sunday rant caravan park etiquette

50lb fishing line at about 20cm above ground level fixes the problem.

Your in a caravan park, what do u expect???????????????

I would rev them up and then ask them politely if they would like a guided tour through the rest of OUR site/belongings...it is in my opinion the absolute height of rudeness and disrespect...cheers

Hi Steve

It has happened a few times with us also,both times it was kids staying in onsite cabins with there parents, I just gave them a hint
about how to respect peoples space, without making a big fuss,
they didnt do it again.
PS did you enjoy the Wintersun Show down at Coolangatta, we couldnt get a car park, had to walk about 2ks to get there, we had a
fantastic time, as always.

Cheers
Daza

Understand where you are coming from, BUT could you or someone please show me where I can find the written rules of etiquette one should observe when staying at a caravan park? Problem is that so many people are so used to do their own thing regardless of any impact on their neighbour(s). Happens in metro area all the time, barking dogs, smoke from smelly wood fires, loud exhausts, reving engines, burn-outs, domestic disputes etc. Guess it's the (or one of) the prices we must pay for living in communities or built-up areas. I wouldn't use any of the suggestions (devices) stated by some 'cos f someone gets injured you coulod be up for offence similar to 'Set man-trap' - frowned upon by the authorities.

A few years ago we were at Sydney Lakeside Caravan Park at christmas time & we were on a site close to the exit on the beach side of the park

We were sitting out side our van with our table & chairs & some people would squeeze between were we were sitting & the side of our van (about 4 feet of space) to short cut the way to the exit instead of following the pathway


Regards Don

You know, for a long time I have been a grumpy prick at times (and I am only 42!) but I am trying to change my ways. Possibly this is because I am currently working in Africa and getting mad or frustrated doesn't help at all when language is a barrier or people don't know any different.

A friend told me awhile ago that 'a little sugar goes a lot further than a lot of salt!' Just imagine what response you would have gotten from the parents if you had given the kids a bollocking! They would have run off, told their parents and then the situation would have been exacerbated. But, if you were pleasant, pointed out what they were doing and asked them to go around sites in the future you are more likely to get a favorable response. The kids can't then go back and tell their parents that they were abused by some fogey in the van! They were simply asked to be polite....as per the example you would have just set!

Yes, I know that lessons start with the parents and that the kids should have known better BUT what if they had never been to a van park before? Maybe they were so focussed on the new attraction they became distracted and unintentionally wandered through the site. Who knows. But there is nothing wrong with any of us politely asking people doing such things to change there ways. If they continue to ignore you, then get upset.

My (more zen) thoughts anyway.

FFS people. We are talking about 9 year old kids, who are on holidays, right? Haven't you, in your younger days, ever run across a neighbour's back yard? From the way you guys carry on you'd think all you ever did was sit at home and watch TV, but I doubt that's the case. Selective memory loss?

It seems like you'd prefer these 9 year old kids to stay at home and play the playstation until they turn 25 and then get an office job without ever venturing outside. Oh, but then you'd complain that the kids of "today" don't experience the real world.

As was mentioned above, if you see it as a huge problem have a chat with the kids (without preaching). It's not that hard.

R.

Wow...Im worried now.
We have 2 young kids and I am paranoid about the noise they make to not bother other people. In the end it just gets us frustrated that we are trying to "contain" the kids.
Im sort of not looking forward to our two week long trip in a few weeks because we know there are people out there who forget what its like to be a kid.
But - I would be a bit peeved if people randomly wandered thru my site all the same.
Last time we camped at Lucinda , as soon as we had set up the tent, the older couple next to us drove their car and boat between our sites!! What a welcome. And we are new to camping as well.

Hey there Steve,
It doesn't matter where you go or camp from time to time we all encounter some one not doing the right thing. We too had an experience camping in a 4x4 park. We turned up and went way down the back of the camping area away from others. We were expecting friends to join us the next day. We went for a drive around the park for about 2 hours and came back to find a 4x4 club setting up camp. To our amazement a pommy bloke decided to pitch his tent right next to our van, didn't even leave us room to park our car next to our camp. We told them we had others coming later that day and there is plenty of room else where. Things got fired up when the reply was " you didn't have this area marked out send them over the other side" their leader came over to see what the fuss was about and moved them over. There was acres of free space. The point is here they were first timers and probably from the city and had no idea that other people don't like to be smothered by strangers. gee they fired us up.