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Campervan Kama Sutra Outback Australia with a camper trailer three kids and a dog* eBook John Perrier

A very funny read and a great introduction to the joys of travelling through outback Australia. It has been years since I've read a travel book, probably Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island" which I thoroughly enjoyed. I would recommend this book as being every bit as entertaining and enlightening.

It has me researching campervans!


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Campervan Kama Sutra Outback Australia with a camper trailer three kids and a dog* eBook John Perrier Reviews

This is one of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time. In many ways it is like a travel blog, but the author also manages to fit in discussions on a seemingly unrelated bunch of topics, all with great humour and in a way that somehow makes sense. Everything is fair game the attendant at the auto shop, the Fremantle foreshore, the ‘outback motorists gidday wave’, the girl who paddled from Perth to Darwin, the crazy German tourists, and his various mechanical stuff ups. He obviously likes a drink or three as well.
You not only get a solid serve of laughs from this book, but some generous dollops of local culture, history and geography as well. It’s not preachy – everything is woven into the tale quite seamlessly. If you’re after a simple, funny travel-blog style book, you won’t do much better than Campervan Kama Sutra.
As the blurb suggests the book follows John Perrier’s family on their trip around Australia – as with any family holiday and especially one that is as long distance as this, not everything quite goes to plan and we get to see a really in-depth and exciting look into a one-in-a-lifetime trip. We get to see tire failures on bumpy roads, a river crossing that nearly goes terribly terribly wrong. However in all of this we get to experience the ups and downs, the excitements and the worries of a family who travel the incredibly country that is Australia – in a camper trailer.

The writing is straight forward and almost diary style in format which did surprise me a little. Instead of being full of evocative descriptions it’s feels very non-fictionally documented. This at times makes it a little difficult to read in big chunks because there is so much information to just process and take in but in smaller bites I found myself really falling for the family and their little quirks. Writing in such a way does allow the reader a more honest portrayal. (I’ve a little bit of the text to show kind of what I mean.)

‘Amazingly quickly, suburban Perth gave way to West Australian countryside. Once out of the city we passed thick eucalypt forests, drove on meandering roads that coursed either up or around the hills, and frequently encountered charming little towns that dotted the highway. The land harboured many farms, and domestic animals such as cattle and sheep herded under roadside trees. It was ever-changing, with plenty to see along the way.

Put your hand up if you believed even a single word of the crap in the last paragraph. I’m not being unkind here, just truthful, when I say that virtually the entire West Australian coastline is flat and monotonous. It is a treeless scrub that stretches off seemingly infinitely in every direction. The road rarely turns, there are no hills, and the place names on the map more often represent road-house garages than towns. The earth is uniformly red ochre. There are seemingly no farms, and no farm animals. Just flat, endless scrub.’

If you’re wondering about the title which I certainly was it refers to the authors idea of writing a book entitled – Camper-van Kama Sutra II 101 ways to have sex in a camper-van without the kids or neighbors knowing. The book does have a very quirky feel and the author manages to make you feel involved with the trip and feel like you’re really there – through Karijini National Park, or travelling along the Gibb River Road. I didn’t really get the Bryson feel if I’m totally honest – Bryson is really a romanticist and this feels less like that but that doesn’t mean I liked it less.

Would I recommend? Yes actually. It’s a style of book I haven’t read for a little while now and getting to see the ins and the outs of the adventure was interesting and exciting. It may not be written with dazzling description but it’s written with guts and heart and I loved that.

*I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review*
John Perrier and his family, wife and three children, went on a 3-month road trip around Australia. John planned the trip with a blind trust that everything would be fine. It wasn’t. The trip ended up costing a king’s ransom, if the king was from a small, third-world country.

This book was out of balance. The grousing and smart-assing should have been the smaller half, and the descriptions of locations and activities should have been the larger half. I enjoyed it enough to finish reading, but at the same time, it was truly annoying. How interesting is running over your stuff when it falls off the vehicle, or replacing shredded tire after shredded tire? Then, suddenly, there would be a tourist activity that was captivating.

I feel that I learned something about the variety of terrain and cultural differences in Australia, but if the Perrier family goes on another road trip, I think I’ll pass..
Amusing easy read......not spectacular but was enough to hold my interest.
It made me feel like I was on the trip. I loved the characters, plot line, and themes throughout such as the importance of family. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants a humerous tale or an informative experience of australian outback. I enjoyed every page of this book. It is not a challenging read so is suitable for all ages.
A very entertaining little read. If you fancy a story that's chockablock full of Aussie lingo, then give this a go. Probably the first book I've read to use nincompoop. And I think if they asked me to go on holiday with them, I'd say no and I'd never lend them my bicycle. Fun read that made me laugh.
I usually read travel books because I’m considering going on holiday in that direction. But no need to limit your reading here, it’s a novel in its own right. True, it’s a simple story, with no real unifying plot or theme – if you want those elements then this is not your book – but if you just want a few good laughs then this may be your style. While there is some reference to the local towns and landscapes, it is primarily just a story about a family journey that is told in a quite entertaining manner.
A very funny read and a great introduction to the joys of travelling through outback Australia. It has been years since I've read a travel book, probably Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island" which I thoroughly enjoyed. I would recommend this book as being every bit as entertaining and enlightening.

It has me researching campervans!