THE WALLABY TRACK WITH LIONEL MUSSELL
SLIDING SCALE
WHAT CONSTITUTES THE PERFECT VAN PARK?
DECENT AMENITIES IS A GOOD START.
In a column I wrote in 2001, I
mentioned that a new RV park
owner in America was seeking
answers to what constituted the
perfect RV park, so I wrote this:
“What's your idea of a perfect
caravan park and have you
actually found such a place?
We have stayed in hundreds of
parks over the years and have
found a few that come close.
On a scale of 1-10, they would
get a 9. At the other end there
are a few with my rating of 3
or 4 and most would fall into
the 6-7 range. A couple I won't
mention would drop off the
bottom of the scale and never
be visited or heard of again!
“On my list of desired
features would be showers
big enough to swing a fair-
sized cat with a dry area
where you can don your jocks
and socks without getting
them all wet.
They would have water-
wasting shower heads that
don't cut you in half when you
turn them on hard and have
water – not water vapour
– coming from them. Plenty
of hooks, a seat to put stuff
on and a glass door – not a
curtain between wet and dry
areas. Definitely no
keys should be needed to
get into the amenities!
“Space between vans,
preferably with a hedge
between as well, is very
necessary and it would suit me
if families were allocated one
area and us old fogeys another.”
In the fifteen years since then,
I've stayed in countless caravan
parks and have found some
that come close to perfect.
That's until you compare
prices and find that some are
so expensive they are out of
the question for older people
travelling on a reduced income.
I guess that sums up why I
am so keen on free or budget
camping and why I've set
Yemmy up with all the
conveniences of home.
TWO WEEKS FOR A STICKER
Last month I told you about the
bad thing I'd done to Yemmy –
it turns out to have been more
than $10,000 bad!
As I write he's still with the
repair shop in Rutherglen, Vic,
and would you believe the
hardest part they had to source
was a little warning sticker
that goes on the air-con unit.
It has to come all the way from
Germany and will take up to
15 working days to arrive!
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