TheSouthernOcean.Aplaceimperiledwithinfamyandromanticallyidealisedinequalmeasure. There are few other places on Earth that can lay claim to both these imaginativereckonings. A place where you could quite easily succumb to Mother Nature’s coldindifference but also a place where most are drawn, regardless of danger.a good spot to observe, but it’s not as expansive
as the Bight. No, it’s perhaps only the strip of coast
between Invercargill and Dunedin on New Zealand’s
South Island that compares to Australia’s Bight when
it comes to observing the full extent of the Southern
Hemisphere’s climactic rage.
With this in mind, Ron and Viv Moon take us into
the teeth of a true Bight country camping adventure.
As well, Camper’s resident Spielberg, videographer
Anna Pastukhova, brings us along on a trip she took
recently to Kangaroo Island and John Willis lays bare
(pardon the pun) Port Lincoln.
On a different tack, our friends at HEMA have
produced a fascinating perspective on what they
regard as the ultimate expedition camper. Based on
their findings from the recent CRUISEMASTER Camper
Trailer of the Year, they’ve put thoughts to paper and
devised an amalgam of sorts; an idealised camper
that they’d like to take with them on their never
ending quest to map Australia in ever more exacting
and informative detail.
As well, we review the latest camper creations on
the market and offer a blast of tips and tricks that
should keep your appetite for the outdoors primed
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here’s a reason why the Southern Ocean is as
ferocious as it is — there’s no land to impede
its cyclonic path as it circles the southern
latitudes of the planet. It’s an Ouroboros of the sea,
an unbroken watery loop, a snake’s head of wind
and misery caught up with itself and endless.
The coast of Australia’s Great Southern Bight
is perhaps the best place to properly observe
these awesome mood swings. The southern tip of
Patagonia in South America, AKA, Cape Horn, is a
dastardly place to get to overland. Cape Aguilas,
the southernmost tip off the African continent, isTouring
the Great Australian Bight