What to pack for your camping adventure

We want to share our camping checklist for all the essentials to make your road trip the best one ever!

Camping essentials — **Above:**All the RV camping essentials

With good planning and a complete packing checklist, you can ensure you have all the essentials you will need to make your trip as enjoyable and comfortable as possible. Our camping checklist contains all the camping necessities we include for a couple or a family. We will be covering what to pack for a fantastic road trip!

Our ultimate camping checklist for your road trip

If you are wondering what to pack for your road trip, our packing checklist for a road trip includes the essential items such as a first aid kit, toilet paper, and clothes plus the additional items required to make your trip as easy, comfortable, and stress free as possible.

Kitchen and Cooking Necessities

The benefit of RV camping is the access to a kitchen and the ability to prepare delicious meals wherever you are. Packing the necessary items will enable the easy preparation of meals on the road.

Dinner plates
Bread & butter plates
Bowls
Mugs
Acrylic drinking cups
Acrylic wine cups
Beer coolers
Cutlery – forks, knives, steak knives, desert spoons, teaspoons
Grater
Serrated knife
Sharp knife
Kitchen scissors
Slotted spoon
Serving spoons
Tongs
Egg flip
Potato masher
Can opener
BBQ Lighter
Potato peeler
Small whisk
Measuring jug
Paper towel
Aluminium foil
Baking paper
Garbage bags
Fly spray
Steel bowls
Colander
Fry pan
Saucepan with lid
Cutting board
Cooling rack
Pot stand
Toaster
Kettle
Water bottles

Stress free meals — **Above:**Create delicious camp meals!

Cleaning Essentials

Packing the cleaning essentials will make it easy to keep you and your campsite clean and tidy! To save on space and weight – small sizes are best.

Disinfectant wipes
Chux wipes
Spray N Wipe
Hand soap
Dishwashing detergent
Dishwashing brush
Dishwashing scrubber
Toilet chemicals
Toilet paper
Dust pan & broom
Bucket – folding ones are great!
Hand sanitizer
Laundry detergent
Pegs
Tea towels

RV Essentials

These RV items are essential for your comfort and safety on your road trip.

Fire blanket
Fire extinguisher
Smoke alarm
Carbon Monoxide alarm
First aid kit
Camp table
Camp chairs
Mosquito coils
Tent pegs & ropes
Leg winder
Water Inlet hose
Grey water outlet hose
15 amp power cord
Levelling blocks
Wheel chocks
Tap Fitting
Shovel
Rope – for washing line etc
Torch & spare batteries

Family camping checklist

When you are travelling with little ones, or not so little ones, it is a great idea to include some games etc to play just in case you get a bit of wet weather. These are our tried and tested games, they don’t take up too much space and have been invaluable when shut inside a small area with NOTHING to do!

UNO cards
Playing card deck
Colouring book and pencils (don’t forget the pencil sharpener)
A small notebook to use as a travel diary

Camping grocery checklist

Cooking when you are camping can be as simple or as complex as you like. This camping grocery checklist is a list of basic pantry items that can assist with preparing delicious memorable meals. A great way of packing what you actually need is to prepare a meal plan for your trip, allowing you to pack just what is required and save on space. Repackage ingredients into smaller packs to save on space and rubbish on your campsite.

Salt & Pepper
Sauce
Oil
Butter/Margarine
3 condiments such as Vegemite, Peanut Butter, Jam, Honey etc
Stock cubes
Garlic
Long life milk and cream
Flour
Tea
Coffee
Sugar
Drinking water

RV maintenance checklist

Before setting off on your road trip, there are some essential maintenance items to take care of to prepare your RV and motor vehicle to ensure you have the safest trip possible. Ensure your RV and vehicle servicing is up to date. For remote 4WD camping, research the additional equipment you will need, such as recovery gear, additional spares and tools.

Check all tyre pressures including spare
Check wheel nuts
Fill gas tanks
Fill fuel
Wheel brace
Jack
Toolkit
Cable ties
Duct tape

RV Essentials — **Above:**A tool kit can come in very handy

Clothing and personal items checklist

When packing your clothes and personal items, keep it simple and pack for all kinds of weather – especially rain!

Toiletries
Sunscreen
Lip balm
Insect repellant
Towels
Undies
Socks
Hat
Beanie
Swimmers
PJs
2 x sets of clothes for colder weather
2 x sets of clothes for warm weather
Jacket
Thongs
Boots
Umbrella
Raincoat

Ready to set off on your next road trip?

Once you have all your gear together, it is time to get away on that road trip and make some memories!

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