AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING AND CAMPING FORUM

Reply #20 - Nov 3^rd, 2007 at 10:55pm

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Thenewme wrote on Nov 3^rd, 2007 at 4:36pm:

Hi Mrs Mik,

Welcome, now that we have completed the niceties can I pick your brains.

The Calgery Stampede is on next July, do they have any camp oven cooking competions, wishful thinking on my part, also can I get a lodge or camp chef oven in Calgery, will be flying into Vancouver on the 28 June then flying out to Fiji on the 18 July for 3 days then back to Sydney.

My son is getting married in a place (wait for it) call Moose Jaw, apparently we also travel through Kicking Horse, strange names they have in Canada.

Cheers

Thenewme, LK has given you some good information and knows much more about Canada than I do.

However, I CAN answer your question about shipping! We can certainly ship any of our items (we don't sell Lodge, only Camp Chef) to Canada and do so rather frequently. I'm sure shipping to Canada will be much less than shipping to Australia. My suggestion, as you have limited time there, would be to ship it about two weeks before you're due to arrive, just to make sure it doesn't get stuck in customs or some such thing. I assume you'd have me ship to your son, which is why I suggest shipping early, as I'm sure he won't mind holding onto the oven until you get there! As I tell all our international customers, don't pay any attention to the shipping calculator on our website. All I need is a postal code and I can then give you an accurate shipping quote.

I've heard that you don't have to pay duty in Oz unless it's over $200, but I believe there IS some duty to pay when shipping to Canada. Maybe LK can tell us more about that?

Hope that helps to answer your questions!

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Reply #21 - Nov 3^rd, 2007 at 11:07pm

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Yep,

One is going to get hit with the GST, Goods & Services Tax and Provincial Sales Tax. In Alberta there is no Provincial Sales Tax. & it looks like the GST under the present government* will be going down because ...... Presently, it's 6%.

& it is very important to have things shipped via United States Post Office (USPS). An alternative is United Parcel Service (UPS). Both have a fee for the service of collecting the taxes. With USPS that's $5.00 CA$. With UPS that fee is $30.00 on amounts from $20.00 to $200.00.

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* want to put in snarky remark about collecting lots of revenue from taxes high gas prices thanks to 'fuel futures' being on trading markets. This is the usual rvers bellyache about gas prices in N. Am.

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Reply #22 - Nov 4^th, 2007 at 12:05am

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I've Been Everywhere rates an entry in Wikipedia, which has place names for N.Am. Oz and NZ. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Been_Everywhere

Now maybe the Furph and a few more might like to hear The Man in Black (Johnny Cash) sing it. I think this link might get that version for you.

http://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Cash/_/I've+Been+Everywhere

What's up with the software Derek, how come it won't make the link to Johnny Cash recording link clickable?

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Reply #23 - Nov 4^th, 2007 at 12:12am

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It's written so that it doesn't link. Very sneaky actually. It has /_/ in it and that prevents it linking.

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Reply #24 - Nov 4^th, 2007 at 12:48am

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Sneaky, indeed! It's not the YaBB software, but the software at that site, LK.

The Johnny Cash version is the one I'm familiar with! He's one of my all-time favorites and truly a music pioneer. Been listening to him since I was a child.

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Reply #25 - Nov 4^th, 2007 at 5:27am

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Thanks Mrs_Mik & Little_Kopit

Have logged into Google Canada now and will check it out.

Mrs_Mik can you tell me how much it would cost to have a 10" & 5 " camp chef shipped to Oz, could you also do a quote on shipping just the 10" to OZ my post code is 2259, I am thinking about having the 5" shipped to my sons home in Calgery which I believe is in Alberta.

What part of Canada do you live in Little_Kopit. may have to pull up with our rv's and charge the batteries (just joking), we have organised 2 x 6 berth campers they are called C28 and the link is http://authentik-canada.com/pop_camping-car-mha.htm

My husband & myself were quoted $200 less for a 4 berth that we had to pack the bed up each morning and then make it of an evening (don't think much about doing that daily for 18 days), was not interested in that and then got a quote which was $500 dearer then the 6 berth to have a 4 berth with a stand alone bed, decided to go with the 6 berth (hey it's $500 cheaper).

Seems hubby & I have now scored the 30 year old daughter and grandson as we have so much room in our RV along with No 1 son who will climb in with us for a week when we first arrive in Vancouver, rv's booked from the 1st July and the wedding is the 12th.

Should be fun travelling around with him showing us the sights.

Cheers & thanks again

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Reply #26 - Nov 4^th, 2007 at 6:59am

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I don't know that rental company, but it is interesting to hear about different ones. Let us know how you like it. I know of others who have rented in Canada.

As for where I am, well 3 guesses and the first 10 don't c0unt.

That's the route of my 2006 holiday.

Here's one of those links, it's good to get to know. http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/canada_e.html & as you can see Calgary is in Alberta. Remember, I said Alberta doesn't have sales tax. Hover your mouse over the map and you will pick up the provincial and territorial names.

Oh, I wonder if Julie knows that Canada is bigger than the US. We have all of these islands and they make quite a difference. Here in this province we call Labrador the 'big land', but our whole province is the 4th from the smallest. Americans look to Alaska as being huge, and it is, but most of our provinces are close to it in size. Nunavut and Quebec are larger than Alaska.

How long has your son been in Canada?

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Reply #27 - Nov 4^th, 2007 at 7:25am

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Hi Little_Kopit,

Think it may a little too far to travel to the other side of Canada to charge up our Batteries, hehehe. Grin

Is there much fee camping for RV's in Canada, can we just pull over at a nice spot for the night, just curious, not into caravan parks, I know we will have to visit one every 2nd or 3rd night to get our washing done with so many littlies coming along Cry

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Reply #28 - Nov 4^th, 2007 at 8:22am

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Thenewme wrote on Nov 4^th, 2007 at 7:25am:

Hi Little_Kopit,

Is there much fee camping for RV's in Canada, can we just pull over at a nice spot for the night, just curious, not into caravan parks, I know we will have to visit one every 2nd or 3rd night to get our washing done with so many littlies coming along Cry

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Cheers

Washing every 3 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. Well, you know I'm not a parent of human children. My current dependents are pictured in the albums about the 2006 trip in the map.

We don't call it free camping. In most of N. America it's called boondocking. & to me, that's in the boonies, country, trees, wild stuff. But there is a bunch who think parking in a big box store* parking lot is boondocking. I don't get that. I wouldn't think that tolerable, but I have camped on cement. I prefer cooking outside and being with my 'family', and cement parking is a fish bowl. But it's free.

Hey, do you really want to spend you time at the laundromat? Isn't it possible to bring enough to wash once a week. Often if you pay for a night in a campground, they will have a laundromat. Search the links for campgrounds. & hey, listen, you can request the provincial tour guide online, you know. & say, if you have skype, you could call and ask. That way you'd get additional brochures about things that interest you.

Now, I don't know what interests you. Frankly, I'd rather see things 'out of town' than spend my time seeing the sights in cities. Most of our cities have bypasses.

*Walmart, Canadian Tire....

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Reply #29 - Nov 4^th, 2007 at 9:12am

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Hey girls washings easy just get a 20lt or 4 gallon plastic drum with a lid and half fill with water and soap suds drop clothes in and put the bucket on the floor of the camper over the axles and drive the movement of the vehicle agitates the water and clothes and all you need to do is rinse and dry we usually have 2 drums one for washind and the other for rinsing
try it you will be amazed
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