Camping Guides

Camping Guides

Expert family-focused camping guides, tips, and step-by-step advice to help you camp smarter, safer, and with total confidence.

Planning your next camping trip and not sure where to start? Our Camping Guides bring together practical tips, gear advice, campsite planning strategies, and real-world family experience. Whether you’re a beginner or levelling up your skills, these guides help you make smarter decisions and enjoy better trips. Browse below to explore everything from campsite setup to packing, safety, and essential skills.

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  • Solo Camping Australia
    Solo Camping Australia: The Ultimate “No-Fail” Safety & Gear Manifesto
    Let’s skip the fluff: Solo camping in the Australian bush isn’t a “soul-searching” montage, it’s a high-stakes logistics exercise. When you’re three hours from the nearest bitumen and you’ve got no one to spot you while you’re reversing or to hand you a bandage, your margin for error is zero. Don’t skip the admin. Solo…
  • Three Sisters, Katoomba, NSW
    Best Camping in NSW 13 Campgrounds Worth the Drive (2026)
    New South Wales has more than 800 campgrounds scattered between the Snowy Mountains and the Queensland border. Choosing the right one usually involves opening 50 tabs of NPWS pages and trying to decipher conflicting Google reviews. I’ve done the legwork (and the driving) to narrow it down. These 13 campgrounds are the ones I keep…
  • How to keep tent cool camping
    How to Keep a Tent Cool: A Dad’s Guide to Surviving the Australian Summer
    There is a specific kind of misery reserved for Australian campers in January. It happens at exactly 6:43 AM. The sun hits the polyester wall of your tent, and within four minutes, your shelter transforms from a cosy bedroom into a microwave. You wake up sweating, sticky, and gasping for air, while the kids are…
  • Best Camp Chairs Australia
    Best Camp Chairs Australia (2026) The “No-Slouch” Gear Review
    A bad camp chair is a slow-motion disaster for your back. We’ve all been there. You spend $20 on a generic chair from the servo, and by day two, you’re sitting at a 45-degree angle with your knees around your ears. After a long day of wrangling kids or hiking the trails, the last thing…
  • Camping with Kids in Australia
    Camping with Kids in Australia: The Complete Family Guide (2026)
    Everything you need to know about camping with kids in Australia. Gear picks, safety tips, meal ideas, and the best family-friendly campgrounds by state.

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