These are just in: Wild Canvas Australian Swags! Based on authentic Australian swag designs and years of experience camping in swags, Wild Canvas, makers of tents, yurts and canvas products have begun producing these for sale in the UK & Europe – as far as I know they are the only Australian swags available to buy in Europe.
For more details see this full post here on Path Of The Paddle.co.uk
Or more background on swag camping with your Land Rover here:
This is great movie, showing a couple of youngsters getting out in the bush with their Dad and trying out Swag camping for the first time. It makes quite a good job of explaining how a swag works – these OzTrail swags are a bit more sophisticated and complicated to set up than most true Australian swags, almost like a mini tent and they don’t quite have the ‘roll and go’ quality that I like with the simpler more traditional swags, but as the chap says in this video they are probably good for a youngsters first time out in a swag.
For more about swags and why they are a great piece of 4×4 (meaning Land rover of course) camping gear see our main post and another short video.
if like me you’re fascinated by these and the swag tradition and history from Australia then you can read my full article on that subject here: http://pathofthepaddle.co.uk/index.php/australian-swag/history-romance-of-the-australian-swag/
Manufactured and designed in Southern Africa where off road means long expeditions in the african deserts, savanna and jungles, Howling Moon have been leaders in Roof Tent production for over 30 years. Their website features a great section on roof tent owners photos and stories from around the word – really whets the appetite if you’re thinking of going on an expedition yourslef, but also shows these great tenst in real world scenarios – (see http://www.howlingmoon.co.za/Tour.html).
Fantastic image of a Land Rover Defender with HM roof tent set up in Egypt, from the Howling Moon On Tour pages - click for LARGE image
The latest variation of their ‘Tourer’ tent features 2280 gms/sqm Polyester/cotton ripstop material, Fluoro carbon coated with a lightweight vacuum laminated composite base construction with Zip operated, ventilated and insect screened windows.
Aluminium mounting extrusions, 2 Piece ladder with internal ladder access to tent, flysheet and 75mm thick high density mattress come as standard. The tnet also features useful internal storage pockets and maintains space for bedding when the tent is folded. A unique bungee cord system helps when packing up the tent.
Howling Moon Tourer roof tent - cick for LARGE image
Also a zip integrated annex tent with built in groundsheet provides large living room space for lounging around the camp after long days on the trail, whatever the weather. The tent comes in several size configurations as well as different size annexxe tents. This is a staple roof tent and one you should consider when choosing a roof tent for serious expeditions. Available in the UK from trekoverland.com
Finally finished the video of day two of our trip to Strata Florida and other mid-wales greenlanes: here’s the two together: try viewing full screen as they are in HD video.
Day One:
Day Two:
Enjoy!
A short video trailer for our trip to mid-wales – the weather was pretty bad but that just made it more of an adventure. We drove Strata Florida in the rain which was fantastic, camping along the route in the back of the Land Rovers. Here’s a taster, a full length video coming soon…
