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So, then an alternative power source is vital. While solar panels have been gaining in popularity in recent years, it is the good old 'gennie' which keeps most nomads powered in the bush. Happily, many national parks and even free camping areas now direct campers to 'generator areas' and 'non-generator areas' and this helps to prevent some of the unpleasantness which occasionally occurs when generators are judged by some to be too noisy. The noise issue and the cost issue are perhaps the key considerations for most gennie hunters. Some of the 'cheap' imports out there can be picked up for not much more than $100 and there are those who swear by them 'at the price'. Pattie Francis from Adelaide put a few generators through their paces before she decided to splash out on a Honda. "They advertise them as whisper quiet and that's exactly what they are," she says. "My husband would have been happy enough to go cheap but I know how touchy a subject generator noise can be. We spend a lot of time out in the bush and I think it's just a better long-term option for us. I hate feeling self-conscious about turning on the thing or having people ask us when we're going to turn it off. My husband says I'm too sensitive but there you are."
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When
you're out on the road for month after month, and even year after
year, it's pretty unrealistic to expect to stay in caravan parks
for all of that time. Firstly, the cost would be prohibitive and
secondly you'd miss out on some of the greatest country there is.
