prydey - what do you have in the way of a vehicle, (& trailer?), bbq, etc.
This was my setup the last time my wife & I went camping:
Tent, clothing, sleeping:
* Tent, tarp on ground, hammer for pegs (decent pegs are a must)
* Blow-up mattress, double sleeping bag, pillows, cig-lighter air pump
* Extra socks, pants (if camping in a wet area or near a river), plastic bag(s) for soiled clothes.
* Dress for the weather!
Fire & cooking & cleaning:
* Axe & saw for dead wood, otherwise a little gas burner will do the trick.
* Fold-out table, chopping board, dish tub, camp utensils, oven lighter
Food basics:
* 1x drink esky, 1x food ice-box
* 2x10L water containers,
* 250ml UHT milk or powdered milk comes in handy.
* Small containers for coffee, sugar, tea, butter, flour, oil, etc.
* Anything that won't get spoiled or crushed or soggy in an esky
* Tinned stuff, dried stuff, ready-made vac-packed camp meals.
* X-in-1 spice shaker, for salt, pepper etc
* Plan ahead for any fresh/spoilable stuff (salads, meat, dairy)
* If drinking grog, cans are far easier to dispose of than bottles.
Hygiene:
* If you're near a river take advantage of it for personal washing... pref upstream of other campers :P Failing that you could get by with just soap and deoderant for a while, depending on summer/winter/activity. Failing that extra deoderant, or even fresh wipes can help.
* TOILET PAPER!!!
* Detergent
* 2 bins or bin bags - 1 for recycling, 2 for rubbish. Take out what you take in. Unless you can burn it like beer cartons.
* Basic first aid kit.
Entertainment & comfort:
* Cards Against Humanity (if the kids are old enough)
* Regular cards
* Fold-out table
* Camp chairs
* At least one decent lantern. Phone torches should suffice for toilet runs at night. I spent $100 on a Primus 1000 Lumen adjustable lantern that lasts ~100 hours on the minimum setting, ~10 hours on the max setting.
* Jump-starter, which was actually used for charging phones (no reception - used for photos & music - use a cup as a phone speaker), for the cig ligher pump, and other stuff
Google will help with various campsites (power/no power, water/no water, 2WD/4WD/hike, toilet/no toilet, pet-friendly, etc)
^^^ All of the camping gear was in the car, except a
large fold-out table.
^^^ One of my more modest setups