Camper Trailer Action — Issue 104 2017

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Y

ou often hear us saying ‘get out there’ and

‘live the dream’, but sometimes we take a

break from camping because life gets busy

and fi nding time to escape for a weekend

or more seems all too hard. Sometimes what we need

is a little nudge to get back out there. It might be the

inspiration that we get from a well written magazine

article or a recommendation from friend, while at other

times it may be because our friends have planted the

seed for adventure.

Next year I have a dilemma. Two separate groups

of friends have plans in motion for a couple of cracker

trips. One group of friends want to do Cape York with

camper trailers in tow, while the other group of friends

want to do the entire Cape by trail bike with support

vehicles and campers helping to make it all happen.

Bugger! I know that I can’t do both, but seeing as both

would be awesome trips, which one do I chose?

These trips came around during conversations with

mates, but I quite often end up in new locations thanks

to fellow like-minded enthusiasts who get me all revved

up and wanting to head back out there again.

Forums are a great way to hook onto that next must-

do adventure, and dedicated camper trailer forums like

myswag.org or campertrailers.org will keep your calendar

full for years to come, but that’s only possible if you can

pull yourself away from the keyboard for long enough.

Forums aside, my inspiration quite often comes from

one of the two 4WD clubs that I am a member of. One

is local while the other is 300kms from home, but the

luxury that I have is that the trips are lead by different

groups, to different locations, with different adventures

thrown into the mix. Just when I get a little bit lazy, my

inbox has the latest club trip calendar in there and all of

a sudden I’m out in the garage and getting the camper

trailer ready to head off again.

It really doesn’t matter if I don’t get out every second

weekend, or that I have the odd break as I tackle those

jobs around the house that my wife keeps adding to

the list. The most important thing is getting out there

and living the dream. Every time I pull back into my

driveway I think ‘why didn’t I just do that earlier, what an

awesome trip!’ The question is, how am I going to feel

when I get back from one of those cracker trips next

year, and how will I feel about the other one? I guess I’ll

just have to let you know.

Cheers,

Colin ‘Broady’ Broad

Editor at large

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