My Camping Food Preparation Ideas - [ PLAN AHEAD ]

[@patroln48]

Good point about the receipt!

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@patroln48 yeah mate. That came as great advice from a mate of mine. Cheers Tim.

[@markhopkins9925]

Thanks Tim , makes sense to plan out meals on a big trip . Keep ‘em coming ! 👍👍🍻🍻

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@markhopkins9925 thanks mate. It does make life easier when out camping. Cheers Tim

[@VaughanMunro-js4nr]

Hi Tim. Tourist information centres have leaflets on quarantine laws for all Australian states. Good idea keeping your supermarket receipts when travelling interstate to prove where you purchased fruit and vegetables. S.A. are the strictest. If you pass the disposal bin and get caught at the check point, expect a fine.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@VaughanMunro-js4nr yeah mate, keeping my food shopping receipts came highly recommended from a mate of mine. Top idea incase asked down the track. Thanks mate. Cheers Tim.

[@allieb1621]

Thanks Tim - great ideas to make food the least issue while travelling.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@allieb1621 well, when I wax away for a couple of weeks. Good prep is a big part of the trip. The menu just made life easy for me. Thanks mate. Cheers Tim.

[@Usandapup]

We were lucky enough to get a stern warning the first time we headed frlm Vic to the Flinders Ranges, definitely makes you remember for next time

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Sounds like you got lucky mate. Im sure the warning would be enough to think about it on a return trip into the Flinders. Cheers Tim

[@Usandapup]

@timbates4wdadventures definitely got lucky. Another thing we always do living on the road is make bigger meals like pasta, curry etc and put leftovers in the fridge for lunch or dinner on travel days

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@Usandapup absolutely mate, I’ll do the same with left over pasta. Goes well in the travel buddy wrapped in tin foil.

[@Dogteddy1]

we menue plan , but dont prepare . Thats a big part of the fun for me , always cook on site . love it.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@Dogteddy1 I cooked it all on site as well. Some nights I had steak on the campfire. Just took it all frozen. Cheers Tim.

[@Marriott999]

Hey Tim, Any chance you could share your meal list? It would be good to get some fresh ideas for camping trips. Cheers.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Everyone’s tastes are different. What you see me cooking, gives you an idea of what’s on my menu list. You need to make a food menu to suit you mate. Cheers Tim

[@craigshugg2332]

Another thing is even if you come into SA from a different border crossing or live in SA you cannot fruit and veg into the Riverland area. While there are no checkpoints from that way, just the disposal bins that rely on people being honest. Just a small fruit fly out break can shut down several properties and that grower's income and a lot are family-owned fruit blocks. The cost of controlling and getting rid of it can be well in the 10's of millions of dollars and can take months and months. From an infected piece of fruit. Thanks for bringing it up and making people aware Tim it's just a small thing most don't think much about.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@craigshugg2332 yeah mate, it seems to be a big problem. I saw on the news while I was away. The new fruit fly quarantine inspection facilities that South Australia is building. Massive dollars going into those facilities. Thanks mate. Cheers Tim.

[@patricknugent4259]

This is great information. My wife and I are heading to the Flinders this Spring. Can’t wait to see your films of the camping etc.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Thanks very much mate, thats great the video was helpful. The first station stay video will be up next Monday night. Cheers Tim

[@alanjohnston243]

Great advice about the fruit and veg mate, most would be unaware…….safe travels Tim looking forward to the vids

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Thanks heaps mate. Yeah, the fruit fly sure is something to think about. Cheers Tim

[@joost_au]

Thank you for this great video, it gave me some great idea's I am planning a long trip for the 1st time with my 9 year old son in October (Sydney - Perth and back). I been looking on KZbin for tips and tricks that are good value. So a 300,- Kings fridge for 2 reasons, 1 same price as a decent cooling box (I know.. WTF??) 2 that's the budget I have. Now I am trying to answer a simple (at least I thought it was) question, do I REALY need a 2nd battery or can I just use it as a powered Freezer when I drive (6+ hours a day) and switch it off with the car and pretend its a cooler at night? Would you know if that works? I use a simple cooling box (not powered) as my fridge. thank you for sharing your thoughts, I really enjoy your practical and down to earth tips!

