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Mandy & Tanya, have a look at the ExplorOz Camp Searches containing:

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Andy your vehicle set up looks great can you post some pics of your drawers internal set up etc would be appreciated as we are doing something similiar and are looking for ideas any regrets with your set up did you sleep in the canopy or have other arrangements
thanks kate

Hi Kate, Thanks for you comment, Yes I do sleep in the pod but also have a tent and a cot tent as well for different types of camping they are (ORS) drawers and go full length, and hold heaps. the fridge is a drop down and the freezer is slide out as you only use the freezer once a day. The cooker slides out and connects to a 2kg gas bottle. have large storage space in back and in the front all the electrics eg: 1600W inverter DC-DC charger and a 9ltr air tank with compressor all under the 2 85lt water tanks, which flow to the shower pump under the tray. Here are some pictures of it being built. The pod was built so only the ends are welded and I was measured when sitting so to get the hight when you sit up in bed so you don't hit you head on the roof, this made it a bit higher but more comfortable. My email address is andrewasmus@bigpond.com if you would like more photos as it easier
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thanks Carl hope not to make to many stuff ups and that info is great will get the smaller one of the two. Did a lot when i was a kid with mum and dad and miss it, time to do it again. But need to find out more on solar too.

Sorry Tanyia

I think I gave you the wrong impression about the camps book. The larger one is much better, even though it is bigger and costs more.

The pictures are very helpful in picking a camp spot and well worth the extra money. ( Bet the publishers love people saying this kind of stuff). It will save you money on accomodation and make picking a great camp spot that much easier.

There are also updates available for the camps books on the internet as well. I think each month they comes out.

We also swap ( as in borrow for 20 minutes) a camps book from someone travelling in the opposite direction. Then we read the notes they have written about camp sites and put them in our book for the future.

I am the master of staying in a crappy camp site, only to descover a great one 5 kilometers further down the road.

Hi Carl

I am after a book also but before handing out money I need a little information. The camps we want are pretty much non caravan park types. I believe they may be referred to as "free" camps. Does that mean they are "free" in a financial sense or free as in "camp anywhere"?

Moving on: Maybe if you tell me if Elim, just above Cooktown QLD, Clayton SA, near Marree and Neale Junction WA, on the Annie Beadel Highway are in it and what the photo is like, If it's not too much trouble.

I would like to look at a book before I buy it but they are sealed.

They are fairly remote and a good cross section of the type of places we wish to pass through/camp at.

Phil

Hi Swampy - Don't Camps Australia Wide do one on caravan parks too?

There are plenty of websites with lots of carvan parks listed. I have links to a few of the better ones here

Motherhen