{"id":901,"date":"2018-05-08T05:34:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T19:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frasergroup.org\/getinyabox\/?p=901"},"modified":"2018-11-06T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T23:06:48","slug":"caravan-parks-the-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.frasergroup.org\/getinyabox\/caravan-parks-the-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Caravan Parks; the Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sydney Opera House, caravan parks and boat ramps all have one important thing in common; they are all awesome theatres<\/em> where we can spend hours of\u00a0 quality time in the audience watching the show.\u00a0 \u00a0The quality of the production varies somewhat dependant on the venue.\u00a0 \u00a0What we all want to see in the caravan park is the arrival of Mr and Mrs Grump and their complete lack of idea and tolerance of each other.\u00a0 \u00a0A good argument and dummy spit makes the ticket price worth every cent.<\/p>\n

Im no reversing expert and Im not about to impart my shallow wisdom but we have a system that works very well for us (mostly).\u00a0 \u00a0A hands-on short course is a much better way to acquire that knowledge and confidence, and there are quiet a few systems around that work really well.\u00a0 \u00a0 Almost every caravan park will have the obligatory on-hand “expert on everything” including manoeuvring your<\/em> caravan.\u00a0 \u00a0Listen politely, thank him, and then go back to your <\/em>way in your <\/em>time.<\/p>\n

The key to success and robbing the crowd of a show is to simply slow down, and take all the time in the world that you need to get the job done.\u00a0\u00a0 You do actually have all the time in the world, so my advice is to used every minute of it.\u00a0\u00a0 If Im not happy with the directions Im getting I will get out of the car and have look for myself.<\/p>\n

With out a word of exaggeration at one particularly challenging site we arrived at the well entrenched neighbours literally pulled up chairs to watch us manoeuvre our 20ft caravan between a 15ft drop off and a 15ft bank with 10ft of turning room past a large tree.\u00a0 \u00a0On that occasion the local experts stayed put in his camp and no-one offered a single word of advice.\u00a0\u00a0 This was a show no-one wanted us to get right, and no-one wanted to miss.<\/p>\n

A simple and incredibly helpful reversing pal and marriage saver is a pair of kid’s $50 handheld UHF radios available from Jaycar, JB HiFi, Officeworks, Autobarn and many other places.\u00a0 \u00a0The key when reversing the caravan is communication; clear, concices and unambiguous directions.\u00a0\u00a0 The most important piece of advice I cant emphasise enough is to describe in full minute and painful detail which bit of what, where you want to put it and how that impacts everything else, ie. “move the rear drivers side of the van toward the drivers side.\u00a0 You have one metre of clearance to each side and the rear<\/em>“.\u00a0 \u00a0Every communication needs a response before you move an inch.<\/p>\n

One course learnt Pull\/Push system which good friends of ours use to great success utilises UHF radios.\u00a0 \u00a0 The guiding person stands directly to the side at the rear of the van in clear view of the driver.\u00a0 \u00a0The guiding person simply calls pull, push or straight.\u00a0\u00a0 The pull and push relating to the position of the rear of the van and describes the guiding person hypothetically pulling the van sideways toward their position, or pushing it away.<\/p>\n

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The Sydney Opera House, caravan parks and boat ramps all have one important thing in common; they are all awesome theatres where we can spend hours of\u00a0 quality time in the audience watching the show.\u00a0 \u00a0The quality of the production varies somewhat dependant on the venue.\u00a0 \u00a0What we all want to see in the caravan park is the arrival of Mr and Mrs Grump and their complete lack of idea and tolerance of each other.\u00a0 \u00a0A good argument and dummy spit makes the ticket price worth every cent. Im no reversing expert and Im not about to impart my shallow wisdom but we have a system that works very well for us (mostly).\u00a0 \u00a0A hands-on short course is a much better way to acquire that knowledge and confidence, and there are quiet a few systems around that work really well.\u00a0 \u00a0 Almost every caravan park will have the obligatory on-hand “expert on everything” including manoeuvring your caravan.\u00a0 \u00a0Listen politely, thank him, and then go back to your way in your time. The key to success and robbing the crowd of a show is to simply slow down, and take all the time in the world that you need to get the job done.\u00a0\u00a0 You do actually have all the time in the world, so my advice is to used every minute of it.\u00a0\u00a0 If Im not happy with the directions Im getting I will get out of the car and have look for myself. With out a word of exaggeration at one particularly challenging site we arrived at the well entrenched neighbours literally pulled up chairs to watch us manoeuvre our 20ft caravan between a 15ft drop off and a 15ft bank with 10ft of turning room past a large tree.\u00a0 \u00a0On that occasion the local experts stayed put in his camp and no-one offered a single word of advice.\u00a0\u00a0 This was a show no-one wanted us to get right, and no-one wanted to miss. A simple and incredibly helpful reversing pal and marriage saver is a pair of kid’s $50 handheld UHF radios available from Jaycar, JB HiFi, Officeworks, Autobarn and many other places.\u00a0 \u00a0The key when reversing the caravan is communication; clear, concices and unambiguous directions.\u00a0\u00a0 The most important piece of advice I cant emphasise enough is to describe in full minute and painful detail which bit of what, where you want to put it and how that impacts everything else, ie. “move the rear drivers side of the van toward the drivers side.\u00a0 You have one metre of clearance to each side and the rear“.\u00a0 \u00a0Every communication needs a response before you move an inch. 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