Our routine before leaving.
- Fridge plugged into mains to cool down.
- Battery put on charge to top up.
- Fill Water tanks on trailer
- Food in home fridge to cool.
- Icepacks frozen ready to go into fridge. We use frozen coconut water.
- run through our camping checklist, don't assume its all there coz it was last time. things get moved and cleaned.
- get fuel into car before hooking up and driving out.
- hook up, drive away.
- test trailer brakes for first 1000 metres to fine tune
Apps we use: Android but available for the other platform.
- Alltrails: Plan your next adventure with AllTrails. Explore hiking, biking, and running trails worldwide with maps, reviews, and GPS navigation.
- Wikicamps: Find the best camping spots with WikiCamps. Access site details, reviews, maps, and amenities for your perfect outdoor adventure.
- Compass level: Take advantage of accurate and integrated compass, level and gps tools in one screen. Used for levelling the trailer.
- NSW National Parks: This is great for last minute bookings. Get all the information you need to explore Australia’s greatest national parks including Blue Mountains, Kosciuszko and Sydney Harbour. Use free, downloadable maps and park guides to plan your next NSW national parks adventure. Find the nearest places to stay, activities, and attractions, then create a list of your favourites.
- Sun Locator: We use this regularly to setup the teardrop in a solar friendly orientation. Great for predicting shade and sun. There was once a pro version but its been sold and the free version contains adds.
- Stellarium: Star Map is a planetarium app that shows exactly what you see when you look up at the stars. Identify stars, constellations, planets, comets, satellites (such as the ISS), and other deep sky objects in real time in the sky above you in just a few seconds, just by pointing the phone at the sky!
- Petrol Spy: Fuel app made in Australia for Australia!- Compare real-time fuel prices by map for QLD, SA, NSW, WA, TAS and NT- Receive notifications when it is the best time to buy Unleaded fuel- Compare petrol prices near you or by postcode/suburb Australia-wide!
- Australian Tides: Every coastal Australian town, or city, has a range of ocean activities available including fishing, surfing, boating, sailing, and diving. Often knowing what the tides are doing is critical for getting the most out of these activities.
- Battery Monitor (see useful things below)
- Windy: Windy is an extraordinary tool for weather forecast visualization. It’s fast, intuitive, detailed and most accurate weather app trusted by professional pilots, paragliders, skydivers, kiters, surfers, boaters, fishermen, storm chasers and weather geeks, and even by governments, army staffs and rescue teams.
Products we would not be without.
Coleman Peak 1 high performance stove
Lithium Jump starter: from Kings, wait for a 30 percent sale. Has saved us a few times.
Coleman Utility Table (now branded oztrail) We have 2, very portable and customisable
chairs: Coleman, aluminium, light weight, strong, comfortable but a little bulky
Recycled mat for the awning tent
solar panel combined with mppt controller a few hours of sunlight gives us about 36 hours of charge.
Our Teardrop Camper: Its a wotpod, one of the originals with aluminium trailer.
Stores we use
Tentworld: quality stuff and helpful service usually my first port of call.
Snowies: big range, watch for sales.
Wild Earth: quality trekking and hiking.
BCF: sift through the stuff and wait for sales... they also price match
Super Cheap Auto: for oils cleaners wipers and car stuff..
Anaconda: big range of tents, shoes apparel.
Kings: not always good quality but very cheap.
Road Tech Marine: especially for solar and electrical.
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