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Camping Gear: Camping Lights

Written by Camping Girl on March 31, 2009
Categories: Travel Planning, camping

I’m going to do a series of posts looking at the type of gear you need to take with you to make camping comfortable when out exploring in you 4wD. As they say – any fool can be uncomfortable camping! To me there are 3 main types of lighting needs you need to consider: General [...]

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Think like a Buyer to Sell a Vehicle in a Hurry

Written by Camping Girl on November 12, 2007 - 1 Comment
Categories: Travel Planning

I intend in the future to do into the details of buying and selling paperwork in the various states of Australia, but today I found Dave’s post where he’s just sold his car in the States.Its always stressful when you are need to sell an expensive asset in a limited time frame. You might need [...]

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How much will a budget trip around Australia cost? Part 1: Day to Day Costs

Written by Camping Girl on November 4, 2007 - 9 Comments
Categories: Travel Planning

The key costs I split into setup (capital if you will) and running costs (day to day budget). Obviously you need the money to buy gear and the vehicle up front but hope to get most of this back at the end of the trip. There is an old saying in Australia, “any idiot can [...]

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Explore Australia by 4WD

Written by Camping Girl on October 27, 2007 - 5 Comments
Categories: Travel Planning

I thought I would do an occasional series of book reviews of books, maps and other gear that is of interest to those wanting to get off-road. Explore Australia by 4WD by Craig Lewis and Cathy Savage describes over 25,000 kilometers of remote tracks with detailed route directions and GPS readings. .It doesn’t include the [...]

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Gear list for camping or sleeping in a car or 4WD

Written by Camping Girl on October 18, 2007 - 1 Comment
Categories: Travel Planning

Over the years I’ve seen hundreds of suggested packing lists for backpackers or light-weight travelers but the list is a little longer if you are car or 4WD camping Keeping Food Cool Its not optional given Australia’s weather – you need to have some type of cooling either a fridge set up (which will probably [...]

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How to Carry Your Money on the Road

Written by Camping Girl on October 8, 2007 - 0 Comments
Categories: Travel Planning

One of the issues buying a vehicle brings up is how to transfer a reasonably large amount of cash to Australia, even if you hope to get most of that cash back at the end of the trip. The cheapest way to large amounts of money internationally is to pay a set fee per a [...]

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Which cities to fly into and out of Australia from

Written by Camping Girl on October 7, 2007 - 1 Comment
Categories: Australia, Travel Planning

The vast majority of visitors arrive and depart Sydney. This is not always the best idea, particularly if your trip won’t bring you back to Sydney. Finishing a trip in Perth only to fly back to Sydney to fly to Singapore means a 4 hour flight to Sydney to take a 8hr flight to Singapore [...]

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Staying at Commercial Camp Grounds

Written by Camping Girl on October 6, 2007 - 5 Comments
Categories: Travel Planning

Note you don’t even need a tent to use these – they can be a very good deal if you are staying in cabin or similar accommodation. We often found as a couple that we could get a cabin for the same price as a double room in a hostel complete with our own TV [...]

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