There are over a million camping setups, but without the proper equipment and forethought, you can be strung out high and dry when you need your campsite to perform at its best!

We are going to give our top 4 tips to ensure you have a reliable and absolutely comfortable campsite whether you camp on the beach, in the bush, the highlands or even in the desert!

1.Choosing your campsite!  

When searching for the best campsite around, it’s easy to simply setup where you have seen that other people have camped before, but finding your own spot offers a rewarding sense of ownership.

Things to look out for are, clear flat areas that won’t take forever to tidy (e.g. removing sticks and stones to make room for your swag) and without overhanging branches. Eucalyptus trees are extremely drought tolerant, and because of this have developed a handful of drought survival techniques, which include randomly droping large branches, to conserve water.  Sometimes dead eucalyptus branches are refered to as widow makers and should be considered when choosing a place to setup camp.

2.Setting up camp

When you are setting up camp, you need to consider things like the direction of sunrise, sunset. Where other campers may setup, whether you are blocking potential passing traffic and also which direction the wind is coming from.

We always use our vehicle as a campsite foundation, and setup our camp off of our vehicle. This means making sure you have parked your vehicle in the correct location to unroll your Adventure Kings Awning over the top of your campsite clearing.

Once you have setup your Awning, and pegged out your Adventure Kings awning wall, unrolling your Adventure Kings campsite mesh flooring is the next step, lining it up with your awning footprint to make sure you have the perfect base underneath your campsite.

The last step to setting up camp is to set up your Adventure Kings Big Daddy Swag, by choosing a location underneath your awning wall, you can ensure that the morning condensation does not dampen the poly-cotton canvas, however, you will also stay warmer through the night.

3.Cooking at camp

Satisfying your desires and cravings for food at camp can seem like a daunting experience, but it’s a lot easier than many people expect. Using simple equipment, you can cook up a storm, the Adventure Kings BBQ Hot Plate offers the perfect place to turn an ordinary campfire, into a full capable barbequing platform. The addition of a Bedourie camp oven to your campfire can also allow you to roast, stew, boil and bake your favorite meals on the tracks. without the requirement to carry bulky gas cans or liquid fuels. The Adventure Kings cooking gear lineup offers you the versatility to keep well fed at camp.

However, sometimes your campsite is too confined to operate an open fire place, this is where an Adventure Kings Camp Oven/Stove comes in spectacularly handy, far more efficient than a traditional campfire, this oven/stove combo elevates and contains your fire inside a heavy duty steel chamber, allowing you to control the temperature and airflow resulting in a far more efficient burn.

The Adventure Kings Camp Oven/Stove is one of the most affordable and efficient woodfire stoves available on the Australian market, and with its elevated 2.4m tall chimney, you can raise smoke up and out of your campsite. Retaining heat, without the stinging eyes and allowing your wood to last longer.

4.Camp lighting

At night time, seeing around camp is critical to safety and convenience, this is why the Adventure Kings Camp lighting range has been extensively researched and developed to be versatile and practical, whilst also being expandable, and adaptable to whatever campsite setup you have.

By connecting an Adventure Kings Complete 5 Bar Camp Light Kit, you can easily adapt and add a 4m MAX LED strip light, or an additional Illuminator 4 Bar Camp Light Kit to increase the amount of clear bright white light around camp, and with the included dimmer, on/off switches, you have easy control over where the light is and just how bright your campsite is.

These are just some of our top tips for setting up your campsite using the extremely valuable Adventure Kings gear.