Camper canvas & high humidity.

Quite likely, you hardly ever see cats with mildew. LOL

Gday Twinkles, (Twinkles? Mmm different),
You will be ok until December/November and then it will be very hot and humid living in a camper van. In those months you will need to keep the rain out especially for the mattress as the humidity will keep the damp in.
My camper has a good quality zip around cover when packed away and I make doubly sure it is bone dry be for I pack it away. This last wet I have had no trouble with mould although my camper is parked pretty well under cover.
So if you can keep it dry and air it out you should be fine.

Noel

Hi Twinkles,
We live in Darwin; our CT had to spend 12 months in the weather and behind our house. Before I packed it away, I made sure it was clean and dry, spending 2 full days in full sun. It has a good cover and full zippered weather seal. Worked a treat. no mould, wet mattress etc. The tick is to pack it away clean and dry with no possible ingress of water. Where near Litchfield are you going? All the best.

Buy those Hippo Moisture Absorbers from Wollies or similar and keep them in the camper when stored. That "should" take care of residual moisture and for the $6 or so you can't go wrong. I have a couple in the landcruiser ever since I found mould a couple of months ago and it seems the mould has gone (or so I hope) and they are gathering quite a bit of water when the car sits in the garage.

Hi Twinkles,

My Trackabout has lived out in the weather for the last 5 years; canvas has coped well. Last year I had a tent sitting under the cover for a few months, during the late dry/ the floor of the tent disintegrated but the canvas is still as good as new. The floor of the camper is OK.

If the cover has a good seal you will have no problems.

Enjoy Litchfield and the school.

Cheers

Tom