Reference Books, Travel Guides, Camping Info

extreme potato · Veteran Member

Reference Books, Travel Guides, Camping Info

woody · Veteran Member

Camps book of course, my fishing books, a small dictionary, for solving scrabble disputes, and whatever fiction I am reading at the time.Don't forget public libraries wherever you go! smile

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

op shops are good for picking up books also book swap shops

Gerty Dancer · Guru

We always carry the Camps book which includes Hema maps, the tourist park guide from NRMA, Bird ID book, insurance details, warranty info and instructions for all our "toys". We always call in at the visitor centre when we arrive at a new place and collect local maps/guides... these are usually left at the next town in the C/P laundry or book exchange. Our source of fiction is book exchanges.

Edit: I forgot to say also carry a diary.

-- Edited by Gerty Dancer on Thursday 15th of December 2011 10:56:18 AM

Rip and Rosie · Guru

Camps6 and Caravan Parks Australia Wide - (Spiral Bound both)
Field Guide to Australian Birds
Lonely Planet Guide to Australia

Rosie

billeeeeeee · Guru

extreme potato wrote:
If you had room for only a few books (not fiction and general reading) to help you make the most of travelling, what would you recommend? Monica

PLAY BOY.......HEHEH

Hylda&Jon · Guru

There will be so many unusual & beautiful birds that you will see as you travel &, if you're like most of us, you will sometimes get curious as to what many of them are. One book we found essential for this was the 'Slater Field Guide to Australian birds', it's probably the best compact bird identifier book on the market.

Cheers

Jon

Happywanderer · The Master

Thanks Jon, will keep an eye out for that book.

Take some exercise books to write any hints, guides, details you might be given that aren't in the Camps book. I have one for each state, so handy.

cannylass · Senior Member

I to would recommend bird books as well as those already mentioned you see so many different birds on your travels, and this time Im going to take our passports friends of our carry there's we saw some great deals while in Darwin and out friend said its even cheaper to travel-overseas from WA

Joe · Senior Member

Ron and Viv Moon's books - things like "An Adventurer's Guide to the Kimberley" or "Cape York Adventure".

Jack Absolom also published a book on camp oven cooking that has been very useful - recommended if you like camp fire cookery.

woody · Veteran Member

Forgot to mention Laptop for a good ole google. and a good qualityfirst aid kit.

wendyv · Guru

RACV Tourist Park Guide
Camps - latest edition or second latest (can be updated via internet)
Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds
A cookbook - fairly comprehensive one by Margaret Fulton
Bush Camping with Dogs book
When going away from the main highways, and depending where - some detailed area maps. There are good ones of these available for Qld and WA.
Notebook for diary notes.
If relevant to where going - the Moon Guide (Flinders, Kimberley, Cape York)

03_troopy · Guru

Camps Australia Wide with snaps, and a Kindle

kandagal · Guru

I'm an avid reader so I get my books from op shops. Pick them up in one town & donate them back in another town & pick up some more. So I'm sort of a mobile library

Happywanderer · The Master

I bought a book at Aus Post yesterday for 20.00. called Budget Camps and Stops Australia. All are photos, over 1000 sites. All sites under $10.00 a night or free. Its from Explore Australia.
Now before anyone comments not as good as Camps Australia, I agree, its not as good but acts as a supplement. Good to have the photos and saves me buying a new Camps Aus with snaps when I have a perfectly good Camps 5.

03_troopy · Guru

Happywanderer wrote:
I bought a book at Aus Post yesterday for 20.00. called Budget Camps and Stops Australia. All are photos, over 1000 sites. All sites under $10.00 a night or free. Its from Explore Australia.
Now before anyone comments not as good as Camps Australia, I agree, its not as good but acts as a supplement. Good to have the photos and saves me buying a new Camps Aus with snaps when I have a perfectly good Camps 5.

And you can't argue about the price. Well done I say.

Pam · Guru

We have The Country Road Atlas for each state. Shows general maps as well as town maps. We can work out where to park in the town before we get there re: shops toilets etc.

Clare46 · Senior Member

Marj

You got a very good buy. I just looked at the Explore Oz site and it is $34.95 in their bookshop

http://www.exploroz.com

Happywanderer · The Master

Yes Clare, thats the one, just checked it out. I did get a bargain. It was the last one too.

Nicholstones · Guru

We have an Explore Australia and it is our main source of route planning. We find the maps much easier to read than the Hema ones, and the text about each town is very useful. We use Uncle Google when we need more, or more up-to-date, information.

Gerty Dancer · Guru

Can you tell me where you got the Explore australia? Is it from Explore Oz?

Happywanderer · The Master

I got mine from the local Aus Post Gerty. I was in there with daughter on Thursday, browsing while waiting for her, happened to spot it on shelf.

Firefly · Guru

Camps Australia Wide with Snaps.

Always a couple of camping cook books.

Travel Diary to log our daily travel.

We have a great log we keep on the laptop. A spreadsheet for fuel, accomodation etc. Great to look back on and work out where we went and what it cost.

Nicholstones · Guru

Gerty Dancer wrote:
Can you tell me where you got the Explore australia? Is it from Explore Oz?

Any book shop or camping store should have it, I think we paid $60 for the latest one (we don't upgrade every year, but the 3 year old one we had was getting a bit frail after constant use). I have a vague recollection years ago it used to be 'Ampol's Explore Australia' (or was it Mobil??), but not any more.