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Our tribute to Wayne

About 17 years ago, I went into Gympie Internet and Gaming to photocopy and work, plus play a few computer games! We used to bring our computers in for updates. Wayne was always up for a chat. Wayne has been an essential part of our everyday, initially as a contractor, then employee and friend. Our relationship evolved with Wayne over the years, we would have had over a dozen businesses over the years that needed his expertise. He was so adaptable, so willing to help, so solution focused and patient to explain. Trustworthy and honourable to the core, he always

Heatley Gilmore 12 September, 2023

Wayne and one of his planes - de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth

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CAMPS Team Member: Wayne Davy

Wayne and one of his planes – de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Meet Wayne Davy, who has been supporting owners, Michelle and Heatley Gilmore with IT for over a decade! Michelle says, “We are so lucky to have Wayne on our team, he is such a detail person, and really cares about our work. If I need help (and that is often with IT) – he is there, checking it out and talking me through it! He also inputs the hundreds of photos I add to our blog!” What is your role in CAMPS? IT Support & Website Admin Who do

Michelle Gilmore 6 May, 2021

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CAMPS Team Members: Jed and Tyla Elmer

Absolute gems, Jed and Tyla are the friendly voices you’ll hear when you call our office. We first met Tyla when she was working in reception at our doctor’s surgery. Back when they were a family of four, they kindly agreed to help us with a photo shoot and TV ad for another business. Not long after that we bought CAMPS and both Tyla and Jed started verifying sites. Their dedication and sense of detail meant they were first in our list when we expanded our team in 2019. They are both very active on their school’s P&C, and we

Michelle Gilmore 6 May, 2021

SA Moonta RV Overnight Stop Photo credit G & J Gardiner

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CAMPS Team Member: Graham Gardiner

My name is Graham Gardiner. I am 72 year old and married to Judy for 52 years, with three daughters and seven grandchildren. We live in Maleny, Queensland and been here for 12 years. In all our travels around Oz we have not found a place that we like better! What is your role? My role at Camps is as a researcher. I enjoy sharing sites that we come across in our travels and also tracking down new sites and sharing them and visiting them in my later travels, if feasible. How did you come to work for CAMPS? My

Michelle Gilmore 5 April, 2021

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Camps Researchers on the Road: Leisa

Leisa has been with us since 2009, as our Technology and Marketing PA. She handles the design and distribution of the Camps Newsletter that Heatley and I write for you each fortnight and she is also one of our teams’ web designers and created our current app website. Originally from Queensland, she decided to travel a few years ago, house sitting around Australia and continuing to work for us remotely. “Once when I was on the road, Heatley called me with some urgent work. I found a place with internet signal, pulled up under a shady tree somewhere outside Gundagai,

Michelle Gilmore 2 March, 2020

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A tribute to Kym Leech

The team at CAMPS send our sad farewell to Kym Leech, who passed away this month. He and his partner, Lyn Hutton, formed the ‘No Boundaries’ team. They had the enviable job of visiting and photographing campsites all over Australia – and helped us keep the book and app updated. The last time I chatted with Kym, they helped me write an article on their experiences working for CAMPS – Kym updated me on what he referred to as a “speed hump” that had him “semi-bolted to the driveway”. The “speed hump” was acute myeloid leukaemia. “Had we waited for

Michelle Gilmore 15 May, 2019

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CAMPS researchers on the road

Sheng with his Camps 9 Based on the Sunshine Coast, Sheng has worked in the field extensively, as a CAMPS auditor. He has just returned from a trip up to Normanton, via Roma, Mitchell, Blackall, Barcaldine, Cloncurry. He returned back down the Queensland coast, updating campground information and images, and reporting on new sites along the way. Later this year, he’s back on the road, planning some fishing and research on the the way to Coober Pedy – via Birdsville and William Creek. His motorhome is seen in many photos in our books – you may notice the green sign,

Michelle Gilmore 10 September, 2018

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We’ve won an award!

We are honoured and privileged to have been included as one of the Top 10 Australian Camping Blogs on the web. Blogs are ranked by Google reputation and Google search ranking; Influence and popularity on Facebook, Twitter and other social media.

Michelle Gilmore 15 June, 2018

Team

Our tribute to Wayne

CAMPS Team Member: Wayne Davy

CAMPS Team Members: Jed and Tyla Elmer

CAMPS Team Member: Graham Gardiner

Camps Researchers on the Road: Leisa

A tribute to Kym Leech

CAMPS researchers on the road

We’ve won an award!

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