am reading this thread with great interest.

Wifey and I started out with a swag and slowly progressed to tent, then tent with kids, then trailer, then camper trailer, then jayco slide out, then another and another, a pop top and finally a retreat caravan with every bell and whistle.

Now the caravan has gone and I'm back to a couple of swags in the back of the ute.
It s just easier and less hassle.

Admittedly we bought our own property to camp on to make life easier, but the campers caravans etc just meant we took more stuff that we didn't need.
It was great for touring and seeing OZ, and especially grateful being off the ground up north in croc country, but as the kids got older and self sufficient it just got easier to tent or swag.
Seriously those 3 second tents are gold!!!
I am considering a rooftop tent now just for convenience when travelling, but getting back to just the basic essentials has made thing easier.
We still spend our month at xmas in a CP and love it, but can't wait to hit the road again with the swags, waeco and a couple changes of daks.

House.........well that's what I'm getting away from.
disclaimer(I live in Shitney so it is actually good to escape the house. Those of you in Tassie, FNQ and other nice places - well you know what I think!!!)

Cheers and don't forget it doesn't matter how you get out there, just as long as you do.
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Re: What sort of house do you take camping?
« Reply #27 on: February 12, 2019, 05:46:33 AM »
Fair call, I probably should have set the poll so you could select more than one option, but cant do that now (unless someone can tell me how). I don't even have a glass eye, let alone a crystal ball, so if your asking for a change to the poll, may need to be more specific ;D



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Re: What sort of house do you take camping?
« Reply #28 on: February 12, 2019, 08:02:40 AM »
We have a few types of camping options, tent or single biker swag for when on the bikes and occasionally double swag with the 4B when me and the missus just want to do a weekender with friends, the offroad camper is for longer trips, it's a hard floor pop out style camper, it's a Lightweight Camper Trailer(brand name) now not trading, they were in Ballina and a pretty tough little camper, we retired our old heavy duty offroad camper, tent is off and it's now our firewood trailer.

We are off grid campers only using van parks or campgrounds if there's no other choice, when we do have to use van parks or campgrounds we use this for exploring the area for free camping options so next time we have a better option.

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Re: What sort of house do you take camping?
« Reply #29 on: February 12, 2019, 08:30:10 AM »
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Re: What sort of house do you take camping?
« Reply #30 on: February 12, 2019, 08:42:45 AM »
Added to poll as it's own option now.

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