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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: lilstookie on November 15, 2011, 10:09:02 AM
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This may seem a silly question, but I thought I'd put it out there anyway.
This weekend, we're going camping with some friends. We've been camping lots but usually on our own and if with others, has always been on the bikes where we organise who's taking what to cut down on loads on the bikes. This is the first time where it feels like we can take the whole house and have lots of room! Is there anything you would expect of others you are going away with?
They don't have a CT, though are very experienced campers. We are all very considerate people, so I know that common sense things are a no brainer ;)
Lil :)
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If you cant fit enough crap in for a weekend in 1 car your in trouble... your taking too much.
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Camping with others etiquette - if the campers rocking, don't bother knocking :)
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I'm a good packer, so I'm not concerned about how much we take, though this is our first camp with both kids (2 under 2 will make for a lot of washing when we get home methinks ;) ). I expect pretty much everything to be in the trailer as the Jack will be full of us + dog. The question is more about things to do/not do (if any).
Lil :)
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Setup camp and enjoy yourself.. you can ask 'do you need help takin anything'.... wont hurt..
Nothing is different to before, you have a trailer instead of a tent.
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I would have thought that the etiquette would be to look after yourself and if anything is needed then it would be politely asked for. If they don't contact you prior to the trip just take what you normally would for yourselves.
Being experienced campers I am sure they know what to take and what to leave at home.
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I'd discuss mealtime planning with them, if you are all going to cook together then no point having two gas stoves, two gas bottles, etc.
Something I've always found when going away with other families is that they may need something (extra tarp in wet weather, a can opener) but you might too. So having that discussion beforehand is always worthwhile.
And speaking of the extra tarp, I alway have additional tarp/s, ropes, pegs and poles, you never know whether you are going to need to jury rig a sun/wind/rain shelter, or just set something up for some additional privacy.
Taking lots of firewood and alcohol will ensure that if you do need to lean on your friends they will be happy to help out in return for some of your hospitality :)
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Camping with others etiquette - if the campers rocking, don't bother knocking :)
Yep had that problem last year down Bruny Island ;D
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I would have thought that the etiquette would be to look after yourself and if anything is needed then it would be politely asked for. If they don't contact you prior to the trip just take what you normally would for yourselves.
Being experienced campers I am sure they know what to take and what to leave at home.
This is what I do though if you plan to cook and eat together it won't hurt to plan meals and requirements. Only exception is one mate who brings pretty much everything he owns with him so if he's travelling with me, especially when I take the CT, I tell him to leave all of his cutlery and cooking gear at home and he can leave his tent as well if he wants to sleep under the trailer canvas. Cuts him down to only about 6 bags of stuff for a weekend.
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When we go away with our friends we always take our own food and cook and eat at our own site. We will have one dinner together and that is always worked out before we go who is taking what (usually a baked dinner). With kids its better that they only eat from your supply, if you are forever sharing food you are forever at the shops stocking up!!!! Other than that go with the flow and you will have a great time.... :angel:
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A big thing i reckon is if you can't control your dog, tie it up or dont take it camping. I had a bad experience recently with someone elses dog whilst camping with them. Things like biting, going into other camps and taking food and barking at everyone who walks past, its rude especially when there are kids around. Its a no brainer really but some people it seems just dont care.
Cheers BD
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Don't walk around naked in front of the other campers without gaining permission first. And if you do get permission, take a towel around with you, as some people get rather weird when you sit your naked R's on their chair. Don't know why though.
Don't drink all their beer without offering up some of yours.
Don't wake me up at sparrow fart unless it's a very beautiful sparrow fart and you are bearing coffee.
If you use something, clean it before you return it and ensure you do actually return it.
Don't play the Doof Doof ... leave it at home.
Kit_e
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A big thing i reckon is if you can't control your dog, tie it up or dont take it camping. I had a bad experience recently with someone elses dog whilst camping with them. Things like biting, going into other camps and taking food and barking at everyone who walks past, its rude especially when there are kids around. Its a no brainer really but some people it seems just dont care.
I'd agree with this one massively. and if the dog Shits in my camp space not yours, dont be offended when I hurl it back at you.
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When we go away with our friends we always take our own food and cook and eat at our own site. We will have one dinner together and that is always worked out before we go who is taking what (usually a baked dinner). With kids its better that they only eat from your supply, if you are forever sharing food you are forever at the shops stocking up!!!! Other than that go with the flow and you will have a great time.... :angel:
Weré with you Bec :cup: but we share a community table (or chair) for the evening meal.
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Don't play the Doof Doof ... leave it at home.
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Probably a good idea to leave the dog at home, whilst we may love our own dogs they can cause a lot of angst around the camp.
