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What do you do when you are camper less?
« on: June 20, 2015, 07:27:36 PM »
Our soft floor Cavalier got picked up these week, no trips until the Reconn pickup at the end of August. No camper, no mods to do, no trips, this might mean home renovations.
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2015, 07:48:24 PM »
May as well get stuck into the chores......then there is no excuse not to go camping when the new one turns up !!
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2015, 07:50:24 PM »
I would take/buy a swag  ;D
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2015, 07:58:22 PM »
You can come and do some mods on mine :)

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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2015, 08:48:48 PM »
You can come and do some mods on mine :)

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That's a long haul, how many beers are in your fridge?  :D :D :D
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2015, 09:26:44 PM »
I bought a swag until $$$$ come available
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2015, 03:35:55 PM »
don't know which would be more depressing - looking out the window and seeing an empty space where the camper was, or like us here in chilly Canberra gazing out the window at one when its too cold to use...

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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2015, 03:42:46 PM »
Gives you some time to work on/modify the 4x4 ready for the new camper  :cup:
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2015, 05:57:27 PM »
Use a tent to go away in...have done both The Cape and Simpson in a tent with our family, not as comfy as using a camper, but gets you out there still.
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2015, 06:42:35 PM »
Use a tent to go away in...have done both The Cape and Simpson in a tent with our family, not as comfy as using a camper, but gets you out there still.

My days in tents are finished, never sleep well in them

Gives you some time to work on/modify the 4x4 ready for the new camper  :cup:

Yep I have turned my attention to the FJ, this week I'll add the external Anderson plug
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2015, 07:16:57 PM »
My days in tents are finished, never sleep well in them

sounds like a few more liquid refreshments of choice were required before bed time then...lol
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2015, 12:03:07 AM »
Roof top tent.  As comfortable to sleep in as a camper minus  the modcons.  Plus sometimes it's nice not to have to drag 1500kg behind you.
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2015, 08:41:14 AM »
sounds like a few more liquid refreshments of choice were required before bed time then...lol

What, bourbons at 3 am isn't enough? ;-)
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2015, 09:40:06 AM »
It is not about when you finish drinking, it's about when you start

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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2015, 10:31:19 AM »
It is not about when you finish drinking, it's about when you start

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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2015, 10:40:21 AM »
Roof top tent.  As comfortable to sleep in as a camper minus  the modcons.  Plus sometimes it's nice not to have to drag 1500kg behind you.

Ha, I'm lucky to get a good nights sleep at home on the innerspring...or camping on the innerspring in the camper......so unless there was a LOT of beer involved, anything but an innerspring for these oldish bones is not on !!   ;D
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« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2015, 01:25:44 PM »
Ha, I'm lucky to get a good nights sleep at home on the innerspring...or camping on the innerspring in the camper......so unless there was a LOT of beer involved, anything but an innerspring for these oldish bones is not on !!   ;D

No amount of liquid sedation is enough to see me through a night on anything but an inner spring... yes, I know, soft, that's why I just bought a hybrid, which my mates are all delighting in bagging as a caravan. My only response is that caravans have windows, the reconn doesn't and caravans only go 80 km/h
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2015, 03:06:05 PM »
Yeh, you're right , except for the door it doesn't..

My AT10 is shorter, but has 3 windows, but if anyone will listen, it's a crossover !! :cup:
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2015, 04:52:12 PM »
I’m a soft Queenslander so ours only gets used 8 or 9 months of the year anyway as in winter it just sits in the garage. As previously mentioned get all your jobs around home done so when replacement arrives and the weather warms up, there isn’t any excuses.

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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2015, 05:14:30 PM »
I’m a soft Queenslander so ours only gets used 8 or 9 months of the year anyway as in winter it just sits in the garage. As previously mentioned get all your jobs around home done so when replacement arrives and the weather warms up, there isn’t any excuses.

Fair dinkum.....in Brisbane there isn't any winter......looks like a trip to Bunnings for some cement pills !!  :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2015, 05:37:08 PM »
ours only gets used 8 or 9 months of the year anyway 

oh poor you...! we don't even seem to manage three months a year out of ours - travel time and distance being our biggest issue

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Re: What do you do when you are camper less?
« Reply #21 on: June 22, 2015, 07:26:11 PM »
No amount of liquid sedation is enough to see me through a night
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