hello out there, as new members of grey nomads Im wondering if I'm getting this message out there ok. we have camps 5 book and wondering if we should buy no 8, can anyone recommend it.? nubys peter and Annette
-- Edited by Peterannette on Sunday 22nd of March 2015 12:51:41 PM
Yes, I would be buying Camps8 if I had had 5.
Ive had 5 and 7, won't worry about 8. Will get 9 in 2 years time. I always pass on my old one to a nomad who hasnt got one at all.
I had a camps 4 and just brought camps 8 can't see much of a gain in doing so , We now use Wikicamps and just use Camp to see where the camps are after find a camp on Wikicamps
I had a camps 4 and just brought camps 8 can't see much of a gain in doing so , We now use Wikicamps and just use Camp to see where the camps are after find a camp on Wikicamps
Umm yep OK
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We've had Camps 4 then 6 then 8 and use C-8 exclusively
The best part is having it on the kitchen table and doing a visual swap between our maps & tourist brochures & camp sites all side by side as we plan the big-picture for our travels
Often when out & about we find nil or poor telstra connection, so the phone's no good ... so the paper maps become essential
Also -
Our style of driving / camping is NOT the main highways and the main towns ... we leave them for others & the big B-double road trains
We'll use the smaller back roads, stopping at all sorts of small places, villages etc, often in their local recreation ground and we walk into town for MT and shopping for whatever is needed. We well realise that the big supermarket chains 'might' have things a bit cheaper, but we'd rather put a few extra dollars into the small towns that we see along the way
you can use wikicamps off-line when there is no phone service - it still shows up the map with all the free and CP sites. Just make sure you have a good GPS that will work outside of cities (some don't) and I always carry paper Hema maps of each State so I can plan and see the bigger picture.
Camps books are good - go have a look at one in a newsagency, but make sure they sell you Camps 8 if you buy it. The previous Camps 7 is now 2 years old and shouldn't be on retailers shelves - but they still are !!
You can also go on-line at look at the various sizes you can buy the book - they come in soft and hard cover, various sizes, some have pics of most sites, others have a spiral binding (highly recommended to avoid breaking the book spine)
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Cheers Bruce
The amazing things you see when nomading Australia
We purchased 20 months of Caravan & Motorhome (usually $8/$9 per month) for $135 and camps 8 was a freebie.
We have wiki camps but still like to plan our trips with the assistance of Camps 6/8 that makes the journey more interesting and some times better than the destination.
