Jason Hodges on Family Camping

In Episode 3 of Caravan and Camping with the Stars, landscape gardener and Better Homes and Gardens presenter Jason Hodges shares a lifelong love of camping that started as a baby on the family farm.

He talks about the appeal of seeing more of Australia for less money, from tackling the Old Telegraph Track to weekends at Narrabeen Lakes in his first secondhand camper trailer, and the friendly community of fellow campers he met wrestling with it for the first time.

Jason reflects on how little technology his family uses while camping, letting everyone actually talk to each other, and how caravan parks have evolved into destinations in their own right, with pools, play areas and the kind of free-range, meet-the-kid-down-the-road childhood that is harder to find elsewhere. For Jason, camping is about being pushed outdoors and embracing new experiences as a family.