Van life how to stealth camp in a camper van, 10 tips to avoid the knock on the door, Australia

[@freebirds67]

Great info m8 you covered it all

[@peterhewitson71]

Thanks, I tried to cover most of the important points 👍cheers for watching 👀

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

I can't say we have ever done 'stealth' camping as all our vehicles were so obviously motorhomes or caravans there was no way to camouflage them. The hint about get in late and leave early is what we always used and we never got fined or even told off. Even stayed down at Kwinana Beach in the 4x4 and 20 foot van once, before they changed the car park and we got going nice and early, as we drove out the ranger was driving in :) Even camped along the estuary north of Australind when we had our old 30 foot Bedford bus, just moved around during the day and pulled up on sunset to stay the night. Old halls are great places to overnight out in the bush, usually plenty of room and many are out on their own away from houses. Some great tips for those with more innocuous vehicles than ours.

[@peterhewitson71]

I have kept my van as plain as possible, which has afforded me some great free and safe camps overnight in places where there is no free camping allocated especially in the more touristy towns .

[@SleekredruM61]

Great advice Peter. 🇦🇺👍 7:00

[@peterhewitson71]

Cheers mate , hope it helps .😎👍

[@Ranger670]

All the old stealth tips revisited. I lived in my old Kombi for 6 months back in uni days when I moved out of a share house that wasn't working. Morning showers in the uni gym and laundromats as required. Suburban Perth was also much less cautious and tucked in early in those days. I really enjoyed the time and randomly rotated through a number of overnight sites I'd discovered so as to not attract attention. Great advice all round.

[@peterhewitson71]

Thanks for sharing, it's almost like a game getting out ther, once you get over the initial fears then it is a very relaxing way to live, I am looking for to retirement to get out there more. I also want to do more on more motorcycle , do you watch @Steve Wallis I would love the time to do a bit of that as well . www.youtube.com/@campingwithsteve

[@glyn829]

Good advice that Pete 👍 just putting a campervan together here found it all very interesting.. especially not opening the door at night if someone knocks on

[@peterhewitson71]

Glad you enjoyed it. Would like to see some photos of it

[@louiskudlak2256]

Great advice, such an innovative idea stealth camping, thanks for putting me onto Steve and stealth camping on utube

[@peterhewitson71]

Any time! it's a great way to get around , Steve is so cool I love those videos .

[@ikichannelhiburan]

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[@peterhewitson71]

Thank you for watching 👀 🙏

[@peterhewitson71]

😎😎😎😎Thanks for watching hope the tips help , and thanks for the thumbs up , have a great day 👍👍

[@gemini2261]

Great tips 👌

[@peterhewitson71]

Glad you like them! 👍

[@colinl9018]

You could get a magnetic blue light, stick it on the roof and park at the local cop shop. 😂

[@peterhewitson71]

And put a cardboard ✂️ cut out of a police dog on the front seat .

[@colinl9018]

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[@Jenzel_Ria]

Yar, it’s a different environment in Perth now, for numbers are increasing exponentially and politicians do not have the guts to address the housing crisis, so that’s not going away and will be more of us. Find people are now more leery and aware of stealth vans. City council would like to blanket ban, but problem is you could lose a proportion of work force. They really don’t know what to do. Anyhow have florist on mine, for less valuable to thieves than plumber/telco.

[@peterhewitson71]

You are so right, one of the biggest issues I see is the few that do the wrong thing which affects the many, I always leave the place better than I found it any respect others around me when I can, I have just returned 2 Woolworths shopping trolleys dumped on the side of the road in the country, it really annoyed me to pass them each day going to work . Thanks for your comment and watching my videos , Keep the shiny side up , Pete

[@stewartcash555]

Technical you are not camping, your parking so unless it says ' no overnight parking ' you should be ok

[@peterhewitson71]

I agree , 👍 hope the ranger does

[@outback7092]

All great tips but for the last one, recently learned that these popo's, do not work for the people. ALL respect gone.

[@peterhewitson71]

No quite sure what you mean about the last one ? what are popo's , all comments are only my ideas for safety each person must asses the risk for them selves .

[@outback7092]

@@peterhewitson71 the police, the ones that are supposed to work for and protect The People, NOT ruled by politcal traitors. Sheesh 🙄

[@bencuraza6503]

From California some tips Are Universal and a few mentioned are Good to Know. Thanks for Sharing👍☘️🚐🍀

[@peterhewitson71]

Hi from Western Australia , thanks for watching and your comment , stay safe out there . Cheers Pete 😎

[@SomeplaceOrAnother]

Great tips 👍

[@peterhewitson71]

Thanks Brian 😊