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Merry Christmas Campers – last minute gifts, festive menus and family holidays!

Here’s our Merry Christmas wrap up just for you – gift ideas, camping treats to eat, and awesome locations to stay AND a $20,000 Kimberley Holiday giveaway! We kick it off with our Top 25 – BEST OF VIC, NSW and SA trip! Best winery, towns, hikes, pubs, waterfalls, slippery dip – there is so much on this list to add these to your own wishlist! And tell us if you’ve been there… Last minute gifts Still got last-minute gifts to buy? Get 20% OFF all Camps Australia Wide guidebooks + Express Shipping Australia wide! Use promo code MERRY20 at

Michelle Gilmore 15 December, 2023

Camping Cooking

Christmas and New Year’s Camping Recipes

If you are going camping for Christmas or New Year’s you might need some cooking inspiration for the trip. Camping doesn’t have to mean eating baked beans and cheese toasties by the fire try these quick, easy and camping friendly recipes! 1. Camping Fondue Fondue may be attributed to fancy dinners and restaurants, but you can do it camping too! Ingredients: One 220g block of chocolate (or bag of choc chips) A dash of longlife milk (add to desired consistency) Fruit or marshmallows (for dipping) Method: Heat saucepan over fire and add chocolate. When the chocolate has melted, add milk

Camps Australia Wide 24 November, 2023

Camping

The Easiest & Quickest Seafood Recipe Ever

Thanks to Terry Conway for this recipe. He told us: “I am an enthusiastic cook, in and outdoors, we have a home-made Wok burner, pizza /bread oven, smoker etc. I make sourdough regularly, and I preserve our olives and make prosciutto etc.” And another tip from Terry: “Weber BabyQ is the bees’ knees, but make sure you put a chain on it!” IngredientsFresh green prawns or scallops (or both)Japanese Kewpie mayonnaiseOlive/avocado/peanut oilSkewersGas gun/blowtorch Method Skewer 2 or 3 prawns on each skewer so they lay straight. Scallops should be on two skewers to facilitate turning. Lightly coat with a little

Michelle Gilmore 15 August, 2023

Camping

Recipe for you: Camp Stew

This tried and true camps stew recipe was sent into the Camps Australia Wide Community Cookbook by contributor, Kennith Ayres.

Michelle Gilmore 2 June, 2023

Pinjarra RV Parking Area, WA - image by Michael Lennon

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Free camp: Pinjarra RV Parking Area, WA

Have you visited Pinjarra, near Mandurah, only an hour south of Perth? And did you know Australia had another Murray River? Pinjarra RV Parking Area in Western Australia is a free camp and within walking distance of the town centre. You’ll find picnic tables, shade and the dump point is about 100 metres away. Additionally, it is pet friendly and there is room for Big Rigs. There is space for 15 recreational vehicles, with a maximum stay of 24 hours only. There must be 5 consecutive nights between any of your stays here. Where to eat Make sure you stop at Pinjarra

Michelle Gilmore 6 April, 2023

Camping

CAMPS recipe: Fish for Good Friday

Fish for Good Friday? Here’s a recipe from our Camps Australia Wide Community Cookbook thanks to Greg and Glo Lawrence from Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia.

Heatley Gilmore 29 March, 2023

Camping

3 festive camping menus and our favourite Christmas breakfast ever

I’ve added in a couple of store-bought goods, that will really minimise fuss this Christmas season. A few of the recipes are on our blog, all the rest you’ll find in our CAMPS Community Cookbook. Traditional Christmas Fare Camp oven roast chicken Campfire Oysters Kilpatrick Roast Lamb in the Camp Oven Roast Chicken and Vegetables Decadent Chocolate Brownies with Cooper Creek Caramel Choc-chip Ice-cream. My mum’s dark fruit cake (Perhaps a recipe for another CAMPS cookbook) No Bake it’s Summer – festive menu Everyone at the prawns Charcuterie board (salami/cheese/vegetable crudities/dip – add your favourites and you are done!) Fresh prawns

Michelle Gilmore 13 December, 2022

Camping

San Choy Bau Recipe

San Choy Bau is one of those dishes my kids keep asking for again and again. It’s a great one for camping because the ingredients store easily (oyster sauce should be kept in the fridge), and you only need one pan. The same amount works as a starter for a large group (gem lettuce leaves work better for this) – or feed the family as an easy carb-free lunch. I normally use chicken mince but pork mince works well, too. It can be made ahead of time and reheated when you want it! Ingredients 1 packet dried shitake mushrooms

Michelle Gilmore 25 November, 2022

Rossmount Nursery Gympie - Cooloola Farmer's Trail

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Where to camp along the Cooloola Farmer’s Trail at Gympie and Noosa Hinterland, Queensland

Rossmount Nursery Cooloola Farmer’s Trail is on again! So if you are travelling or not far from the Gympie or Sunshine Coast regions, September 10-11, make the most of it. You can spend a weekend or see it in a day trip – just bring an empty belly – there is good eating and good camping to be had. Check this out online at https://cooloolafarmtrail.com.au/farm-trail/ This trail was on my priority trips, last year. So I can vouch for quite a few of these personally – and we enjoyed lunch just this month, at the newest of them all! On the

Michelle Gilmore 1 September, 2022

Food

Merry Christmas Campers – last minute gifts, festive menus and family holidays!

Christmas and New Year’s Camping Recipes

The Easiest & Quickest Seafood Recipe Ever

Recipe for you: Camp Stew

Free camp: Pinjarra RV Parking Area, WA

CAMPS recipe: Fish for Good Friday

3 festive camping menus and our favourite Christmas breakfast ever

San Choy Bau Recipe

Where to camp along the Cooloola Farmer’s Trail at Gympie and Noosa Hinterland, Queensland

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