Storing the (Slightly Large) mess of a Family of 7- Part 1

The back of our transit

When you have a large family and you're travelling, you will find it hard to store everything (at least we did). One of the main reasons why we purchased our Transit was the expanse of room. In the caravan, we are carrying clothes for 7 people, kayaks, ski gear (clothes and skis), food to feed 7 (a lot trust me!), toys, school work, and heaps of other stuff. Try and squeeze that all in your caravan, and you realize how creative we've been!! The best storage benefits of the caravan are the under the lounge storage and under the double bed, as well as under the two double bunks.

In the transit, we have a lot of space (12 seats) and we store things like the boogy boards, the boys clothes, water-sport gear, and camp chairs e.t.c. On the roof racks we have 2 kayaks and 5 surfboards. Our Transit is never the neatest place, but we fit lots (and lots) in there.

Our beach tub, skateboards,
umbrellas, and boogyboards. The
gazebo is stored in between the front
seats and this one.

Bedding and schoolwork on top of the
wadrobe

As we went to the snow, we had snow gear and also snowboards and skis to store. We managed to fit all the ski gear under Tahlia's bed. Ski clothes can be quite bulky, and when we started, we had it in a big bag in the beach tub that stores all the beach gear. After the snow, we tightly rolled up all the clothes and tucked them under Tahlia's bed. To store our snowboards, we simply removed the foot bindings (all you need is an allen key) and placed the snowboards in with each of our surfboards. They are storing fine, and they are protected from breakages. The skis we simply slotted in behind the boys clothes drawers (we only had Joel's skis, the rest were hired).

Clothes and more schoolwork!!

Our lovely hanging robe. Clothes and
wet clothes hang here.

Our clothes are stored in various places. Dad and Mum have a large hanging rail, that was installed by our Grandpa before we left. Mum clothes all hang up, and Dad has a clothes basket to store his extra clothes that don't hang up. The rest of our hanging clothes are also here for the rest of the family. The girls and Bethany's clothes are stored in a wardrobe, along with the school work. As we have been travelling for two years, we have last years school work, as well as this years. Joel and Josh (both doing distance Ed) have school work arriving, so they get a whole tub. The boys clothes, as before mentioned, are stored in the back of the transit in drawers. Joel has been lucky with the sturdiness of his drawers so far, but Josh's drawers are old one of ours and are starting to break.