Getting out in the Australian summer is one of the greatest escapes you can make with your family. With the traditional summer holidays up and down the coast to visit your families favourite sections of pristine coastline and some of the best quality campsites in the world!

The location of the campsite has an impact on just how much you and the family can accomplish in your summer escape, proximity to the beach means you don’t have to drive and whether the campsite has facilities like showers and toilets can make the better half’s time at camp much more enjoyable. But what must have items makes your campsite leaps and bounds, better than your temporary neighbors setup.

Shelter

From the early days of camping to the recent generations of fully fledged campsites, just about every campsite needs a reliable shelter over the top. There are two main varieties of shelter that have started to take over campsites and compared to the old-fashioned tarpaulins ropes and adjustable length poles, with the simplicity of modern systems,  there isn’t much patience left in a campers bag for setting up a “tarp” shelter at camp.

One of the simplest and easiest shelter systems you can add to your campsite or even as a quick shelter is an Adventure Kings Gazebo, available in two sizes 3m x 3m, and 6m x 3m. With a little practice a gazebo can be set up in just a minute or two and offers plenty of shelter from just about any weather you and the family might encounter, the range of gazebo accessories makes setting up camp a breeze and offers campers a self-standing solution.

An alternative to a gazebo is a vehicle mounted awning, with plenty of options for size, there is an Adventure Kings Awning to fit nearly any campsite on the side of nearly every vehicle, from the standard quadrilateral styles and even a 270° wrap around style of awning. but as an addition there are plenty of accessories to add to the functionality of an Awning such as the additional shelter of an Awning Wall, or even the easily attachable Awning tent which quickly and easily fastens underneath offering 4 walls and a floor for more privacy at camp.

Battery

Whist shelter is critical, power at camp is almost as important, with more digital devices being taken ‘off grid’ than ever before a way to keep them powered is almost considered essential. Coupled with many other low power consumption camping accessories, such as 12v LED lighting and 12v fridge freezers.

You might be able to get by with just using your vehicles crank battery to run all of your accessories but the risk of damage as well as stranding yourself with a vehicle that won’t start in the morning. This is the main reason you should get your hands on a reliable auxiliary battery to run your campsite off! The Adventure Kings range of auxiliary AGM batteries allows you to remain untethered from mains power particularly when coupled with a Kings Battery Box, which opens the ability to not permanently install a ‘dual battery setup’ to your vehicle.

Solar

With only enough charge to run a typical camping setup for around 24 hours even the larger AGM batteries available so an easy to use charging system is the ideal addition to any camping setup. The Adventure Kings Solar Panel range offers campers a reliable and affordable method for harvesting sunshine and turning it into usable power.

The range includes everything from 120W all the way up to 250W of power which can offer an impressive 6.49 Amps useful charge all the way up to 15amps of charging current in ideal conditions.

Solar is the best method for charging your battery at camp, thanks to its silence and efficiency it can keep your batteries topped up all day long and keep your accessories cranking!

Fridge
No campsite is truly complete until it is set up with a portable car fridge, nothing quite compares to the ease of use and self-sufficiency, of a 12v fridge. Because you don’t need to constantly top up your fridge with ice or freezer bricks, it is a highly cost-effective way to establish an off-grid campsite, without the requirement of ice!

The range of Adventure Kings fridges are extremely efficient and cost effective for setting up a self-sustaining campsite setup, particularly when coupled up with an auxiliary battery and solar panel.

The range of fridges starts small with the 15L Console fridge which is a properly functioning compressor to keep things cool, and stretches all the way up to a full sized 90L Dual zone Fridge Freezer,  which allows you to keep things frozen for long term food storage, and use the other section for keeping your favourite drinks frosty cold and not frozen.

For all your food storage needs Adventure Kings has a fridge for you!

Roof Top Tent

Last but certainly not least is a reliable and quick to setup camping establishment, and nothing quite comes close to the comfort and simplicity of an Adventure Kings Roof Top Tent camping setup which sets up in just a matter of minutes and provides an elevated campsite with excellent ventilation up in the breeze and keeping you insulated from the ground and sheltered from all forms of weather.

Adventure Kings offers a wide range of roof top tents to satisfy nearly every level of budget, and comfort, along with options and upgrades to improve the usability and the amount of sheltered space to suite between 2, 4 and up to 8 people with a 6-man annex attached to an Adventure Kings Tourer Roof Top Tent.

The Tourer Roof Top Tent offers campers a cost-effective solution that is easy to install on nearly any vehicles roof rack system and has built in many industry standard features which are boast worthy for any trip away.

The next step up in the range is the Adventure Kings Kwiky Roof Top Tent, which features spring loaded struts for the ultimate in fast opening roof top tents, offering a campsite that takes seconds to set up.

Finally the Adventure Kings Grand Tourer Aluminium Rooftop Tent this is the most luxurious roof top tents we’ve ever seen, fitted with a massive 75mm thick mattress and enough room to stretch out and relax, which is perfect when you have spent all day on the tracks and need a good nights rest!

For the lastest deals and bargains on your summer escape with your family, head over to www.4WDSupacentre.com.au drop into one of our fully equipped showrooms or our dealer network, or call our experts on 1800 88 39 64.