That is something that no one ever mentions." You need to get used to early dinners. As another friend, Tas Fielding from told me, when you are travelling full time, "There are some places where you don’t feel welcome. This is something you notice, especially when you move your life to the road full time. Not every town is easy to find an overnight park in. You do, however, become a pro at using petrol station toilets, and surfboards as curtains. You don't automatically become spiritually enlightened So expect your free-camping exploits to be stressful and occasionally interrupted with a knock on the window from a ranger. But still: if you're not good at living on a shoestring now, just because you move into a car or van you won't magically become good at budgeting (or cooking).Īlso, even if you are a fan of slumming it, sleeping in a car is way more conspicuous than sleeping in a van. Granted, this friend is quite high maintenance, partial to nice restaurants, reluctant to camp illegally (always paying for campsites) and works in finance. ![]() ![]() I have a friend who sheepishly admitted to spending $60,000 or so on his trip around Australia. In fact, given we only used it about 4-5 times, it would probably have worked out cheaper (and easier) to just get an Airbnb. Our lack of organisation (and our apartment's leaky storage cage) also meant that after investing about $600 in materials to build a bed in the back of our car, we will probably never car camp again, seeing as everything has now gone mouldy. ![]() But it comes with a few realities of its own. Car camping looks like the perfect escape from reality.
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