Rooftop Tent

Camp at Lake Mungo, NSW

Camp at Lake Mungo, NSW

The ‘Howling Moon’, is a rooftop tent, and was the final addition to our camping trailer. For many years we rolled out swags in lousy weather and erected tents in the pouring rain. No doubt having a rooftop tent avoids all the fumbling with tents in the dark, twisted ropes, and lost pegs. Trying to secure the whole thing in gale-force winds.

We can pull up with a rooftop tent on the camper, and a cosy waterproof tent has popped up within five minutes.

The Howling Moon rooftop tent is a South African design.  The units mount on vehicles or trailers. Once fitted with an annexe, you have a very cosy camp environment. Packing up the tent is just as easy as setting up, and it folds away with your bedding in place.

lake mungo mudWe were caught in torrential downpours on a trip through Lake Mungo National Park in New South Wales with the camping trailer. We had approached Mungo from the south, heading due North from Benanee. So we camped the first night in the Prungle lakes system. As we left that morning, it began to bucket down, and the roads flooded within an hour.

Arriving at Mungo National Park, fine abrasive mud caked the camper trailer. All roads closed and we were the only travelers in the Park. However, the rooftop tent was brilliant and we holed up there for a couple of days. Thankfully, the Park Rangers were very helpful and allowed me to use their wash-down bay. With high pressure  we hosed the worst mud off.

snowy mountains

Packed up after a sub-zero temperature night in the Snowy Mountains