Look like it's the smaller book not the full size, My Camps 8 is much larger in size , Hope you are not expecting the big camps book .

"HEY GUYS"  I posted this information on this site in the hope it may help someone who may be looking to update their book,

All I've received so far is criticism ,

Sometimes I wonder if it's worth the trouble !!!!  

K.J.  

Wiki camps is better for 7 or 8 bucks.

KiwiJims just pointing out that there are different camps book , And if you want a particular one you need to be careful when ordering online .

JocknNik wrote:

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Ar, don't worry about 'em KJ. For every regular here who's a bit negative, there are 50 non-posters/visitors who will gain from the info and comparos. It's just grumpy ol men like me with a hormone imbalance.

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 Yes, at times I do wonder Jock,   I'll say no more about the new book  until it arrives, then I'll let everyone know what I think of it,

It should have been here by now, It's coming from Brisbane via land transport, probably stuck in the back of a truck out in the middle of the sand patch somewhere !!!!

K.J.

Wikicamps will destroy most, if not all, of the good free camp sites in the fullness of time.

Desert Dweller wrote:

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Camps 8 on sale a few months back at $19.99, not much has changed.

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 Who cares!  You are probably the type that would travel 30 klms to get 50c off of a tin of peaches.

Phillipn wrote:

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Mike Harding wrote:

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Wikicamps will destroy most, if not all, of the good free camp sites in the fullness of time.

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I ask, HOW will Wiki camps destroy good free camps?

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The problem is that there are a certain proportion of people who
camp, caravan and such who are lazy, foolish, selfish,
self-indulgent, careless and usually rude.

We all know of these people:
They defecate around camp sites and leave their unburied mess and
toilet paper to blow around.
They throw bottles and cans into firepits.
They leave litter.
They dump stuff that breaks because they "don't need it any more".
They cut down growing trees - even if they are green and won't burn well.
They get drunk and shout and swear loudly at 2am.
Etc....

These people have always been with us and always will be. I suspect
their numbers remain constant across times - in my experience I'd put
them at around 20% of the total population of campers.

In the past, because they are lazy and selfish, they have not put any
effort into finding campsites. When they want to go bush, usually at
holiday times, they just go to the nearest and easiest place and if
that's full (and it has to be *very* full to deter them) they drive a
little further to the next easiest spot.

That was no real problem because the other 80% of us knew where these
people collected and avoided those places like the plague and kept
the location of our good camp sites to ourselves and people of a like
mind.

Certainly there were books (Camps Oz and the like) and websites which
listed better camps but they took effort and/or money to find and the
selfish, lazy people were not about to spend $50+ on a book or join a
forum in the hope of finding good sites for their two or three bush
trips a year - far too much work.

And this is where Wikicamps comes in....

Now, for $5, every d!ckhead in the country has a full database of
many of the best campsites in Australia at his fingertips. He doesn't
have to make the effort we made to find these places he simply
scrolls the screen and there they are.

So instead of most of the d!ickheads congregating in their few camps
which they wantonly destroyed they are now nicely spread out across
many of the good ones so it may take them a little longer but they'll
destroy those just as effectively. We have seen exactly the same
thing happen here in Victoria via Rooftop Maps - stacks of very hard
to find wonderful, remote camp sites on an excellent map for $10 - no
d!ckhead can resist it.

Over the past few months two good sites have been reported closed on
this forum and the consideration was that it happened after they
appeared on Wikicamps.

I ask you: who really thinks it's a good idea to advertise your
treasures to every member of the public?

Mike Harding wrote:

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Phillipn wrote:

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Mike Harding wrote:

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Wikicamps will destroy most, if not all, of the good free camp sites in the fullness of time.

---

I ask, HOW will Wiki camps destroy good free camps?

---

The problem is that there are a certain proportion of people who
camp, caravan and such who are lazy, foolish, selfish,
self-indulgent, careless and usually rude.

We all know of these people:
They defecate around camp sites and leave their unburied mess and
toilet paper to blow around.
They throw bottles and cans into firepits.
They leave litter.
They dump stuff that breaks because they "don't need it any more".
They cut down growing trees - even if they are green and won't burn well.
They get drunk and shout and swear loudly at 2am.
Etc....

These people have always been with us and always will be. I suspect
their numbers remain constant across times - in my experience I'd put
them at around 20% of the total population of campers.

In the past, because they are lazy and selfish, they have not put any
effort into finding campsites. When they want to go bush, usually at
holiday times, they just go to the nearest and easiest place and if
that's full (and it has to be *very* full to deter them) they drive a
little further to the next easiest spot.

That was no real problem because the other 80% of us knew where these
people collected and avoided those places like the plague and kept
the location of our good camp sites to ourselves and people of a like
mind.

Certainly there were books (Camps Oz and the like) and websites which
listed better camps but they took effort and/or money to find and the
selfish, lazy people were not about to spend $50+ on a book or join a
forum in the hope of finding good sites for their two or three bush
trips a year - far too much work.

And this is where Wikicamps comes in....

Now, for $5, every d!ckhead in the country has a full database of
many of the best campsites in Australia at his fingertips. He doesn't
have to make the effort we made to find these places he simply
scrolls the screen and there they are.

So instead of most of the d!ickheads congregating in their few camps
which they wantonly destroyed they are now nicely spread out across
many of the good ones so it may take them a little longer but they'll
destroy those just as effectively. We have seen exactly the same
thing happen here in Victoria via Rooftop Maps - stacks of very hard
to find wonderful, remote camp sites on an excellent map for $10 - no
d!ckhead can resist it.

Over the past few months two good sites have been reported closed on
this forum and the consideration was that it happened after they
appeared on Wikicamps.

I ask you: who really thinks it's a good idea to advertise your
treasures to every member of the public?

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 I take great offence, GREAT OFFENCE, being referred to as a DICKHEAD because I use an app called Wikicamps.

You should be ashamed!

You have insulted thousands of Grey Nomads.

@ kiwijim


Thanks mate for putting this up
At least we have a choice to get it from there if we want to
It seems to be that we would saved some dollars if we do
 

Regards John

-- Edited by Cruising Cruze on Wednesday 26th of July 2017 07:18:46 PM

Dick0 wrote:

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 You're backtracking now. Very clear what you have been intimating!

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If you read my previous posts to this forum you'll find I don't "backtrack" and also have no hesitation about saying what I think.

It seems you are choosing to deliberately misinterpret my post. So be it; I have no control over the way your mind works.

In any event none of it makes a jot of difference to the certainty that people putting quality camp sites on Wikicamps and its ilk are guaranteeing those camp sites will be damaged and/or destroyed by d!ckheads.

>There are d!ckheads everywhere,      and they don't need Wikicamps.

Of course they don't... but if it's there they will use it.

>and I thought the topic was about a cheap place to buy a Book.

Topics morph and diversify, that is the nature of a discussion forum.

Thats for the info Kiwijims. appreciate your posts, even though I don't post much myself.

kiwijims wrote:

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I've just ordered a replacement for my much travelled Camps 5

Ordered the Camps 9 book for the good price of $49.00 incl free delivery, here's where........

Hi KJ,

If you would answer one question I have re the Camps Book.

Does it list "free and low cost" camps and RV areas or is it exclusevely published to only list caravan parks?

Your link in the OP is certainly great value.

Cheers