Thread: security of camping gear

I've only ever been robbed by a Goanna!

He decided to help himself to a Salami Sandwich in my bag. He ripped through the side of the tent, tore open my pack and in the process of getting the snap lock bag off it, shredded my sleeping bag.

1x MSR tent, 1x Macpac, 1x Paddy Palin sleeping bag = one VERY expensive salami sandwich.

I have never had anything stolen from a bush camp but at camping areas I have had a 150l esky stolen from outside my tent while we were asleep and had my pants stolen from the shower door while taking a tub.

Lucky the towel was big enough to cover my butt on the way back to the tent.

I have built a drawer in the back of the fender that I put all the valuables in and have a chain and good padlock that goes over the spare wheel holder. To open the rear you have to break that, then break into the rear door. The side windows have ply and the card table covering them.

years ago we were camping at Malacoota at the major caravan park ... great "to-do" the morning we arrived... 15 outboard motors had disappeared during the night...

I know several ardent bushwalkers who now take a couple of folk with them to mind their cars during a long trek ... history of local louts to targetting well known spots.. other have never had a problem

Originally Posted by Chenz

and had my pants stolen from the shower door while taking a tub.

Had my wallet lifted from my pants, money removed, and replaced wallet while it was on the shower door at Mt Isa CP.

Most embarrassing when we went to pay on leaving.

cheers

I'm sorry to say I've had a bunch of stuff stolen from mates while camping... while we were sleeping!

Mobile phones, wallets, cash, anything of remote value that could be taken. I was sleeping in the back of my car at the time and stirred while some one was there, so they didn't take anything of mine.

We followed their muddy footprints to a remote house in the bush, it was obvious who did it, and talking to other locals it was a common event. They had been complaining about it to the police as well, but the police didn't seem to care all that much.

Same at various car parks were people go for long hikes around the blue maintains there used to be (and likley still are) people who go there on a regular basis to brake into all the cars and steal anyting of value.

Still its better than in Sydney.. I used to stay in Glebe a fair bit and one morning I walked out on the street and some cleaver person(s) had broken the windows in every car down the street. Every one exept for mine... I never found out why either, I guess they felt sorry for my beaten up 1977 Fiat.

While staying at a caravan park in Dubbo 2 weeks ago there was a spate of thefts and as I was out during the day I was really concerned about stuff getting knicked, so I bought one of these and wrapped it around and through everything I could find including peg holes in the tent lol.

Master Lock - Python Cable Lock - Product No. 8413



I think the 4m cable was cheaper than the 3m cable. My one had the cable and lock sold separately

Originally Posted by The ho har's

I am pretty sure I can say we have never had anything stolen while camping....

maybe it is just where we choose to camp

Mrs ho har

Very lucky for you - there weren't a lot of people camping around us most of those who were about for the week were at the camping ground stacked on top of each other.

Perhaps it was someone who flew in and winged it out of there on the day. I guess I'll never know except to say that I won't be bringing extra stuff for other people next year. They can bring their own and pack it away themselves instead of leaving the communal gear for me and 2 mates to pack away after they did the stealing of course.

If the effort to replace it is greater than the effort to pack it, then pack it.

I have never had anything taken from a camp site either bush camp or caravan park. I have however had my car broken into while on holidays. Left it in a car park in a state north of here while walking out to a lookout from a point on the coast. Police said it was likely to have been the locals doing the car parks in remote areas.