Time to Roam Magazine Issue 5 - October/November 2013 | Page 60

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out the back celebrity camper

Celebrity Camper
- Barry Du Bois
Barry ‘Baz’ Du Bois
co-hosts The Living
Room with Amanda
Keller, Miguel
Maestre and
Dr Chris Brown,
Friday nights on
Channel Ten.

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Where did you go for camping holidays when
you were young?

Dad, Mum, my brother, sister and I used to
camp in a tent for the entire school holidays
at a little beach on the south coast of NSW
near Kiama. All of our cousins would be
there. This time was amazing to me –
fishing, swimming and exploring – we did it
all. It was a place where you were safe but
still it was an adventure.
My dad was a hard worker but loved to
spend as much time together as a family as
possible. I remember one year during the
1970s driving down the coast in our brand
new station wagon. We were slowing down
as we went through Kiama and we could
see our reflection in the shop windows, the
roof racks where loaded right up. While
stopped at a crossing, a kid in the street said
to his Dad, “look at that car Dad, they are the
luckiest people in the world”. He was right,
it’s a day that I will never forget.
Later in life, the family started to water
ski and we got a little cabin at Burrunjuck

dam near Yass which is where my dad was
brought up.
What has been your favourite place to camp
and why?

My 13 year old Nephew does not have his
Dad in his life and we spend a lot of time
together.
When I started on TV I bought a Toyota
Land Cruiser and set it up for camping with
a fold out tent and all our camping gear.
We had it for two years and travelled to
many great spots, leaving it at airports and
mechanic shops when I had to fly back for
filming.
One of my favourite times was again on
the south coast of NSW at a place called
Mimosa Rocks. We stayed right on the water
for a week and lived off what we caught. It
was a great adventure.
I also have a big BMW GS 1200 motor bike
which is what they ride the Paris to Dakar
on and we have all the camping gear on
that as well. We will often spend two nights