Camping etquitte

[Kit_e_kat9]

Holy crap...where do people get off on this attitude? It's their site because they go there every time? How does that work?!? What about the other people that camp in that same site the other 99 percent of the time!?

That kind of thing really bugs me...you guys handled it a lot nicer than I probably would...now, where is that big chainsaw I've got round here...

Oh?  Did I forget to mention my slightly inebriated wander at about 11pm, barking, howling, and laughing my arse off?  Sorry.     Hope they got more sleep the second night.   

Kit_e

[austastar]

Then it was explained to us that people would put just one single tent on the site , and pay the minimum fee , just to save that spot until the Christmas School Holidays came along in a few weeks time !

Hi,
   unbelievable!

Some of our East Coast popular spots like Peg's Beach and Freycinet get crowded at School holiday time I believe, but I don't think Tassie is that bad.   -   Yet!

Spots like that are best used in the middle of winter, after the rain and weather have 'sanitised' the earth for a month or two.

cheers

[DannyG]

Hi,
   unbelievable!

Some of our East Coast popular spots like Peg's Beach and Freycinet get crowded at School holiday time I believe, but I don't think Tassie is that bad.   -   Yet!

Spots like that are best used in the middle of winter, after the rain and weather have 'sanitised' the earth for a month or two.

cheers

Yes it was like this just prior to xmas at swimcart. A bloke setup an old tent and sat an even older chair in front of it and told us he does it hold his spot! Been coming to the same spot for years etc.
The worse part was the place was packed and genuine campers were turning around because they couldn't find a suitable spot.

Then a day or so later a lady asked us if we saw anyone near hers and her friends caravan because they had their tyres slashed. I asked if it had happened over night, she replied that she didnt know when it happened because they put the vans there a week ago to get their spot for the xmas break......we were there two weeks prior to xmas! I know slashing their tyres is not acceptable but obviously someone had taken exception to them setting up the ghost town 3 weeks prior to using the site.

[Rumpig]

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Then it was explained to us that people would put just one single tent on the site , and pay the minimum fee , just to save that spot until the Christmas School Holidays came along in a few weeks time !

that was a common practice for people visiting Waddy Point on Fraser Island for the Fraser Fishing Expo when it used to be on. i know of somone who would go about 4 - 6 weeks before the comp was on, and set up a small cheap tent and pay the camping fee, to ensure they got the area they wanted.

[austastar]

Hi,
   that is going to start bad vibes I'm sure.

I can just hear it now -  "Who towed my van out to the low tide line?"

"Wasn't me, this spot was empty when I got here this morning."

cheers

[speewa158]

If you have to go to such lengths is it really worth it after all  . Sounds like you might as well stay home with the neighbours you know 

[Mallory Black]

Well.. you could set up a fake drop dunny right on the spot, you will look like an unhygenic bogan, but no-one's gonna come near that!

However. Best work around for etiquitte is that if you arrange to meet with friends at a campsite, whoever nominates to be there first carries a light tent to set up on the spot for his mate.
BUT - pay for the site from the moment that you set up the tent and display the permit.
Just swap the permit onto the real thing when your mate gets in later.
While not exactly cricket, at the end of the day it's the fairest thing because the site's at least paid for from when it's taken.

[WaituiRob]

At Diamond Head in Crowdy National Park some people I know tarp out the size of the site they want a few weeks before Christmas and Easter and pay a nominal fee. It seems to be a common practice and most unusual for a National Park but they do it every year.

Robyn.

[DannyG]

I think when a person is paying for a designated site then there is not a lot you can do if they are using it or not, but when it is happening at free sites then it is a bit rude imho

[Crookedpete]

At Diamond Head in Crowdy National Park some people I know tarp out the size of the site they want a few weeks before Christmas and Easter and pay a nominal fee. It seems to be a common practice and most unusual for a National Park but they do it every year.

Robyn.

Last year some campers set up at Flanagans reserve near mt maroon a week before Easter, stayed one night  and then promptly disappeared for the week. They had everything - party lights, a wooden  bar with rum dispenser strategically placed near the fire pit complete with noisy boom box, hay bales to sit on around the fire. Trailers and tarps were strategically placed to secure a relatively large area.

Glad I wasnt staying there at easter.

[briann532]

I would suggest that "camping ettiquite"is a bit like the old "common sense"

OBSELETE these days..........................

