Camps 5,6 7

reesehead · Member

Camps 5,6 7

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Welcome to the gang reesehead, enjoy here and out in the playground.

Camps Australia Wide is a book that lists most free/alternative camp sites Aussie wide, it also lists some low cost CVP's in a area too. you can get a book with just the list or another one has pics for each site as well, very good to give an idea what they look like.

You can also get one for caravan parks.

I have both plus Wickicamps app for my phone and iPad. I use both as Wicki has comments, cost and pics on most sites. The more people that add comments etc the better it will get.

Glenelg · Guru

welcome from me as well. adding to Doug's post . the camps 7 & wickicamps have maps both very good

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Especially after a red or two biggrin

Big Gorilla · Guru

And a welcome from me.... Camps7 is the latest. This is the web site: http://www.campsaustraliawide.com/camps-7/

Glenelg · Guru

Dougwe wrote:
Especially after a red or two

this man goes off topic quite a bit disbelief , he gets excited with the twins biggrin biggrin hay Doug i use the GPS when having a RED , it tells me the way home biggrin biggrin

my apologies reesehead for him, yawn biggrin biggrin

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

You are 100% correct Dave biggrin

-- Edited by _wombat_ on Sunday 10th of August 2014 08:31:59 AM

jules47 · The Happy Helper

CAW 7 is the current one - but no. 8 will be out in Feb/Mar 2015 - sometimes at camping shops or places like RACV shop they mark them down - you can go online and order one as well - just put in Camps Australia Wide - you will find it.

Because it runs for two years, you can go online and get updates as people report changes. We met some people couple of weeks ago who do the book, and they were going around Australia taking photos of spots for the new issue,

For some campers it is known as "the bible"!!! Wikicamps is a good thing to have as well, on your phone or Ipad - has comments ad pricing about camps.
We use both in conjunction.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Glenelg wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
Especially after a red or two
this man goes off topic quite a bit , he gets excited with the twins hay Doug i use the GPS when having a RED , it tells me the way home

my apologies reesehead for him,

Hey, I resemble that remark smile I think I will go have a drink, it must be 4.00 somewhere.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Dougwe wrote:
Glenelg wrote:
Dougwe wrote:
Especially after a red or two
this man goes off topic quite a bit , he gets excited with the twins hay Doug i use the GPS when having a RED , it tells me the way home

my apologies reesehead for him,

Hey, I resemble that remark I think I will go have a drink, it must be 4.00 somewhere.

it is but NOT where you are. biggrin

Vic41 · Guru

With Camps Australia Wide you get 4 years free updates from time of publication, see;

http://www.campsaustraliawide.com/update-service/

As mentioned the RAC sell it (RAC discount to members) as well as camping stores and large book shops (Dymocks give 10% discount to seniors, not sure about the others).

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Vic41 wrote:
With Camps Australia Wide you get 4 years free updates from time of publication, see;
http://www.campsaustraliawide.com/update-service/
As mentioned the RAC sell it (RAC discount to members) as well as camping stores and large book shops (Dymocks give 10% discount to seniors, not sure about the others).

another point is that you have made the price of Camps by not using a CP for 3 nights, well worth the cost

Vic41 · Guru

Correction to my earlier post, free updates for 4 years from time of publication of each edition.

-- Edited by Vic41 on Sunday 10th of August 2014 03:39:38 PM

neilnruth · Guru

And WikiCamps Beta is now available for computers.

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Wikicamps Beta - is, I think only for windows 8.1 as yet!

Legendts · Senior Member

Since using the free WikiCamps app I never use the Camps books.

Vic41 · Guru

I don't carry a pc and my mobile is the old type that can't use apps, so the Camps book does me, it also has Hema Map pages so saves the cost of buying a separate map book.

leevin · Senior Member

Budget Camps & Stops Australia by Paul Smedley.
Very good and ½ the cost of Camps books.

PeterD · Guru

Not very explicit were they. These books list free and cheap camp-sites as well as rest areas along the roads. You have the Maps from the Hema Atlas. These maps have numbered symbols that refer to the text entries in following pages that explain a bit about the sites. You may not have seen the link at the bottom of the page in the link given above. Whoever if you go to this link you will see some sample pages.

reesehead · Member

Thank you all for the welcome, such a wonderful happy lot are the grey nomads, and thank you all for the informative replys.
cheers
John

reesehead · Member

Wikicamps beta for windows 8.1 is unavailable from what I can find.

Glenelg · Guru

reesehead, camps 8 thats beta go back to start of this post BG is 5th down the link is on there for camps7

edit. beta 8 was on there they must have took it off. i'll go and jump in wombat hole biggrin biggrin if he'll let me furious

-- Edited by Glenelg on Tuesday 12th of August 2014 06:59:28 AM

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Glenelg wrote:
reesehead, camps 8 thats beta go back to start of this post BG is 5th down the link is on there for camps7

edit. beta 8 was on there they must have took it off. i'll go and jump in wombat hole if he'll let me

-- Edited by Glenelg on Tuesday 12th of August 2014 06:59:28 AM

hang on I'll go dig you one, and send the account later. biggrin

Glenelg · Guru

thanks Wombat. my address for account is somewhere on the road ???.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Glenelg wrote:
thanks Wombat. my address for account is somewhere on the road ???.

that's no good, put it in your profile and nobody else will know about it biggrin biggrin biggrin

(except all the members on GN) biggrin biggrin

Glenelg · Guru

_wombat_ wrote:
Glenelg wrote:
thanks Wombat. my address for account is somewhere on the road ???.
that's no good, put it in your profile and nobody else will know about it
(except all the members on GN)

well it would be if we met up biggrin biggrin

reesehead · Member

Glenelg wrote:
reesehead, camps 8 thats beta go back to start of this post BG is 5th down the link is on there for camps7

edit. beta 8 was on there they must have took it off. i'll go and jump in wombat hole if he'll let me

-- Edited by Glenelg on Tuesday 12th of August 2014 06:59:28 AM

Yes thanks Dave I saw that but Neilruth was suggesting I look up wikicamps for PC. which I couldn't find.

Cheers

John

Glenelg · Guru

reesehead wrote:
Glenelg wrote:
reesehead, camps 8 thats beta go back to start of this post BG is 5th down the link is on there for camps7

edit. beta 8 was on there they must have took it off. i'll go and jump in wombat hole if he'll let me

-- Edited by Glenelg on Tuesday 12th of August 2014 06:59:28 AM
Yes thanks Dave I saw that but Neilruth was suggesting I look up wikicamps for PC. which I couldn't find.
Cheers
John

i understand it now, i got wikichamps on my i phone and i pad didn't know you could get it on windows

jules47 · The Happy Helper

Don't think you can get it on Windows - you can get it on Android phones as well as Ipad or Iphone.

And Dave - head WEST young man - we could all have a meet up when we get down south!!! Then you could meet Wombat and several others!!!