Category - Camping

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The Essential Camping Checklist for Families
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Camping at Lake St Clair

The Essential Camping Checklist for Families

This camping checklist will take out all the uncertainty and provide you with an  inventory of all the items you need to enjoy a comfortable night away from home with your family. We have young children – ages 7, 5 & 1 so we want to make exploring the outdoors and nature as relaxed as possible.  Camping Checklist **You can find a printer friendly version at the bottom of the post. HOME AWAY FROM HOME 1. Tent Consider the size and height when purchasing as some are quite low inside. 2. Air bed / self inflating mattress – or some form of bedding. You can go as cheap or as expensive as you like. You can purchase air mattresses from stores like Kmart for $10 or a $200 self inflating mattress from a camping store. 3. Sleeping bags / blankets & pillows 4. Camping Chairs 5. Flooring This can be anything from shade cloth…

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Camping at Lake St Clair

Over the school holidays we tried to jam pack as much activity into the 2 weeks as we could. This included camping. We chose somewhere local (approx. 1 hour from where we live) as Poppet hadn’t been camping before so we wanted somewhere that was close enough to home in case it was a failure. Thankfully she loves it as much as the rest of us. We live in the Hunter Valley so there are a wide array of options available for us where camping is concerned. We decided that Lake St Clair was the perfect place as we had been there previously so knew what to expect. Lake St Clair is approximately 30 minutes North of Singleton, NSW and has a great deal to offer for day trips or overnight. You can camp (obviously), boat, ski, fish, swim or even just enjoy a picnic with the gorgeous scenic views….

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