Now I know I'm old fashioned, pig headed, stupid. ignorant, and all those other things my inlaws have allready called me, BUT............

Bring in compulsory 2 years military service 

Oh go on then, knock it, but before you think its going to far, how far is too far???
Aren't we allready overuled, over regualted etc etc. Why not just keep going?

Official end of rant:

[Bird]

At Diamond Head in Crowdy National Park some people I know tarp out the size of the site they want a few weeks before Christmas and Easter and pay a nominal fee. It seems to be a common practice and most unusual for a National Park but they do it every year.

Robyn.

And I bet they would cry if the tarp wasn't there and someone was camping there.

people used to do this at my old club at the property... they would leave their trailer at the property setup from Nov long weekend until Easter. and wondered why people for a Shit stir put up a picket fence around it, flower garden, and a "Home sweet home" sign... whats worse is sometimes they wouldnt even be there for Xmas... or new yrs.

[bobnrob]

Now I know I'm old fashioned, pig headed, stupid. ignorant, and all those other things my inlaws have allready called me, BUT............

Bring in compulsory 2 years military service 

Oh go on then, knock it, but before you think its going to far, how far is too far???
Aren't we allready overuled, over regualted etc etc. Why not just keep going?

Official end of rant:

You'll get no argument from me 

[taipan]

At Diamond Head in Crowdy National Park some people I know tarp out the size of the site they want a few weeks before Christmas and Easter and pay a nominal fee. It seems to be a common practice and most unusual for a National Park but they do it every year.

Robyn.

I think the tarp would disappear and if asked " it wasn't here when we got here". People are so selfish these days.

[cheekygirl668]

Get a sign made up .......


Sorry for the inconvenience, nudist convention !!

Nudist convention??? and why wasn't l invited lol

[MarkGU]

Nudist convention??? and why wasn't l invited lol

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Nudist convention??? and why wasn't l invited lol"

now that would make an interesting My Swag meet 

[krisandkev]

On a recent trip we had trouble finding a spot due to the crowds, finally found one and as we were setting up some young people came over, with their drinks in hand, and warned us that they were kicked out of a spot the night before due to their drinking and loud music and said they will be doing it again tonight!      We just laughed and said we are not moving.   
Yes, early in the night this large group of young people were drinking and playing loud music. The music was actually quite good.  Yep these crazy young people partied until about 8.30pm!  Then they went to bed.  We were tempted to start up our music....   

[UTE 701]

I remember at Freshwater Lake camp a looong time ago , we picked a spot that was the greenest grass in the whole place to put our tent .

And then the Ranger shows up and says we have to move ... Not Happy ! 

He said : Ok , you can stay there if you want , but the reason the grass is so green , is that is where the septic pipe finishes , and putting a tent over it will probably draw the fluid up to the surface  !

Well , we did end up moving ....   

[Benlachay]

i have 4 kids under 7 so i let them run around like a wild pack of dogs anytime we see someone coming close to where we are camped that deters lots of people as soon as they go the kids go back to playing its a funny site to see.

[poidda]

Yeah we always tell people we have a 3 week old baby who doesn't like to sleep at night.  A lot of people tend to look elsewhere as well.

[Bird]

I think the tarp would disappear and if asked " it wasn't here when we got here". People are so selfish these days.

x eleventy

[Robertsons]

i have 4 kids under 7 so i let them run around like a wild pack of dogs anytime we see someone coming close to where we are camped that deters lots of people as soon as they go the kids go back to playing its a funny site to see.

Love it

[austastar]

Hi,
   read a post some where - can't find it on Myswag - suspect it was here, but prior to 2009.

Story goes:  A noisy mob pulled in next to a couple who wanted peace and quiet.
Doof doof music starts, quiet wife asks quiet hubby to put on army shirt and sit by the fire looking grumpy.

Shortly after, noisy mob pack up and go.

Wifey told noisy mob that hubby was back from overseas on leave, and psychiatrists had told him he needs to learn to be in the bush and not want to kill people.

cheers

[Hairs]

Nudist convention??? and why wasn't l invited lol"

I've seen your bare arse running through Prickly Pear.
No Thankyou
Although the Swedish backpackers are always welcome.
 

[Mallory Black]

Aystar Star, I love that one. I'm buying some camo tomorrow!