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Gday mate Sorry for the late reply. To run a 12volt fridge in your car, you ideally need a second battery of some sort. While you’re driving, you’ll be fine on one battery. But , specially during summer when your fridge will work the hardest. It would be risky running your fridge just off your start battery and expecting your car will start the next day. Hope that helps mate. I’m glad you found my video helpful Cheers Tim.

[@steveformosa5191]

Well Tim I think it would make sense we come along with you on the next trip 😊

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Whys that mate? Cheers Tim

[@steveformosa5191]

@@timbates4wdadventures you make everything better look good just don’t get the smell of your cooking

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@steveformosa5191 Haha LOl

[@oldbloke204]

Good job on the fruit fly thing here in SA. If you go and do the Border track or are down in Nelson you can easily go across the border without really thinking about it as they're so close and the towns for resupply can be on the other side. I went through the Riveland one a while back and there was a line of cars and trucks going a long way back from the station so the wait was quite considerable. We haven't been quite so organised about planning our meals which usually means we have too much and a large mixed grill is necessary before we go home. I don't really see it as an issue though tbh.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Thanks mate. The fruit fly check points would catch out a lot of people. It was pretty quiet the day i went through. Cheers Tim

[@grantmathews690]

Hi Tim,its great to see another clip from you. Have you been out of circulation, or have I missed your videos. Im not "peaing in your pocket"!! But your a down to earth KZbin presenter,that I can associate with Cheers Grant

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Thanks mate. I have a few new videos coming through now over the next month or so from my trip into the Flinders Ranges. I appreciate your feedback mate. Cheers Tim

[@John-jz9ek]

Really like menu idea. Thanks for sharing. How much markup on the fruit and veg do they have in the supermarket at Renmark? Cheers Tim.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Thanks mate. The menu is worth the effort for the longer trips. Im not sure if prices where any higher in Renmark, than back at home mate. Cheers Tim

[@ianweal3081]

With that fridge freezer set up, where do you store milk, cool drinks etc,? Haha, 1999 got caught out big time, the check point was closer to the border from memory, past thru Broken Hill, stocked up big time to be stopped at checkpoint only 70 kilometres max from Broken Hill, no warning at all. Had to go over to bins and dispose of or eat all we'd brought in Broken Hill. Some items we were able to keep if we washed or peeled the skin off, can't recall what though. I was truly peaved off as there were no signs untill the boarder to enlighten us. In contrast, same trip we arrived in Katherine, goes into Woolworths, Massive Signs saying "No fruit or vegetable brought here can be taken into Western Australia", 200 plus kilometres away. Wished Broken Hill had that awareness. Today, the SA checkpoint is so far from the border you can comfortably get everything eaten prior to reaching it, still think its redicuous though as all fruit and veg in Broken Hill is possibly derived from SA. Now, the Western Australia boarder far stricter again. This time we were prepared thanks to that notice in Katherine. Arrives at boarder, zero fruit or veggies, all compliant but during inspection one of the staff spots our hessian bag containing Jimmy's Thunderbox (shitter). He tried to confiscate it, I begin saying no, you cant take it, like WHY. He's claiming it to have contained potatoes in a previous life. I lost my shit, demanded to see site manager, whom goes through all the rules that hessian bags must be ceased because they may have contained potatoes plus they are plant based I looked him square in the eye and said take a good look at the bag, its the exact proportions of the Jimmy Thunderbox, it is screen printed Jimmy's Thunderbox, at what point do you think its had potatoes in it since production, it's staying in my car to retain said Jimmy's Thunderbox for hygiene purposes. He rants on, I shuts the door, it's staying, he makes a phone call, I leave with said item and had a real bad sensation each evening I set the Jimmy Thunderbox up for the kids to use. Wife made a new cotton bag on our return, hang on, its derived from plant base as well, best surrender pillow cases, sheets etc next trip.🎉

