Thread: Back from 1st camping trip with roof top tent

Tent looks good.

I drive through Lysterfield every day on the way to work ( Wellington Rd )

If i see you I'll wave.

Originally Posted by DI5CO

Hi all,
After deliberating for months as to the best set up, I ended up with the roof top tent. Yes there are some negatives with this (like its a bit heavy!), as with any other set up, but all went well. I like the idea of being off the ground. After a few goes I got the setup & packdown in a little over 10 mins. Anyway, the wife stayed home for the week while the boys (6&4) & I set off for out 2300k round trip in a week. 1st stop Carrathool (look it up on Google maps!!) for 2 nights where the old man lives by the Murrumbidgee River, 1 night in Ivanhoe (stop over), 2 nights in Broken Hill ( in a cabin....tooooooooo hot) & 2 nights in Mildura. Amazingly no problems at all with the Disco with 30-46 deg heat with a/c on!!

Nice pics, i'm planning on going to Broken Hill/ Silverton over Easter any other places i should visit while up that way ? Possibly might shoot across to White Cliffs .

Originally Posted by waynep

Tent looks good.

I drive through Lysterfield every day on the way to work ( Wellington Rd )

If i see you I'll wave.

I live near Wellington Rd!! I drive on Wellington rd on the way home, hope to see you round!!

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Nice pics, i'm planning on going to Broken Hill/ Silverton over Easter any other places i should visit while up that way ? Possibly might shoot across to White Cliffs .

I only spent 2 days there, should have spent 4-5 days!!
I wanted to stay in White Cliffs in the underground motel, but ran out of time. I think the kids would have got a kick out of that. I found just searching Google the best thing to do. Welcome to Broken Hill - Broken Hill Accommodation, Book Online, Broken Hill Visitor Centre, Broken Hill New South Wales, Broken Hill Tourism, Accommodation, Tours, Events, Activities, Hire, Car Hire, Businesses, Outback NSW Welcome to Film Broken Hill SILVERTON NSW - Visit the outback.
On the way to Silverton, check this mine out, (about 1/2 way b/w Silverton & B.Hill, keep an eye out if you blink you will miss it) my boys loved it, although it was about 45deg out there that day, but nice & cool underground. The Day Dream Mine (the website isnt much!)
Hope this helps.
Dave.

Originally Posted by DI5CO

I only spent 2 days there, should have spent 4-5 days!!
I wanted to stay in White Cliffs in the underground motel, but ran out of time. I think the kids would have got a kick out of that. I found just searching Google the best thing to do. Welcome to Broken Hill - Broken Hill Accommodation, Book Online, Broken Hill Visitor Centre, Broken Hill New South Wales, Broken Hill Tourism, Accommodation, Tours, Events, Activities, Hire, Car Hire, Businesses, Outback NSW Welcome to Film Broken Hill SILVERTON NSW - Visit the outback.
On the way to Silverton, check this mine out, (about 1/2 way b/w Silverton & B.Hill, keep an eye out if you blink you will miss it) my boys loved it, although it was about 45deg out there that day, but nice & cool underground. The Day Dream Mine (the website isnt much!)
Hope this helps.
Dave.

Thanks mate, i have done a bit of googling and got a rough plan figured out.

We have a rooftop tent which is very good but found it to be a problem when we set up camp anywhere for a couple of days. You can't go anywhere. So you either stay where you are, carry alternative transport with you or pack up each time you want to go anywhere. So we have now had an off-road box trailer built and put it on there. Haven't tried it yet but I guess like everything else........it won't be perfect

Originally Posted by garrycol

How well do you think your tent would work if mounted on a box trailer??

I am looking to get a roof top tent as well for use when using using the car - but would also be nice to be able to mount on a box trailer in some circumstances - a poor man's camper. Just opens up options.

Thanks

Garry

Hi Garry
If you follow this link this setup seems to be a favorite in the US for their "expedition" trailers. Ignore that it is a TLC site. A previous interest before I got green blood.

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