Sydney Caravan & Camping Show

D&M Johnston

Hi Folks,

Yesterday I went along to the Camping show at Rosehill Racecourse and
enjoyed it totally with possibly the exception that they didn't have much in
the way for micro-camping.

Microcamping in my understanding is when you go out hiking or biking/touring
that you are self sufficient in your accommodation and meals and can stop
anywhere you wish(within reason) to put the head down for the night.

I kind of went there with the purpose to see what i could find in the way of
micro-camping goods
for the light single camper and found relatively little although I did buy a
Team waterproof rain jacket that folds into itself for $64 down from $79. I
was happy with that.

Yes there were lots of great ideas for the 4WD set and their mega-campers
all the way up to the Luxo-campers, lots of fridges,generators etc but not
much in the way of the singleminded camper who likes to travel light, with
the exception of Boots & Kangaroo City who had some smallish hiking gear.

It would be good to see more of the stuff that hikers and touring cyclists
could use.I'm not complaining mind you, as I had a good time and picked up a
few bush tips but it'd be good to see more for the micro-camper.

Did anyone else go there? would be interested to know what others thought.

Regards

DJ

Around Australia Recumbent Style

We recently went to the Perth C&C Show and came back with the same opinion.
Cycle camping is obviously a small and specialist market.

regards

Andrew
http://www.geocitieis.com/andrewhoo...cleTouring.html

"D&M Johnston" <mrjay@(no spam)bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks,
>
> Yesterday I went along to the Camping show at Rosehill Racecourse and
> enjoyed it totally with possibly the exception that they didn't have much
in
> the way for micro-camping.
>
> Microcamping in my understanding is when you go out hiking or
biking/touring
> that you are self sufficient in your accommodation and meals and can stop
> anywhere you wish(within reason) to put the head down for the night.
>
> I kind of went there with the purpose to see what i could find in the way
of
> micro-camping goods
> for the light single camper and found relatively little although I did buy
a
> Team waterproof rain jacket that folds into itself for $64 down from $79.
I
> was happy with that.
>
> Yes there were lots of great ideas for the 4WD set and their mega-campers
> all the way up to the Luxo-campers, lots of fridges,generators etc but not
> much in the way of the singleminded camper who likes to travel light, with
> the exception of Boots & Kangaroo City who had some smallish hiking gear.
>
> It would be good to see more of the stuff that hikers and touring cyclists
> could use.I'm not complaining mind you, as I had a good time and picked up
a
> few bush tips but it'd be good to see more for the micro-camper.
>
> Did anyone else go there? would be interested to know what others thought.
>
> Regards
>
> DJ
>
>

Terry Collins

D&M Johnston wrote:

....snip.....

> Did anyone else go there? would be interested to know what others thought.

I've never been to it or ilk as I've always understood them to be for
the vehicle based camper.

If you have questions about gear, ask hear and you could also ask in
aus.bushwalking as they have similar interests in lightweight gear.

But, don't ask them about credit-card touring {:-).