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Most camping websites do the 'how to choose tent' routine. So I was thinking I'd do the same. But then I hit myself on the head with a hammer and it came to me - trying to give advice on how to choose the one perfect tent is like trying to give advice on 'how to choose the best noodle' at the local Chinsess takeway - it simply can't be done.

In the real world, it doesn't matter what sort of tent you take with you. Sometimes it will be ok but other times you'll need a different tent. And then next time a different tent again would be better. So if you buy just one you'll always be living in a compromised camping experience.

At mycampgear.com compromise is not an option.

The solution?

Buy more tents.

Don't over think it. Just go into a camping shop, surf ebay or go to a garage sale and just buy the first one that you go 'yeah, I like that.'

And then do the same next month. And the next month...

mycampgear.com - saving the world, one tent at a time.

I'm a pretty hopeless fisher. I've got all the gear but rarely catch anything. My favourite line from a John Williamson song goes, "Workin' hard at bein' lazy, no bait on the line". If you ever see a post from me about catching fish - ignore any advice given. But I can catch yabbies. And the kids had a great time doing it.

I grew up with two feet firmly on the ground and I don't expect to grow sea legs in a hurry so what do you do when you go camping with a sailing freak?

You make and race sailboats. Small ones.

This turned out to be a great afternoon of camping activity for the kids and adults. We formed teams and used plastic bags etc for the sails, sticks and some old bamboo for the boats and tape and cable ties to stick the whole lot together.

As you can see some went better than others. Suspicious that the sailing freak's went the fastest - he must have sabotaged our boats...

We love this book - 2500 free or cheap campsites in Australia - and it's always in the car, but a website that looks handy is aussiecamping.

There are more campsites listed from Queensland than other states at the moment but it is user-driven so that might change over time. It may be a useful tool to plan your next trip. Note that their forum seems to have been spammed recently. I suppose they'll tidy it up soon.