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Camping trips can be some of the most relaxing excursions you’ll ever take, but not unless you do your best to cut out the stress. It’s tempting to pack a ton of gear when you go camping to ensure you’re prepared for anything and everything, but when you’re figuring out how to make a small camper trailer work for a family, packing light is key. You might think you need everything on your list, but chances are that a ton of those “essentials” might not ever get used on your travels. Figuring out how to scale things down and only take exactly what you need might seem like a chore, but it’ll make your trip so much better in the long run. You won’t have to pack and repack and constantly reorganize to make things fit, you won’t have to search endlessly for items, and unpacking after a trip won’t be something you dread. Keep reading to find ideas on how to make a small camper trailer work for you, because it might just result in the most relaxing trip of your life.

Located in the heart of Mt Field National Park in Tasmania, the iconic Russell Falls is one of the most photographed waterfalls in Australia, and for good reason. The falls consist of two main drops and a segmented, vertical appearance. This majestic feature is also one of the easiest waterfalls to get to and is only an hour outside of Hobart, making it a great location for a day trip. The camping facilities within the park are equipped with  toilets, electric barbecues, kiosk and a visitor centre near the start of the track.

Sarah Hunstead is a paediatric nurse, the author of A life. A finger. A pea up a nose. A practical guide to baby and child first aid, and the Founder and Managing Director of CPR Kids. CPR Kids empowers families with life saving skills to recognise and respond to their sick or injured child. She recently returned from a three month trip around Australia in a Cub camper trailer with her family and while on the road, they made a film about safety in the great outdoors.

Matt Kennelly is our NSW Sales Manager, who you may recognise him from our various product and instructional videos, and he recently headed off to the Big Red Bash in a Cub Escape with his 13-year-old son, Max. For the uninitiated, the Big Red Bash is an annual music festival held on the Big Red Dune, around 35km from Birdsville in Outback Queensland and it attracts thousands of campers, backpackers, caravan and 4WD travellers from all over the country – making it a bucket list entry for many Aussie campers.

With trade show season upon us, those of you who are in the market for a new camper trailer are going to be spending a considerable amount of time looking at the various models of on the market. Although we would are hoping you will ultimately end up as a member of the Cub family, we understand that there are a lot of different models out there so we want to at least make sure that while you are considering your options, you have all of the necessary information to pick a unit that will best suit your needs. To do this, we have put together a list of aspects to look for and questions to ask the sales people that you speak to at the shows.

For years, my husband Tom and I had a distant dream of travelling Australia for an extended period of time. Soon after our baby Benji was born, we decided to take the plunge and turn that dream into a reality.