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28-01-2021, 09:47 PM | #901 | |||
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We started going to Mt Crawford just before they ditched the envelopes system to go online, used to be able to send someone up midweek to secure a good site then roll in over the next few days, we'd get a big site to accommodate a couple of campers and a few cars, now its online you can book the days leading up to the weekend but come Friday lunchtime and youre out. Its silly really as they're losing 2 or 3 nights when the site is otherwise vacant, to allow online booking of 2 nights on the weekend. |
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28-01-2021, 10:09 PM | #902 | |||
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It sucks but theres so many people out there now we cant even have a uhf channel to ourselves without some idiot playing music over it etc. |
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29-01-2021, 09:10 AM | #903 | |||
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29-01-2021, 09:17 AM | #904 | |||
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I don't understand the last couple of comments either. Are people not allowed to camp? Are you only allowed to use campsites if you've been camping for x number of years? I think it's great that more people are camping. We love mambray but haven't been for a while so knowing it's harder to get in to, we booked our spot for this Easter over 6 months ago.
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29-01-2021, 11:38 AM | #905 | |||
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Its not a fairer system at all and if the bloke running the show says its worse i'll take his word. |
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29-01-2021, 11:53 AM | #906 | ||
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Thats good to know. Its been a while since I've tried getting in.
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29-01-2021, 12:33 PM | #907 | |||
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I like the online booking system. I like to know before I leave home that I've got a site. I'd hate to travel quite a few hours/km and find the site booked out.... to each their own I guess.
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29-01-2021, 12:52 PM | #908 | |||
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29-01-2021, 05:19 PM | #909 | |||
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Its not hard to see a link, before you would expect peak times to be just that, high demand and naturally a bit messier, but due to every man and his dog turning to camping instead of jet setting around the globe, the peak is now continuous and the fallout in terms of availability and conditions has become noticeable. Dont get me wrong, i understand what you're saying about pre booking and knowing you have a spot waiting for you, but how do you know what the weather will be like 6 months out? You have a Jayco camper, it'll only withstand so much wind, what happens if the weather report leading up to your getaway is forecast to be gale force during your stay? You might head home early or cancel, a lot wont and so the park is half empty. I cant decide at the last minute that my van can stand up to it and go because its sold out whereas under the old system you'd stay home and id take the punt on getting a spot. You've mentioned before that your family like reasonable amenities to enjoy camping, if places like chalks etc. are missing out on 2 or 3 nights of revenue midweek due to allowing someone to prebook only weekends, whats the chances of them ever improving the facilities, id be interested to see the figures to see how the takings have changed since bringing in the online system. The old system allowed for more than one vehicle on a site, you just paid per person, we'd have a couple of campers and 3 cars on a big site, now you can only have one vehicle to a site so our group alone has gone from 5 people paying and using 1 site leaving the rest for others, to us needing 3 sites which is almost impossible to do now. The con's far outweigh the pro's if you look at the bigger picture. |
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29-01-2021, 05:47 PM | #910 | ||
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The fact that systems get abused doesn't make the system wrong. I have cancelled bookings before and would never leave a site booked if I wasn't attending, or planning to attend.
How many people would hook up the van and head off, with the family, not knowing if they had a site available? I'm talking at least 4+ hours of travel from home.
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29-01-2021, 08:30 PM | #911 | |||
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The Ranger said it himself. People have been heading off under those circumstances since cocky was an egg. How do you think people got sites pre online booking, you headed up early or took a punt and gave yourself margin if you had to compromise. |
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29-01-2021, 09:17 PM | #912 | ||
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I now manager a Christian campsite, they used to have online booking, purely so I have control over who is going to be staying.
last Oct. phone call .... 'yeah, g'day can I book the place for couple of days>' "any dates in particular?" nah anything will do" "What high school you from?" silence......"whats that got to do with it? " Id say xxxxxxxHigh school, any teachers or staff coming?" more silence (me) " Tell you what I can give you these dates, cost will be for min of 20 people plus a $2000 bond up front." click... has solved a lot of problems
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29-01-2021, 10:03 PM | #913 | ||
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I dont know about you guys but part of the adventure that camping is is the unknowns, will i get a site, did i pack the mallet. Its what you laugh about round the fire and becomes part of the story you take back home.
Back at the end of 2006 we decided at the last minute to head up Yorkes for new years, we packed and left for Ponde Bay mid arvo on the 28th, Us with our 3 and Nephew and partner. We stop at the inlaws in Maitland briefly and arrive at Ponde just on dark, little did we know theres only 2 sites left in the entire park and were looking in the dark when one appears, so im looking at it under headlights and im thinking, the place is packed and theres this nice flat vacant site, what am i missing. Then i look closer and see the site is 70% bullant nest. On we go searching in the dark and after a while we come across another...minus the ants. Looks good, grab the tents, whack, whack, whack, pegs bent, solid rock, oh well too late to mess around, bent the whole bloody bag. We still laugh about it to this day. |
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29-01-2021, 10:31 PM | #914 | |||
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30-01-2021, 06:41 PM | #915 | |||
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31-01-2021, 05:52 AM | #916 | ||
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The re has been big problems with sa national parks booking service as well allowing multiple bookings for sites saw this first hand at Innaminka last year
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07-02-2021, 07:20 PM | #917 | |||
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Great weather the week prior to xmas and had the park basically to ourselves, as you can see by this pic and the third one down. The big attraction for us is being able to feed the many horses they have. A few young ones and some older ones as well various breeds. We go through a lot of apples and carrots when we visit. There is a kind of walking trail up to the bluff where you can look over the marina. It gets quite windy up here. The walk trail was virtually non existent this time due to the lack of patronage brought about by Covid restrictions during what would normally be there busiest times (easter etc). This is a family owned private property and is now only open to the public during school holidays and long weekends. Its great for families, or just kicking back, but it is a bit of a lottery as to how many people will be around. Some times there's over 200. Other times its quiet, like it was for us.