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@ianweal3081 yeah mate, it sure does catch a lot of people out. The road side signage began soon after crossing the border I must say though, the check station was about 10-15ks into Sth Australia. I thought it might have been pretty much on the border. You sure have experienced this problem in multiple States. Full on mate. Thanks for your feedback Cheers Tim

[@ianweal3081]

@@timbates4wdadventures Yeah, much wiser these days. I'm always advising people not to stock in in Broken Hill, wait to Petersbough. Tim, where are you storing milk and cool drinks with your fridge / freezer configuration now?

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@ianweal3081 my slim line fridge has plenty of room for milk, butter and a few cold drinks while on the road. It’s well big enough I found for this trip over a couple of weeks.

[@ianweal3081]

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[@timbates4wdadventures]

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[@zoezoe610]

Good tips we are the same keep eating your normal meals like at home you always feel normal.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Thanks Zoe, there's no reason why you still cant eat well while away camping. Cheers Tim

[@davidknight5243]

Nice one Tim, I love how much cryovac food you can fit in an Engel freezer , plus the meal planner list is awesome, I may not be as disciplined as you & could easily swap Friday nights dinner for Wednesday 😂 Always great tips Tim, Travel safe mate👍

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Thanks mate. Yeah you can get a heap of frozen food in when it's flat packed. Haha LOL Could change a few nights around if the weather isn't great. But it was very handy having it. Cheers Tim

[@raffs_adv]

Hi Tim, my lady and I did practically the same route as you through to SA, and the fruit inspector said “do you have anything to declare” and we said nothing that we know of , but please have a look and see if we missed anything, they then said “No problem, if we find anything you can’t cary into SA , we’ll just confiscate it, we had some nuts they kept, then we were on our way with zero issues, we also had honey confiscated at the WA border same deal, no fines.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Gday mate, I think you just got lucky. My mate has been fined and i spoke with a guy travelling with his kids on one of the stations i stayed on. He drove past the bin thinking he didn't have any fruit to throw out. At the same Renmark check point i went through, he handed the officer an orange that one of the kids had when he got to the check point. He was fined for that, he was far from happy, let me tell you. Cheers Tim

[@ColtonRMagby]

Fruit flies are a nuisance, so I can understand trying to control the number of them. The best way to avoid a fine is to check what is and isn't allowed ahead of time. Knowledge is to abiding by the law what peparation is to a successful trip. Another good option for food on the go is an MRE, or Meal Ready to Eat. You can store those just about anywhere, and they're fairly flat. For me, those would be what I eat if I'm out on an overland trip longer than planned, and when there isn't a restaurant close to where I'm camping. Never hurts to be prepared.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@ColtonRMagby that’s it mate. Check on line as to what you can and can’t bring across. Just gota prepare for how it works for you. Thanks mate. Cheers Tim

[@ColtonRMagby]

@@timbates4wdadventures You're welcome, Tim. Cheers, Colton.

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@ColtonRMagby thanks mate.

[@robertwilson1827]

TV dinners!? Simples!?✔️✔️✔️

[@timbates4wdadventures]

@@robertwilson1827 if that works for you mate, then that’s the go. Cheers Tim

[@Lee-astrololee]

Fruit Fly will never be eradicated, so control is the key! Dealt with this little pest every day in Qld when growing fruit and veg for a living was the only income! It amazes me folks still try to dupe the system and think they will get away with it!

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Yeah, they are very tough on it in South Australia. There's no getting away with it if you have fruit on board. Cheers Tim

[@chrishepple3401]

Where are the beers

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Hahah Lol Dont worry, i had a supply of cold ones on board. Cheers Tim

[@SimonMahne]

Did you get on the West End draft ? 🍻

[@timbates4wdadventures]

Nah mate, not on this trip. Cheers Tim