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After 3 months on the road i can share a couple of truths for the unititated
1 The term resort is used on a very loose basis and could mean anything from 5 star heavan to a pit dunny in a paddock
2 Your sex life will come to a grinding halt as it is hard to be passionate when the little shit next door has lost his shoe and is hollering to mum
3 Bad things happen when you drive for 8 hours and set up in the dark.
4 You will never run out of gas when you are cooking two minute noodles but always when doing a roast
5 To call out the other way when your wife is reversing a camper trailer will always lead to fights and more problems with point 2 above
6 An easy well marked track can mean anything from the Stuart hwy to a rutted trail that makes the Hochimein look like a freeway
7 Dont let your wife catch you flirting with english backpackers on the way back from the showers. Problems again with point 2
8 Take every reccomendation from others as to caravan parks and free camps with a 25kg bag of salt
9 If checkout is 11 you will be woken at 6, if checkout is 10 you will be woken at 5, if checkout is 9 just dont bother going to bed
10 like item 1 the term grassy sites can have several meaning from jungle to sand
11 Some one will always come along after you have finished digging your truck out of the sand
12 The people who are naked on a clothing optional beach are the people that should not be naked EVER
13 Backpackers usually come from countries with much smaller land mass than ours so their idea of personal space is non existant if you have a 2 square km camping area to yourself they will set up next door
14 Fuel will always be most expensive when the tank is most empty
15 The interieor of your perfectly packed rig on the day you left will look like a pikie campsite the after a week
16 For all your UHF, lifts, mudders, maxtracks, diff locks, winches, compressors and gadgets an indigiounus australian in an EB falcon will make it further than yourself up the so called easily maked track
17 Cheap is not always good 1 national park site we went to cost only 10 bucks a night, but add to this the broken UHF arial on the way in and the broken camp chair our 10 dollar overnighter came in to the tune of 120 dollars
18 If you cannot see the sea do not eat the seafood
19 there are 3 types of nomads group 1 with not much and will free camp eat 2 min noodles, check out at 7am and drive at 80kph. Group 2 with a bit more drive 200 series cruises, have massivly overloaded vans, check out at 9 and drive at 90kph. Group 3 have chucked in their jobs are in their 30s to 40s, check out around 11ish and drive at 100kph group 1 and 2 hate group 3 as we are doing now what they wish they had done when they were 30.
20 You will have the time of your life
1 The term resort is used on a very loose basis and could mean anything from 5 star heavan to a pit dunny in a paddock
2 Your sex life will come to a grinding halt as it is hard to be passionate when the little shit next door has lost his shoe and is hollering to mum
3 Bad things happen when you drive for 8 hours and set up in the dark.
4 You will never run out of gas when you are cooking two minute noodles but always when doing a roast
5 To call out the other way when your wife is reversing a camper trailer will always lead to fights and more problems with point 2 above
6 An easy well marked track can mean anything from the Stuart hwy to a rutted trail that makes the Hochimein look like a freeway
7 Dont let your wife catch you flirting with english backpackers on the way back from the showers. Problems again with point 2
8 Take every reccomendation from others as to caravan parks and free camps with a 25kg bag of salt
9 If checkout is 11 you will be woken at 6, if checkout is 10 you will be woken at 5, if checkout is 9 just dont bother going to bed
10 like item 1 the term grassy sites can have several meaning from jungle to sand
11 Some one will always come along after you have finished digging your truck out of the sand
12 The people who are naked on a clothing optional beach are the people that should not be naked EVER
13 Backpackers usually come from countries with much smaller land mass than ours so their idea of personal space is non existant if you have a 2 square km camping area to yourself they will set up next door
14 Fuel will always be most expensive when the tank is most empty
15 The interieor of your perfectly packed rig on the day you left will look like a pikie campsite the after a week
16 For all your UHF, lifts, mudders, maxtracks, diff locks, winches, compressors and gadgets an indigiounus australian in an EB falcon will make it further than yourself up the so called easily maked track
17 Cheap is not always good 1 national park site we went to cost only 10 bucks a night, but add to this the broken UHF arial on the way in and the broken camp chair our 10 dollar overnighter came in to the tune of 120 dollars
18 If you cannot see the sea do not eat the seafood
19 there are 3 types of nomads group 1 with not much and will free camp eat 2 min noodles, check out at 7am and drive at 80kph. Group 2 with a bit more drive 200 series cruises, have massivly overloaded vans, check out at 9 and drive at 90kph. Group 3 have chucked in their jobs are in their 30s to 40s, check out around 11ish and drive at 100kph group 1 and 2 hate group 3 as we are doing now what they wish they had done when they were 30.
20 You will have the time of your life
Snaga
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