{"id":2351,"date":"2018-03-18T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4wdsupacentre.com.au\/news\/?p=2351"},"modified":"2018-03-17T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T02:09:15","slug":"five-bits-of-camping-and-4wd-gear-to-take-to-cape-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/five-bits-of-camping-and-4wd-gear-to-take-to-cape-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Bits Of Camping and 4WD Gear to Take To Cape York"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s almost that time of year again! Easter is just around the corner and that means for thousands and thousands of 4WDers, the annual pilgrimage north to the incredibly beautiful Cape York is just about to start. Whether you\u2019re heading up for the first time this year or you\u2019re returning for your 2<\/span>nd<\/span>, 6<\/span>th<\/span> or 15<\/span>th<\/span> trip, you\u2019re probably making lots of checklists and going over your camping gear from head to toe. It can be a little over-whelming, and there definitely can be a tendency to want to over-pack everything until you end up looking like a third-world bus. Here at 4WD Supacentre we have been travelling Cape York for years and we absolutely live and breathe the place. We\u2019ve come up with this essential guide to five bits of camping gear and 4WD accessories you should definitely make sure are on your list to take with you. This stuff will make your Cape York adventure an unforgettable one!<\/span><\/p>\n

WINCH<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>If you take absolutely nothing else to Cape York with you apart from your credit card, then make sure it\u2019s a winch. The 4WDing on tracks like the famous Old Tele Track and the Frenchman\u2019s Track are fun and challenging, and you\u2019re bound to get stuck at least once! That\u2019s okay because it\u2019s all part of the fun, as long as you\u2019ve got a good solid winch like the Grande Mk3<\/strong><\/a> or the Domin8r X.<\/strong><\/a> Make sure you\u2019re also carrying a good recovery kit and you know how to use everything in it, because this will mean the difference between a half-hour bog that results in a good yarn around the campfire later, or being stuck in mud for hours or days.<\/span><\/p>\n

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GAZEBO<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>The weather can turn at any moment up the Cape. While the \u2018Dry\u2019 season runs from around Easter through to about November every year, there\u2019s nothing to say that unseasonable rain won\u2019t hit. In fact we\u2019ve been up the Cape in May and June and it has bucketed down! Take a camping gazebo like the Adventure Kings 3x3m gazebo<\/strong><\/a> or the Adventure Kings 6x3m gazebo<\/strong><\/a> with you and strap it to your roofrack<\/strong><\/a>. That way it\u2019ll be there in easy access when you need to get to it quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ICEBOX<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every second or third day you\u2019ll pass by roadhouses or travel through beaut little towns like Cooktown, Weipa or Bamaga. That means there\u2019s heaps and heaps of opportunities to buy blocks or bags of ice to keep your drinks cold. Because it\u2019ll no doubt be warm up in the Cape, even in winter, your fridge will be working overtime so give it a hand by storing all your drinking in an icebox like the Adventure Kings range of iceboxes.<\/strong><\/a> Tip: Don\u2019t break up bags of ice, leave them as one solid mass in the centre of the icebox and stack drinks around them to make the ice last as long as possible.<\/p>\n

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ROOFTOP TENT<\/strong>
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You\u2019re probably wondering about the big question \u2013 crocs up the Cape. The short answer is yes, there are lots of crocs up in Cape York. There\u2019s big salties that\u2019ll have a chomp without a second thought, and little freshies that you still need to be croc-safe around. That means not camping right on the water\u2019s edge, and ideally being up high in the sky when you\u2019re camping. A roof top tent<\/strong><\/a> is perfect for Cape York for this reason, but camping out of a roof top tent also lets you get up higher and catch any little breezes on those particularly hot nights. Rooftop tents are definitely recommended for up the Cape!<\/span><\/p>\n

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STRETCHER BED<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t sweat it if you have a swag, though. Just follow the rule of thumb and camp at least 20m back from the water\u2019s edge. A croc isn\u2019t really going to make a midnight snack of you in the middle of the night, not unless you\u2019re being an idiot and swimming where you shouldn\u2019t in the dark. Still, you\u2019ll sleep a lot easier if you throw one of the Adventure Kings Sumo Stretcher Beds<\/strong><\/a> under your swag to get you up off the ground. As a bonus, if it rains you won\u2019t end up rolling around in that famous Cape York red dirt that turns to clay mud instantly. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s almost that time of year again! Easter is just around the corner and that means for thousands and thousands of 4WDers, the annual pilgrimage north to the incredibly beautiful Cape York is just about to start. Whether you\u2019re heading up for the first time this year or you\u2019re returning for your 2nd, 6th or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123456,"featured_media":2352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351\/revisions\/2353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.emgcloud.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}