What sort of camper are you? Are there any considerate campers left??

[Reddirtroaming]

So what sort of camper are you? Considerate of other campers around you or not?

We seem to attract a lot of inconsiderate neighbours lately as we are making our way around WA.

A couple of examples
- at the Bungle Bungles, 2 families with 5 kids camped on top of us. As soon as they got out of the car the chaos started. Music pumping from the car & just really really loud. The kids had to go to bed with music played through speakers & not earphones. They stayed for 3 nights & it really took away from our camping experience. On the night they left we could actually hear other campers going about their nightly routines & realised that the normal campsite noise had been drowned out by the family beside us, they were so loud.
- at a rest stop, kids doing music lessons until 9.30pm at night on their violin, guitar & keyboard.
- near halls creek, we actually left a campsite due to our new neighbours & before we had even packed up fully they had lit a fire in the middle of our camp site.

These are just the most recent 3 examples, in 5 months of travelling we have had many many more.

Personally we try to keep our campsite pretty quiet & are very considerate of other campers. We are no angels by any means, but I think anyone camped near us shouldn't have any problems with us.

So what's the deal, are you considerate of others or is it your holiday so therefore you can do, what you want???

Does anyone actually consider other campers at all anymore or are we all too self centred now days??

For a lot of our camping neighbours lately there seems to be no common courtesy.

Of course there are many that have been great & we have met some lovely people, but the bad ones are outweighing the good at the moment.

Opinions??

[Bird]

...before we had even packed up fully they had lit a fire in the middle of our camp site.

I would have put it out...


Yep, the bush is getting more and more full of deadShits as time goes on, and remoteness seems harder to find.

[gronk]

Have you got kids with you ?

It does make a lot of difference, as I have occasionally been in the same boat as you, but being oldish with no kids anymore, what seems like normal family "noise" to some is very annoying to others.

And the fact that common courtesy and respect doesn't seem to be taught to kids nowadays makes it even worse..

When I roll into a campground and find there's not a lot of free space, the 1st thing I look for is families.....I like the fact they are camping and having a good time, but I'll camp away from them so I can have some peace and quiet.....nothing worse than hearing the missus winge cause she got woken up by kids playing at 7am..

[GUEY]

Have you got kids with you ?

It does make a lot of difference, as I have occasionally been in the same boat as you, but being oldish with no kids anymore, what seems like normal family "noise" to some is very annoying to others.

And the fact that common courtesy and respect doesn't seem to be taught to kids nowadays makes it even worse..

When I roll into a campground and find there's not a lot of free space, the 1st thing I look for is families.....I like the fact they are camping and having a good time, but I'll camp away from them so I can have some peace and quiet.....nothing worse than hearing the missus winge cause she got woken up by kids playing at 7am..

As campers with younger kids I completely understand where you are coming from. Our kids as a rule are out like a light by 7.30 -  8pm at the latest most nights but up by 5-30 - 6 most mornings.
We have tried to instill in them to be quiet and be mindful of others. Makes it difficult though when the ask why is ok for others to disturb us at night with loud talking etc around a campfire.

[edz]

Considerate camper, I would say that compared to most we are and we have a younger kid, As to some others, definitely  not ...
Worst ever camp experience was on Fraser Island with 15 troopy cruiser loads = 150 of drugged drunken backpackers setting down camp just on dark one evening no more than 50 odd meters away from us.... p*ssin sh*tten pukin all over the place right in front of our camp, playin cowboys and indians yelling and screaming , running  through in and around us till just on daybreak  ..

[UIZ733]

So what sort of camper are you? Considerate of other campers around you or not?
Opinions??

The age of entitlement is unfortunately the norm now. With this entitlement comes little obligation. We have done 17,000Ks over the last six months and have encountered the same selfish behaviour all too often. We have experienced the macho 'look at my tough rig' turn up, occupants hit the piss within minutes, and it is downhill from there.
Nomads are also bad offenders in my opinion, because they should know better. The good thing about them however is they cannot get into some of the more 'difficult' areas due the size of their rigs.

[knoath]

I like to think we are considerate campers.
We have two boys, 12 and 8 and I try to remind them to have consideration for others.
They are pretty good, I must admit, but they aren't 'littlies' anymore either.

I cringe when others start to get too loud or are on it for too long, cos I fear I might lose it!

The whole reason for getting away is to relax, I can't understand why people would want to get rowdy???

I must be getting old...

[Aaron Schubert]

The whole point of camping is to get out there and enjoy a bit of this awesome country, in peace. We are pretty quiet campers, and will usually camp as far away from others as possible

I know a lot of people love caravan parks because of their ammenities, but I'd rather have a setup that allows you to comfortable camp away from the crowds

Aaron

[Reddirtroaming]

No kids for us yet.

I am all for kids being out in the bush playing & I get noise is a part of that.

What annoys me is when the parents send the kids off to "play" around the campsite to give themselves some peace, but then the rest of us have to put up with them.

[Reddirtroaming]

I would have put it out...


Yep, the bush is getting more and more full of dead****s as time goes on, and remoteness seems harder to find.

