How many of you have been woken up in the very early morning by others leaving the free camp area or CP to the sounds of the departing one(s) crashing and banging, talking and laughing (and sometimes arguing)?
We're in a very large, country CP which has one permanent in a corner (we only know they exist when they are listening on the radio to the horses each afternoon), two lots in cabins and yesterday two retired couples who arrived in their camper trailers. They woke us up at 5.30am with loud talking and laughing and then drove right past our 'van despite the fact they could have driven past about 300 metres away. And no, we weren't noisy last night and they kept strictly to themselves, even when all the other campers were feeding the wild opossums last night (a feature of this great CP).
I can put up with kids in CPs running round shouting and laughing - that's what being a kid is all about, but not noisy adults leaving early morning and waking everyone up. I guess we have to put up with some noisy ones at night (to a limit)
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My real beef is with drivers who "warm up" their vehicles for 10 or 15 minutes before hitching up or departing. Not only is there the noise, but exhaust fumes in neighbouring camps to worry about. With modern engines, not needed!
When I have my hearing aids out, I'm nearly stone deaf. They could hold drag races where I'm parked and I wouldn't know. I might cop a blast from the missus though
Yep, know what you mean BB. Have had that a few times myself but I have also been guilty as charged your honour for leaving early, like around day break. However, I am very conscious of noise or more still, being as quiet as possible as not to disturb my fellow campers. Sometimes if I am on a mission I just need to leave at day break.
I am currently parked up in a rest area in North East VIC with trucks zooming past so expect some noise during the night. That's my choice so can't complain. My back just didn't see the spot I was aiming for, bugga.
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Some just can't be taught to consider others.
Human nature and all that.
Did get a bit peeved a few days ago when a fellow nearby fired up an angle grinder at 6.45 in the AM.
Ran it for all of 15 seconds and went quiet.
If he kept going with a repair or whatever it wouldn't have been so annoying but 15 sec. then quiet.
That got to me.
Love they neighbour
Surprised as to how many are in the cot at dark fall. These folks are normally the ones who are awake at sparrows and making all the noise.
We are generally the last with lights out . Normally around 11.0pm. But as quite as the old church mouse. And therefore we sleep in till around the 8,0am mark.
Also we have the distinct honour of normally being the last to break camp.
In Caravan Parks, I have asked many times for a late departure.
Maybe it is because I am just a slow old bugger in getting organised when breaking camp.
But never an issue with C.P owners when ever we use them.
Conversely when bush camping, when we open the door to check the day, mostly we are alone.
But just the way we like it.
Jay&Dee
John......we share the same thing with getting up in the morning. In WA Im up at about 6am and on-line with a cuppa till the BOSS stops her snoring and climbs out of the pit at about 8am. We're currently in SA and a week later still having trouble with the time difference. Don't want to have lunch till 3pm, don't want tea till 9pm and fall into bed about 10-11pm.
I hate rushing to break camp and usually find we are one (or the last) to leave on that day. Guess its because we're travelers and don't have the need to rush from one place to the other. We try not to move for more than 3-4 hours a day. Anything more than that is too much for us nowdays.
It amazes me though how far us oldies travel in a given time. We met up with a couple in their 60s and they had driven from South West WA through to Melbourne and up to Tamworth for the festival - then gone on to central QLD to see one of their kids and his family. They were almost back home and had done the whole trip in 8 weeks - hardly a holiday. Goodness knows how many hours he (not her) had to drive each and every day to do this...........
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I try to be considerate of others when I unchain my kayak at first light to go off for an early morning paddle in whatever water is available & then chain it up again as I swap it for the pushbike for a short ride, wind & terrain permitting. The chain rattling thru the scupper holes makes a terrible noise.
Get back in time to make SWMBO breakfast & watch the rest of the camp awake and charge off in a terrible hurry.
We are usually one of the last to pack up & get away after a late shower & change.
Then it's time for morning tea before you know it. Coffee/Tea from the thermos & today's microwave cake or hot pancakes by the roadside.
Lunch in a small township if possible or snags & onions on the propane burner grill at a roadside spot with shade & a view.
Try to get into the next stopover around 3pm & set up before people start relaxing. In the old days before self imposed prohibition an evening bottle of wine before dinner, hopefully shooting the breeze with neighbors was the go. Into bed early with eye mask & earplugs so SWMBO can watch TV.
We don't travel far on each leg & you can see why I need the morning exercise, what with all the food stops.
But yes we try to be considerate of others.
We avoid spots close to whizz bangs, Tour Buses and family groups.
