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    Default Lots of information to be found on other forums.

    Quote Originally Posted by ErichT View Post
    Anyone know if this works? Because it'd be my dream.
    You will find a lot more information about this on the various vandwellers forums, as they are very much into this long term staying in one spot. However, having over my last two trips visited many public land campsites, the majority were without a camphost.

    Not sure if this is because folk are shunning the responsibilities expected for little or no return (mostly free camping) or that there are no takers for the more remote campsites.

    BTW, I note that you have not yet been formally welcomed into the RTA community - Welcome to the Great American Roadtrip Forum. It is always appreciated when you can jump in with experience and local knowledge.

    Lifey

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    Thank you for the welcome! I've gotten a lot of great information out of this forum already.

    If a camp site has a host spot, at least here on the West Coast of the US, it's usually filled. What's really weird is that I'm seeing hosts for places that aren't campgrounds, merely small parks at points of interest. This seems to be coming from an attempt to fill a need (large numbers of full time RVers,) and an attempt to get cheap labor to take care of these places.

    Is the RV/Van culture not as prevalent in Australia?

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    You might want to check into Workamper.com, and read the Workamper News. Our neighbors are among those RV'ers that trade camphosting duties for a free spot to camp for a week, two weeks, or even a month at a time, mostly during the summer. But there are many jobs that can be temporary!


    Donna

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    Default Yes and No!

    Quote Originally Posted by ErichT View Post
    Is the RV/Van culture not as prevalent in Australia?
    More camping and campervans than RVs. They need to be vehicles which can navigate the roads. Away from the east coast settlements, only the major highways are ashphalt. See Outback Truckers. The 'caravan' is still the most popular. You don't see the bus type RVs - they wouldn't cope, anyway.

    RV parks are few and far between, once you get away from the east coast, but free camping with minimal facilities, is everywhere,. Often they are only for fully selfcontained vehicles. Quite often hotels will allow self contained vehicles to park. (When I say hotels, I am not talking about accommodation establishments, but watering holes along the way.) In fact there is an inch thick book on free (or almost free) campsites. Many rural towns provide free camping, as they know the trade it brings to these communiities. When I drove to Uluru, I often camped just by the side of the road.... along with two or three dozen others.

    I pray that it will always stay that way.

    Lifey

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lifemagician View Post
    More camping and campervans than RVs. They need to be vehicles which can navigate the roads. Away from the east coast settlements, only the major highways are ashphalt. See Outback Truckers. The 'caravan' is still the most popular. You don't see the bus type RVs - they wouldn't cope, anyway.
    Amazing! Australia outback has been on my bucket list for years. Now that I'm retired, it's becoming more possible. Perhaps 2016 will be the magic year.

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    Default Seasons of the outback.

    Quote Originally Posted by ErichT View Post
    Amazing! Australia outback has been on my bucket list for years. Now that I'm retired, it's becoming more possible. Perhaps 2016 will be the magic year.
    Be aware that summer is NOT the tourist season. It is the wet season, when many roads are impassable to anything other than huge trucks. Trucks much larger than anything you will see on the interstates, even the prime movers.

    I believe 'the wallaby' can now be done completely on ashphalt roads, albeit just two lanes.

    Lifey

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    After reading all the details provided by Mark Sedenquist on this Workamper program I want to say this is an amazing effort for job seeker and roadtrippers. Thanks for sharing

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