"Campfire Kev" on January 11th, 2012

Great news for anyone interested in trying swag camping: we’ve been working with Wild Canvas, specialists in canvas products, to design and manufacture Australian swags right here in the U.K. Previously the only option was to buy from Australia with shipping costs often being more than the cost of the swag! To my knowledge they [...]

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"Campfire Kev" on October 27th, 2011

This is a great video featuring the OzTrail swags and a couple of youngsters out in the Bush with their Dad trying out swag camping for the first time.

For more on Swag camping and use of them here in the UK and for canoe trips see our main swag post here.

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"Campfire Kev" on June 1st, 2011

We just got back from a great overnight wild-camping trip on the River Wye. Weather was good, but very windy on day one which made the mailes hard going at times, but it cleared beautifully in the evening for our camp. We knew heavy rain was coming early the next morning so set about getting [...]

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"Campfire Kev" on October 15th, 2010

[Update: new Wild Canvas Australian Swags will soon be available to buy online - see latest post.
Australia is the home of the canvas “swag” of course, and the best place to look out for the range of different styles and prices available down under is the Australian Ebay site. This one above from Ebay [...]

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"Campfire Kev" on June 7th, 2010

We just got back from a fantastic woodland swag camp in a local nature reserve. Given special permission, we were able to camp in a place not normally open to that activity, surrounded by the sights and sounds of a protected woodland and grassland nature reserve. We were treated to young Roe deer and even [...]

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