Tag Archives: Camping

Coleman Event 12 sun shelter

A few years ago, I purchased a Coleman Event 12 sun shelter. For one reason or another, I had not even taken it out of its bag, let alone taken it camping.

With another camping trip planned, I thought it was time to pull out the Coleman Event 12 sun shelter and take a look at it.

I specifically purchased the Coleman Event 12 because its pack size is slightly shorter than the larger Coleman Event 14, meaning that it can fit longitudinally in the boot of my Toyota Prado with my other camping gear.

When erected, the Coleman Event 12 is smaller than the Event 14, but still provides very useable space. My Event 12 also came with a sun wall, which you can see in the photos.

image

image

image

image

image

Water — just in case

The Courier-Mail is currently reporting, “250,000 people in Brisbane face the threat of no water overnight because of the earlier shut down of the Mt Crosby Water treatment plant.”

Just in case, I have pulled out the camping gear again to store some water — 2 x 20 litre tubs should be enough drinking water for a couple of days.

image

While I do not want to sound smug, my observation is that people who camp — and therefore have ready access to camping gear — generally tend to do better in natural disasters than those who do not. Things like ice boxes, gas stoves, lanterns, jerry cans, even solar panels and generators come in very handy when there is no electricity or other utilities.

In the last few days I have used our camp mattresses, ice box, dual fuel lanterns, torches and now our water jerry cans. The moral of the story — get out and camp more often!!