Regards
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I'd agree with this one massively. and if the dog ****s in my camp space not yours, dont be offended when I hurl it back at you.
x 3. We all love our own but they can be a PITA to others.
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You can only control what's in your space, if their music enters my space - I will control it (under the cloak of darkness) ;D
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And remember your there to have fun as well. ;D
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When we go camping, we generally have happy hour together. Around 5pm. We may start each of our cooking during that time and try to have each of our meals finishing around the same time. Sometimes we may eat at the same table and then most times we may eat at our own tables. Then generally after meals, showers we would come together around the campfire and have a few nightcaps together and then go to bed.
We have at times shared one BBQ for breakfast if both cooking bacon and eggs etc.
Peanut
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I reckon camping rituals with groups evolve. With each trip with other people you start to build traditions, and work these things out as you go. We all have different ideas of camping and how we like to relax, if yours doesnt blend with theirs, you both soon work it out and you don't tend to camp together again.
A couple of points of etiquitte for me would be;
Respect other peoples sleeping time, dont leave your rubbish around the fire,
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one word.............. "PORT" !!!!
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When camping with friends on weekend trips we've generally allocated a meal for each family to purchase. This could be a campoven wet dish one night, roast another and there has to be the mandatory breakfast fry up at least once. Lunches look after yourself. All BYO drinks.
Our camping friends mostly have kids of the same age so are sympathetic to kids getting up early and a midnight baby feed. The couple that don't have kids park the camper further away, so they can sleep in a little .... I think they're practicing ;D
Other camping items ; Our group seems to have a good spread of equipment so where one of our group has a generator, another a BBQ hotplate, another will load the camper up with water so all the kids can go through the sheep dip. We normally have a pre camping catchup to discuss what's needed fro the trip ... as this is a good excuse for the blokes to have a beer and talk crap.
Cheers
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Also we have 2 rules;
1. Do what you want as long as it doesn't interfere with others
2. Throw away the rulebook.
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We are the same as Leigh. We agree on who does what meal and enjoy the communal aspect of the trip.
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Awesome! Thanks everyone. I thought it would be like that. We're so used to a lot more sharing when camping with bikes.
The dog is almost invisible...she is quiet and will be staked if necessary. She's not even allowed to look at us while we're eating, so stealing/begging won't happen. I'm not at all concerned about her being an issue.
We're well aware of camper rocking issues (2 under 2 ;) ).
Can't wait for the CT christening!!
Lil :)
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Just be considerate of any other campers in the vicinity in relation to noise, conversations, the running of generators, music choice etc... and all will be well. When with groups we generally self cater with maybe one or two shared meals thrown in.... everyone brings their own drinks.
Cheers,
Desert Lover
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When i have been camping and there are others turn up it's often never been quiet or peaceful. Whenever alcohol is involved with other parties generally 4wd blokes all out for the weekend then there are chainsaws , butane and bean can explosions, loud music and general chaos.
That's what I worry about when camping as I (stookie / husband/father) would generally like to go get them to shut up but it's a bush camp and no real rules being broken.
Other people's etiquette often leave alot to be desired.
What do you do !
Confront them or ignore and have a crap trip ?
I would confront but wife doesn't like that as we have seen it go bad up in qld on a trip
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Just be considerate of any other campers in the vicinity in relation to noise, conversations, the running of generators, music choice etc... and all will be well.
Yep, agree..
Also if you see 5-10 carloads of young blokes already setup and into the sauce, dont setup near them...
Also dont complain when they have the tunes going at 4 in the morning and enjoying themselves.... Find yourself somewhere else to setup :)
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Yep, agree..
Also if you see 5-10 carloads of young blokes already setup and into the sauce, dont setup near them...
Also dont complain when they have the tunes going at 4 in the morning and enjoying themselves.... Find yourself somewhere else to setup :)
Yeah, stay away from us!
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Yeah, stay away from us!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Bunch of mates last year setup at a spot near sheepyard, been there 2 days, sunny, music up flat out all day, beers, river etc.... the spot happily all to themselves.
.... then to have a pack of 90yr old farts setup their zimmer frames near them and complain is just wrong. What they didnt have batteries in their hearing aids when they first pulled up?
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When camping with friends on weekend trips we've generally allocated a meal for each family to purchase. This could be a campoven wet dish one night, roast another and there has to be the mandatory breakfast fry up at least once. Lunches look after yourself. All BYO drinks.