We asked them to stop lighting it. Check out our blog for the whole story around the fire thing. Was interesting that's for sure.

[PenUltimate Destinations]

Yep, completely with you on that one.

Can remember one particular occasion at Hungry Gate in the Hat Head National Park. A great big large open grassy site. We were in a quiet little corner, a fair way from the drop toilets, and there was plenty of room around the place. Two car loads come in with one dodgy old caravan and proceed to set up literally on top of us. Couldn't believe it. Interesting too that when the ranger come through in the morning to check everyone had paid, turns out they hadn't and proceeded to lie about how long they were staying.

Really frustrating!

[WilSurf]

Friends of us had something similar.
Their neighbour started the music and kept going until way after midnight.
Our friends woke up early the next morning after a broken sleep, took his chainsaw and started cutting wood next to the neighbour....
For some reason the neighbour wasn't happy.

[Ratbag]

Sad to hear your tales of woe.

We moved house about 8 years ago because of noise, and a single bloody incredibly stupid, arrogant, mongrel (and rich ... ) neighbour!

Where we live now, at around 2300H I can hear the kitchen clock ticking (it's electric) from about 20 feet away - and my hearing at 65+ isn't what it was at 20+ ... .
Not all that much noisier in the middle of the day.
Love it ...

I agree that many aspects of society have changed, and many not for the better.
Treating others with dignity, courtesy and respect seems to have disappeared off the school curriculum, and that of parents as well.

I was a Neighbourhood Watch zone leader for over 20 years, and the primary school teachers' common room where we held our meetings had all sorts of stuff about "rights" pinned to boards all around the room, but absolutely nothing about "duty". How can one have a right in the absence of a correlative duty? Or vice versa?

The 'gimmee' society? It's here, I fear. Sad.

[dazzler]

On a scale of 1 to 10 the discomfort you speak of would be a 3.

Did you ask them to turn the music down?  That seems to be the only unreasonable act.  The rest is living with other people in a public place.

[Swannie]

noise cancelling headphones are worth their weight in gold!!!!

Swannie

[Reddirtroaming]

I can tell from the replies on this topic which myswaggers I would like to camp near & those I would not. 
Ha ha

[Shelbyright]

Considerate camper, I would say that compared to most we are and we have a younger kid, As to some others, definitely  not ...
Worst ever camp experience was on Fraser Island with 15 troopy cruiser loads = 150 of drugged drunken backpackers setting down camp just on dark one evening no more than 50 odd meters away from us.... p*ssin sh*tten pukin all over the place right in front of our camp, playin cowboys and indians yelling and screaming , running  through in and around us till just on daybreak  ..

I would have made sure they had no sleep in.

[Ratbag]

Gidday Shelby

I would have made sure they had no sleep in.

Isn't that what chainsaws were invented for?

On one occasion, I didn't have a chain saw handy, but I found that driving up and down and around the offenders' camp site at around 0630H had a salutary effect on their well-being (and mine ... )

[cheif carlos]

I always try to keep my two girls quite in the mornings and regularly apologise to other campers as one of our girls take after the mother in law - has no idea in keeping her trap shut, did I say that out loud? 
I do also hate when you are set up and someone has to camp right next to you and there is fifty acres to camp in and no one else about.

Jason

[jaycamrie]

Nothing better then the sound of children laughing and playing in the early hours while camping shows they are having a good time and makes me smile. i am usually up early and just like a big kid myself . alot better then them sitting in the lounge playing with the xbox
now that annoys me


cheers

[fishfinder]

just had a quick read of your blog about the locals at Palm Springs you should have stayed there the extra night it would have been an interesting night sitting around the camp fire listening to their stories - I used to go out there quite often with the locals and some tribal people 20+ years ago when I lived out that way,sure they get absolutely tanked but never a problem and where great quiet nights around the fire.

As far as are we considerate campers I think most of the noise from our site is my wife yelling at the kids to keep quiet, but generally we dont have to many problems with inconsiderate campers around us.

[oldmate]

I do also hate when you are set up and someone has to camp right next to you and there is fifty acres to camp in and no one else about.

Jason

Yes that I can't understand why people need to do that. We go away and camp generally for peace and quite and to be away from others as much as possible. If I wanted to camp on top of people I'd just go to van parks.
 

[NewieCamper]

I try not to submit other campers to what I don't like to hear. No loud music, keep it to yourself or go to a club. No generators, if it's powered and can't be run off a battery leave it at home (an hour or so once a day is tolerable). My kids do have fun, but try to remind them to be quiet before breakfast and they are in bed earlyish anyway. You shouldn't be up all night when camping, go to bed early enough to rise with the sun.

Probably sound like a grumpy old man there 

[wilson79]

I find walking around in just my jocks ensures that no one camps anywhere near me..

[Ratbag]

^ Do you wear jocks?

I haven't worn clothes to bed for most of my adult life ...  .

Imagine a SOFA member wandering off to the dunny wearing my "camp slippers" - steel capped work boots ...
I guess I'll have to remember to pack some PJ bottoms, at least, and/or a dressing gown ... That's if I don't want to get arrested, or worse ...         .