I've spent quite a number of nights of my life under canvas and a large proportion of those have been 'in Europe'. The first camping trip was to France in 1978 and most recent was last year, 2012. Ever since those early days, we had a list of items that had to be packed so that nothing was forgotten. The assumption was always that there was no way a forgotten item could be replaced whilst on holiday. When camping in the UK and Europe, you always have to be on the lookout for the weather, no matter what season or location. I suppose Greece and Turkey might be more predictable but in the areas in which Dawn and I have camped, extending to Poland, and former Yugoslavia, there's always the expectation of a thunderstorm and the hailstones and winds to go with it. The weather in WA is different, as once Spring turns into Summer, even as far south west at Margaret River, the temperature rises and the rain stops. The temperature in early summer in Perth is in the high 20...