CAMPING TIPS (that you might not have thought of, post here)

[Kit_e_kat9]

8/. Always laugh. 

Best camping tip yet!  I'd even go so far as to add:  even when you don't think you can there is humour in the worst event.  EG:  The Man wasn't keeping his eye on the speedo and we missed the turn off (totally my fault of course  ).  I told him that he needed more practise turning out large convoy around    and later that night he lit the fire with the map!  Needless to say, when we ventured off the next day I assured him I had the map commited to my memory (being that I'm our NavWoman), although he wasn't so confident and sure enough we made it home! 

I've since updated our maps from 1995 to 2011!  Love those free maps from RACQ!!

Kit_e

[Johnno convert]

For those virgin campers such and me and who own a soft floor. Dont forget to put ratchet straps or similar over your camper otherwise you will be towing a baloon and a trailer net wont cut it. You can also bet that no service station stocks them

Resist the temptation to get the really cheap ones. Pay a little more. The better ones are a lot easier to use.

[craigtempo]

not sure if it has been said as yet but we use frisbies for the kids plates because they can double as well .... frisbies 


crai

[Johnno convert]

2/. For the first Aid Kit, sanitary napkins, they are brilliant for cuts that will bleed, for burns  submerge in cool water, wring out and apply to burn area for relief of pain. The design, keeps the moisture away from the burn area, but still cool and the skin will not stick the the pad.

These are really good things to have on board and are excellent wound dressings as they have to be sterile to start off with and come in their own convenient little package. They are particularly good for a bad cut or laceration as they can be taped or bandaged firmly in place and will help control bleeding, with some pressure applied, and resist weeping.

[carinya]

Couldn't see this anywhere yet.    To roll up tent awnings/ window flaps, keep a length of cutain rod or similar in your kit.  Fits into the pole tube or with the gas stems.  start the canvas on the rod, after you have a few rolls on, pull out the rod and continue.  Always gets a neat roll that you can do up the catches on.

[Johnno convert]

Man you must have a neat camp site if you do your awnings like that!!

[D4D]

Use a snap hook instead of a padlock to secure things

[BigJules]

Use the hazard lights to check all indicators at once.

[Johnno convert]

I use an occy strap to keep the andersen plug lead and the trailer cord from hanging down when towing. It also gives if needed.

[outback jack]

Use the hazard lights to check all indicators at once.

or use your central locking button

[toeball]

or use your central locking button

I use a kid

[Johnno convert]

Good idea Jack and the brakes and parkers?

[outback jack]

Good idea Jack and the brakes and parkers?

put a stick between the seat and the brake pedal, parkers? turn em on

[Johnno convert]

Outback Jack you've got the knack!

[Crisp Image]

Are those indicators working?
Yes No Yes No Yes No!
Couldn't resist
Regards
Crisp Image

[darren]

put a stick between the seat and the brake pedal, parkers? turn em on

That reminds me of when my 110 died near Quilpy i got a 100 series rent a car and drove it back to the hunter towing the boat. I got a stick and pushed the accelerator to the floor then snapped it off and jammed it under the armrest... Instant cruise control. What was better was when we came to towns i would just apply the brakes, the car would chug and labour and gradually pick up speed on the way out of town.... i drove like that for hours

[POD]

Don't buy ex-hire cars!!! 

[gunna]

Bought these off a mate of mine who has a canvas shop  to hold the guide ropes down
Very easy to use
cheers sheeds

[bullfrog]

I saw a tip once in a CVP. An old bloke was setting up a big tarp & was putting a 1/2 hitch around the pole then slipping the loop over the spike of the pole. He said it stopped the tarp trying to lift off the spike & also put the strain on the steel pole, not on the plastic insert.

[gibbo301]

2/. For the first Aid Kit, sanitary napkins, they are brilliant for cuts that will bleed, for burns  submerge in cool water, wring out and apply to burn area for relief of pain. The design, keeps the moisture away from the burn area, but still cool and the skin will not stick the the pad.


What next a med for a nose bleed lol

[POD]

What next a med for a nose bleed lol

Well may you laugh, my friend.... But the number of tampons I have had up my nose when thugs on the footy field felt that my snoz needed to meet their fist or knee or, well any number of parts, it doesn't warrant talking about. Suffice to say, they work a treat when you can't stop it bleeding. They don't help with the clotting but they do mean you can get back out there and exact some revenge.

Cheers from tampon-nose!

[gibbo301]

All i can say Pod is that you must have a big snoz i have seen how big those buggers get in a glass of water lol

[Johnno convert]

What the heck are they doing in a glass of water, Gibbo?? No wait a minute, on second thoughts don't answer that!!

[Barrabart]

  tampons in first aid kits, reminds me of a few years back, me and a mate out catching pigs early one morning, anyway we ran into a mob of pigs and we had 4 dogs each bailing up pigs in different locations, so there was a few minutes of madness as we were catching the pigs and tying them. Anyway one of my dogs got into a spot of bother around the sharp end of a cranky boar and received a bit of a nick, a hole not much bigger then about 1cm but was bleeding out badly. My mate seen it happen and the result and I’d had just finished tying the last pig and was heading to give him a hand……. Anyway as I’m crashing through the undergrowth I could here all the madness and him yelling and screaming, and I thought he was in trouble, as I got closer I could here him yelling “Bart bring the Tampons and Pads” in a panicked out of breath highly strung voice, so then I had to turn and run about 150mtrs back to the truck, to grab them from the glove box (yes us burly pig hunters always carried tampons and pads)…… anyway once we had fixed up my beloved hound, and all the dust had settled….. I couldn’t help but start chucklin’ to myself…… I was thinking …… imagine if someone had come along, to blokes running around the bush out of breath, one of them yelling from the darkness to bring Tampons….. I don’t think many would of hung around to find out what was going on

[POD]

All i can say Pod is that you must have a big snoz i have seen how big those buggers get in a glass of water lol

ARE YOU CALLING ME BIG NOSE??? Better get the tampons, Gibbo's gunna need 'em soon!!! And better make them the ones that help you surf and swim and go to cafes and such!!