Camping safety - alarms ???do they exisist ?

You can buy battery operated Passive Infra Red detectors with a built in alarm which are very effective for the situation you describe. Stores such as Dick Smith and Jaycar sell them for about $25.

Of course you could take a firearm as well.... (here pussy, pussy :)

Mike Harding :)

Yep you can get all that sort of stuff. Hot water systems, generators to fire up your lighting, frig, micro wave, lap top, cd player recharge facility for your mobile & satellite Nav gear, the list is endless. Chain saw for your firewood & maybe a lawn mower so as your tootsies won't get wet while you walk to the portable flush toilet.
After all we are out in the great outdoors roughing it. Happy camping & don't let nature interfere with your outdoor experience. LOL & enjoy what this great country has to offer.

Hi Ozboc, how about a bit of fishing line attached to the important items- and the other end attached to some empty tinnies? Light/easy to set up and guaranteed to generate enough racket to draw attention.doc

Poor fella - Get ready to duck Boc . You are going to be tagged a paranoid ,feral , para military , Rambo , red neck , crazy ............................ and that's just the start .

Willie

Guess that would be one use for a woofensnapper.
cheers

Hey Ozboc

The first thing to know about alarms is - the cheaper the sensor type - the less sleep you will get.

The detectors as Mike Harding described work reasonably well ... Just ensure that they are a PIR detector ... as the standard movement sensor ones and even cheap PIR models are as annoying as those cheap security lights ... On more than Off ...

Additionally make sure they are mounted ay the correct height - always check the mounting instructions .. they can vary depending on the lenses fitted.

If you are secure in a van the short range ones woud be adequate.

As alarm systems run on 12v, I use a small cheap key operated household alarm hooked into the car, and a pair of quality Optex cx70 long range detectors for at night. Alarm activates the car air horns. I'm a sound sleeper ... LOLOL ... as a side benefit I hooked door switches and driving light wiring in as well for daytime use.

The detectors , which are still available according to the internet are good for about 60' range in normal mode or about 120' as a long distance beam. The technology of these is such that small birds & rodents etc wont set them off ... takes something about dogsize or bigger .... like a wombat ... LOLOL

Dont have that many places I bother setting it up but I have had your concerns as experiences as well.

The noise wont stop them taking much but at least I wont walk back into camp with nothing but a bog roll in my hand and find some characters emptying out my vehicle and tent, like the last time .....

Fishing line hooked to a switch like a pull out, marine ignition, safety switch and the car horns is also effective.

Ozboc, same problem where we camp, our house.

300 metres from the Colonial Tavern. Happens every payday.

Thinking about putting a sign at the front:

'Northam Employment Agency'

That should scare them off........LOL.

Cheers......Lionel.