
Be prepared, be comfortable, be safe, and have a great time.

Essential Personal Items
- Comfy clothes, swimwear, dress ups.
- Safer sex supplies if needed.
- Cash.
- Tent.
- Bed roll/ airbed/ mattress/stretcher.
- Blankets, sheets/sleeping bag.
- Pillow.
- Ear plugs.
- Towels.
- Torch + battery or cellphone + car charger.
- Hormones or medications.
- Power Bank/spare battery.
- Vape charger.
- Cupboard/food crate.
- Chilly bin.
- Personal kitchenware – plate/bowl/utensils.

Essential Consumables
- Water or large water container.
- Food.
- Bug spray.
- Sunscreen SPF 50+.
- First aid kit.
- Gas bottles for cooking.
- Firewood.
- Ice X 1 million.
- Kitchen wipes.
- Toiletries eg soap, sanitary products, wet wipes, extra T-paper.

Kitchen and Living in Style
- Kitchen /lounge gazebo.
- Kitchen bench.
- Kitchen table.
- Chairs.
- Solar candles/ lighting/safe fire torches.
- Clock (no cellphone reception).
- Ropes.
- Flags/privacy screen fabric.
- Falas/floor mats.
- Cookers.
- Gas bottles or cans.
- Dishwashing tub, dishwash liquid, Scrubber, Buckets, Tea towels (or wetwipes).
- Pots and pans.
- Chopping boards and sharp knives.
- Grater.
- Mixing/salad bowls.
- Coffee plunger.
- Can opener.
- Music speakers.
- Beanbags or camp chairs.
- Solar shower.
- Bicycle.

Links
You can find camping advice for beginners at the following places:
Camping for Beginners – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Camping Checklist – Rei Co-Op.
Camping Tips for Those Who Aren’t Afraid to Call Themselves Newbies – Kathmandu NZ.