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Our Aussie Big Lap Broken Hill
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Our Aussie big lap with the kids – part 1

If you are considering an Aussie big lap, here’s ours! Go ten years back – when our kids were 14, 13, 10 and 8, all jampacked in a tin can. At the time we owned the local paper – so our Australia road trip was chronicled every month. As I planned, nomad friends told us about a book we must buy – and marked their must sees in it for us! Who’d have thought a few years later we’d be the owner of CAMPS and making our trips “work and play”! Here’s our first update from Back o’ Bourke in

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Michelle Gilmore 30 January, 2024
The Brown Family loved their camp at Goondiwindi Golf Club
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CAMPING 101: 6 THINGS PARENTS NEED TO SHOW THEIR KIDS ABOUT CAMPING

Parents, if you are reading this then you are likely already GIFTING your children the joys of camping and outdoor adventures. Like the lovely Brown family pictured, who we met at Goondiwindi Golf Club in Queensland, this winter. (It has FREE camping if you play golf). Their son LOVED the new CAMPS wrap on the vehicle. This is what we reckon Mums and Dad’s ticklist for educating young campers is: 1 PICK UP Leave an area tidier than you found it. If a bin is overflowing, take your rubbish with you. Simples! Especially if free camping is to continue for

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Heatley Gilmore 22 August, 2023
Kings Canyon Northern Territory
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FAMILIES – you will never get this time again!

Kings Canyon Northern Territory “You only get 18 summers. One of the most valuable things I’ve learnt over the years from having 7 kids is this… Do not miss out on school holidays with your kids. Because the truth is, you only get 18 summers with your kids. And once those summers are gone, they are gone. And then they are all grown up. … I’d encourage you to take some time to plan some things this school holidays. It doesn’t have to be expensive. They want YOU and your time more than anything. With kids, love is spelt T-I-M-E. They

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Michelle Gilmore 30 June, 2022
A highlight of our lap was Karijini National Park, Western Australia
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25 BEST Tips for Camping with Teenagers

A highlight of our lap was Karijini National Park, Western Australia Here are our ‘Camping 101 how-to tips’  if you are considering doing “The Lap” with your teenagers. In our family, it was not even discussed if the teens were coming or not. That was an option we didn’t consider. It was seven weeks together as family – and it was so good, we kept going around Australia, returning 3 months later. Our crew were 15 along with 13, 10 and 8. We created wonderful memories and time together – squished in a six-berth motorhome. The 13 year old was

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Michelle Gilmore 20 May, 2022
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Camping with Kids

More and more Australian families are choosing to take a few months, or even years, out of the rat-race in exchange for adventures travelling around the country. Instead of the daily grind, they choose to explore the great outdoors and wake up each morning to a new view.

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Philip Fennell 15 February, 2018

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