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07-02-2021, 07:23 PM | #918 | ||
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Our latest purchase for the van
to be paired with my wacaco nanopresso with pod adapter. Trialling a lot of pods at the moment trying to find something that tastes half decent.
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07-02-2021, 07:53 PM | #919 | ||
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I thought I'd put this weekends activities in this thread as it was essentially camping...
I came across these in a visitor guide i was printing at work https://cabn.life/ https://cabn.life/cabns/#sa We stayed in Georgia https://cabn.life/product/georgia/ I really like the concept these guys are doing. I'm not in to the whole 'envionmental warm fuzzy feeling' type stuff but l like the idea of feeling like you are alone in the wild in your own little cabin. Its totally off grid and you kind of pay a premium for that and its also the reason I've felt it appropriate for this thread as its basically camping. There is power but basically only to charge phones etc. Strictly no heating devices of any kind (toaster, coffee machines, hair dryers etc etc) as the power is all solar and battery and heating uses a ton of power. There is a diesel heater if needed and a petrol genie to run the split system a/c if needed. We didn't need either. There was a couple of things we weren't too happy about given the price we paid (freezer section of the fridge so frosted up we had to chip a heap of ice out before we could fit in a couple of ice creams, pots and pans and utensils that looked like they'd been salvaged from a scrapyard.. not exactly the premium experience they portray) however overall it was a great weekend just kicking back and forgetting about the world for a couple of days. My wife and I hadn't had a holiday without kids for 20 years so it was long overdue to get away by ourselves. I would have loved to have stayed a few more nights but they are that popular they are all booked fairly solid until april and there was a two night opening at Georgia for this weekend so i grabbed it (booked about 6 weeks ago). Too expensive for us to do on a regular basis but great for those special occasions.
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07-02-2021, 08:03 PM | #920 | |||
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08-02-2021, 08:52 AM | #921 | |||
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08-02-2021, 10:59 AM | #922 | ||
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Great pictures Rob. Awesome location for the van. In Wirrina I assume? I need to check this place out and perhaps stay a night or too. My old mate Ben Taylor and his family own the property.
The CABN units look the business but Im glad you were able to provide a real world review. Been reading reviews but found it hard to find any negative feedback. As for coffee makers. I have a ROK coffee maker which is handy as long as you have access to hot water and bring your own ground coffee
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08-02-2021, 11:39 AM | #923 | |||
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The ROK things are meant to be good but I went with the nanopresso because it was cheaper and much smaller.
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09-02-2021, 05:49 AM | #924 | ||
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I loved our bellman but found it too slow so switched to aeropress
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09-02-2021, 11:47 AM | #925 | |||
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The ROK is expensive for what it is and I paid more to get custom made Lathe spun tamper. Plus all the other accessories. Its ok and does the job. Doesn't create crema as well as I'd like, but the flavor is still there. Good enough for camping.
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09-02-2021, 06:12 PM | #926 | |||
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so you would be a big supporter of That Coffee Cart & Boston Bean, both great friends of mine
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I have only bean to Boston Bean a couple of times. I like a slightly larger serving but the coffee was amazing. Coffee Cart coffee is good too 9 time out of ten and they sit out the front of my office on Mon and Fri but it is pricier. We have approached Coffee Cart though to cater for our wedding... when that happens. I usually take the opportunity to go for a walk and buy a coffee though I actually like GLO's and R&R coffees.
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I've gone and made myself a budget battery set up to run my fridge. Curious to get feedback and see what others think.
Battery: XCell 75Ah Battery $120 150W Solar Panel with 10A solar controller: $89 Kings Battery Box: $69 Twin core wire: $25 Anderson plugs: $9.80 Total: $313 A bit of solder + sweat equity to put it all together. I also bought a lead that plugs in to my fridge using an anderson plug. My fridge is a Kings 60L single zone one that is a couple of years old now. I've used it a couple of times now to run my fridge whilst I've been out playing cricket and it has worked like a charm. I've just charged the battery back up again afterwards using the solar panel to charge. Am planning on using this set up for camping. Edit: just thinking about it, with the Kings Battery Box, it's probably best to grab a cheap ratchet strap to hold the lid in place. The provided strap doesn't hold very well and is plastic. I was surprised to find that the lid to the box basically just sits on top and there isn't anything that it clicks in to place with. It's only held together with the strap. With the other components, longevity will have to be determined, considering the cost of them
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We've got a similar setup. Only I went to a 250watt solar cell, & also have an Inverter mounted inside a Toolbox along with the Controller.& those battery Box lids are a bit of a Flimsy setup.. |
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Having said that, I would also like to think about mounting it to our 6x4 trailer that we take when camping, so a lot of thinking is required
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