Comments on: Up country (depending on where you start)

By: kate

kate — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:29:12 +0000

Snakes, strangely, don’t bother me anywhere near as much as bodies of water into which one might fall.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:41:11 +0000

Mentioning poisonous snakes was encouraging, wasn’t it?

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:40:40 +0000

Do you have a portacot? We used one the first time, then just put the zips up the top.

The thing about camping is that you’re all usually hanging out together anyway. I’d try the pack of kids technique though, and perhaps not going to the “Death Adder capital of Australia” (as we subsequently heard).

By: kate

kate — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:36:35 +0000

Well yes. But we probably should include the nipper in a holiday every now and then.

Mostly I think it’s the lack of security that bugs me about camping with toddlers. The little one is inclined to wander and climb and inspect and he’s so quiet about it one might not notice. We keep our doors locked to keep him in, otherwise I’d find him wandering the streets.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:42:46 +0000

And being hungover is a great deal more tolerable without children.

By: Dr Sister Outlaw

Dr Sister Outlaw — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:11:39 +0000

or you could just leave the kids at home with the grandparents and get adultly pissed around the campfire like you did when you woz younger and child free …

By: kate

kate — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:24:33 +0000

We have been considering the multi-family travel. I think we might even go in a big extended family gang, so that our lad has two cousins, and two grandparents to entertain him.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:06:02 +0000

Food wise, kate, or more generally? It’s actually quite easy to go camping with toddlers, certainly not harder than entertaining them at home through a cold winter. My hot tip is go with another family the first time so the kids can run in a pack and you can get a little break.