Welcome to Adventure Kings presents a beginner's guide to camping i'm Brenno and in a past life i
was the editor of Australia's leading camping and 4WDing magazine 4WD Action i've been camping my
way around every part of Australia for the last 20 years and i've been lucky enough to make my
addiction for outdoor exploration my entire life now my gig here at 4WD Supacentre and
adventure kings has two sides to it if you've had a poke around the 4WD Supacentre website
then you've probably seen my mug on a whole range of videos that cover a wide range of our products
and the other side of my role is that i get to test new camping and four-wheel drive gear out
before it hits the shelves to make sure it's up to scratch one of the things that i've
always been so passionate about is helping more people get into camping and four-wheel driving
i think that camping is one of the most amazing past times that you can be a part of and that it
offers some incredible experiences that you just wouldn't have if you never left your lounge room
with the restrictions on travel that the virus has imposed on us all now is the perfect time
to explore your own backyard and the best way to do it is by camping as you go camping is the
perfect way to spend quality time with your loved ones your friends and your family and
if you've just come across us then let me say welcome and i'm so glad you found us so in a
moment let's talk about everything that i'm going to cover in this series and how you can start out
on your own camping journey but before we get stuck into things i just want to take a moment
to encourage you to subscribe to our channel and to hit the notification bell every single week
we're putting up amazing camping forward driving and auto electrical videos and not only do i not
want you to miss any of those but the fact is the more people that subscribe to our channel the more
opportunity i get to make more videos like this so before we go any further i want to take a moment
to explain to you three things that i genuinely believe about camping that i'll refer back to
time and time again throughout this series all three of these things tie in closely together
number one camping doesn't mean roughing it i wholeheartedly believe that the more comfortable
you make your camping experience the more often you'll want to go camping and that's absolutely
the end goal in this series i'm going to show you how to camp comfortably safely and enjoyably so
you have the time of your life anyone who tells you that you're less of a camper because you've
got a few mod cons and you're actually camping in style and comfort is full of themselves and is not
your friend number two camping is all about having fun i can't stress this enough we're not in the
army and i'm definitely not Bear Grylls this isn't about survival situations and living off the land
we will of course talk about how to stay warm stay comfortable and stay well fed but i'll show
you the easy shortcuts to all of these things and more and number three camping has come a long way
actually add seriously in there a seriously long way if you're like a lot of us you probably did a
bit of camping as a kid and you've probably got painful memories of spending hours struggling
to put up an over-complicated tent and of burning snags over the campfire those days are long gone
and honestly i'm glad they are i don't care how soft you call me i go camping to enjoy
good times with my mates around a campfire and to me wasting hours and getting frustrated are the
complete opposite of a good time so remember those three things camping doesn't mean roughing it
camping is about having fun and camping has come a seriously long way okay so let's take a look
at what we're going to cover in this series so this is episode one in episode two i'm going
to talk about the first thing that you need to sort out and that is your camping accommodation
there's so many options on the market and so many different ways to camp i'll look at the pros and
cons of freestanding tents versus rooftop tents versus swags where each camping method excels and
the potential shortfalls of each if you've got visions of paper-thin mattresses and shearing
your way through a cold night then i've got great news for you i'll show you how to have your best
night's sleep ever on your camping adventure in episode 3 i'm going to talk about food and drink
storage and camp cooking there are so many clever bits of camping here on the market these days when
it comes to this and you can genuinely eat just as well when you're camping as you do at home forget
those burnt snags because i'm going to show you just how easy it is to be a camping master chef
in episode 4 i'm going to hand the video off to my mate Cahn to talk about
camping electrical systems he's our resident electrical guru and he's going to show you
how a well-sorted electrical system is part of your camping gear will allow you to bring all
the luxuries of home with you wherever you go camping here's a little spoiler in the meantime
did you know it was possible to run things like a hair dryer or a microwave even at the most remote
bush camp in Australia Cahn will definitely show you how in episode 5 i'm going to show
you how to inject some serious creature comfort into your camping experience like i said earlier
i genuinely believe that the more comfortable you make your camping experience the more often
you'll go camping and i've got a heap of trips up my sleeve that i can't wait to share with you
and in the sixth and final episode i'm going to answer as many of your questions as i possibly can
so i highly encourage you along the way if you've got any questions chuck them in the
comments below and i'll get to them to round off the series okay so i reckon that just
about rounds out episode one but stay tuned because next week we'll be releasing episode
2 so you won't have to wait long for it and if you're watching this in the future then i'll
make sure to update the description with links to each episode and if you like this episode then do
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that you like the videos i'm making or the more videos that i get to make catch you next time