Our camping friends mostly have kids of the same age so are sympathetic to kids getting up early and a midnight baby feed. The couple that don't have kids park the camper further away, so they can sleep in a little .... I think they're practicing ;D
Other camping items ; Our group seems to have a good spread of equipment so where one of our group has a generator, another a BBQ hotplate, another will load the camper up with water so all the kids can go through the sheep dip. We normally have a pre camping catchup to discuss what's needed fro the trip ... as this is a good excuse for the blokes to have a beer and talk crap.
Cheers
"Thanks for a useful post!!"... because we don't have a thank you button!! ;D
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We generally share some gear and some mealtimes when we camp with others. Hardest thing to manage is trying to make sure the children don't get 'food envy' when visiting each others camps - a small shared snack for afternoon tea or supper for all the children normally sorts this out though.
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We generally do our own breakfast and lunch thing.
An offer of a shared snack for the kids at morning or arvo tea always goes down well.
We always do our own dinner for our own kids and get them into bed and then usually sit down for a communal adults dinner - usually we alternate the cooking.
Very important though - establish what everyone else considers is a reasonable wake up time and KEEP YOUR OWN KIDS QUIET before that time.
Also a good idea is to establish some ground rules - ie are the kids allowed in the other families camper trailer, boundaries for kids that all adults keep an eye on, etc.
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We had a real bad trip in the bush as we shared it with the boy scouts . Their group leader turns on the music to let everybody know its wake up time . A gentle way to do it . BUTwhen the sound of David Bowie's China Girl booms through the bush from a colom of speakers that would deafen Woodstock I cracked big time . Went for a drive to discover the scout camp was 5km away from us . Entered their camp to explain to all if the music disturbed me again I would disturb their ability to have children .That solved the problem >:D
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Bunch of mates last year setup at a spot near sheepyard, been there 2 days, sunny, music up flat out all day, beers, river etc.... the spot happily all to themselves.
.... then to have a pack of 90yr old farts setup their zimmer frames near them and complain is just wrong. What they didnt have batteries in their hearing aids when they first pulled up?
I agree..... also works in reverse though, eh? Not that I'm 90 but I get really p'd off when, and with a s### load of other space available, we've pushed out into the bush a bit to ensure a quiet(er) time and some inconsiderates park too b# close and turn on the generator and TV. On top of that they wander over to tell us that they always run the generator until about 10 p.m..... and did we mind (??)
Here endeth my rave!
ps.. I carry my soap box in the camper.
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We regulary camp with a couple of good friends and also the brother in law and family. We all get one main meal each for the weekend and its nice for a couple of nights not having to cook and eating something a little different. Our friends are all tenters so the Tambo is usually the main kitchen.
We tend to camp in out of the way areas or where there are little amenities and it tends to keep the yahoo factor down a little. Just being out there enjoying time away from work and being with family and friends is the main thing for us
GG
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Done the camping with others before and if your like me, you get home late Sunday, unpack and then give all your a gear a thorough clean / fix up the following weekend. I have always found it a courtesy to help with the pack up / clean up after a trip, even if it meant the extend invites offered to come over for a couple of hours the following weekend e.g. Saturday morning to help with the last of the camping housekeeping issues.
With who brings what and preparation , sit down with the others and work out a list so everybody knows who is doing what, and what to bring, that way nothing slips through the cracks.
I would make sure things likes allergies, health/ medical issues are discussed with any new people to your camping group incase there is a problem.
Cheers
Campfire
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We had a real bad trip in the bush as we shared it with the boy scouts . Their group leader turns on the music to let everybody know its wake up time . A gentle way to do it . BUTwhen the sound of David Bowie's China Girl booms through the bush from a colom of speakers that would deafen Woodstock I cracked big time . Went for a drive to discover the scout camp was 5km away from us . Entered their camp to explain to all if the music disturbed me again I would disturb their ability to have children .That solved the problem >:D
VB. Making blokes 10ft tall and bulletproof since 1896. ;D ;D
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We had a real bad trip in the bush as we shared it with the boy scouts . Their group leader turns on the music to let everybody know its wake up time . A gentle way to do it . BUTwhen the sound of David Bowie's China Girl booms through the bush from a colom of speakers that would deafen Woodstock I cracked big time . Went for a drive to discover the scout camp was 5km away from us . Entered their camp to explain to all if the music disturbed me again I would disturb their ability to have children .That solved the problem >:D
You must be Scottish !
I'd go mental and its my cultural right.
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Much the same as most on here with a slight twist.... when we used to camp with others with kids the same age we would quite often organise the evening meal so that one of us did all the kids and the other would do the adults. the next night it would be swapped around. That way the kids would all be eating the same thing and there'd be no complaint about the others having something better etc. adult wise it also meant we could all sit down together and relax over a meal next to the camp site at the same time.
usually breakfast and lunch was a 'do your own thing'.