Oztrail tents

They leak water - otherwise good.

G'day,

do you mean the tourer 9? just the ticket for the usage you describe. i have had the tourer 10 plus in the past, it never leaked water save near the door sometimes, but negligible really.mine got hammered with lots of use and four sprogs. weaker floor so grab some shade cloth for under the tent.good value for your intended use but i wore it out soon enough. get a tarp for a proper awning shelter at the front and you'll be laughing.

cane toad; check out the trader section under camping gear, very 1st ad is our tent.its very water proof and the only reason for selling is that we bought a camper trailer,cheers.just send an enquiry to find out more.

Cane Toad
Look at the Black Wolf range --paticularly the 240 & 270

Hello Cane Toad,
I bought a large tent when the three kids were quite young. Later on I got rid of it and bought a camper trailer as the older the kids got the more gear needed to be taken away on holidays.

If you go with the tent, think ahead ...... my kids at age 10 opted to bail out into pup tents of their own. They took these tents away on school excursions, scouting ventures etc. Setting up their own tent is was a useful thing for them to do on holidays. Keeping it tidy was the biggest challenge !

If you go with the one tent, my best advice is stay away from the large dome type tents. I've had two of them and I know they are a challenge in the wind and they don't take punishment like a canvas tent. From personal experience, I know that a flimsy tent won't stand up to the hungry dingoes and goannas on Fraser Island.

I would be looking at a framed tent such as the Black Wolf or the OzTent or the COI Tourer, the latter being a middle-weight canvas tourist tent with an extension out the back and similar in weight to the dome tent you've looked at.

Happy hunting !
Robin

I had a oz trail for probably 6 years and it really copped a flogin up down that many times was probably equivelant to the avarage 15-20 years of normal camping.
Got a bit thin and seeing it was such a good tent (with minimal leaks) I thought I'd get another. I took it to the Vic High Country and got soaked in it.
Oz trail are definately losing the plot. Chucked it to the back of the shed and bought an Outdoor connections tent. Had trouble with the zip initially but once that was sorted out is great.

Have a look at those as well. Pleasantly surpised at the make and quality and affordable.