Recent content by Aussiepom

You must have met an odd one. Every time I go camping with Aussies they always light massive fires - far bigger than necessary. To the extent that you have to try to sheild yourself from the heat just to get close enough to put a pot near the fire.

Granted, there may be occasions when a stick is unsuitable or unavailable. I was merely posting in generic terms, since the OP wasn't specific about the location. For those few occasions, (maybe not so few in your chosen place of travel), when a stick won't suffice, I think I'd still rather...

For crying out loud! Just use a stick. It costs nothing and weighs nothing.

I've been using the 1.6 ltr. It's reasonably rigid and plenty strong enough for its purpose. I love the style of bail handle - the one real weak point of the Zebra design to my mind, (well, 2 if you count the weight). It's easy to hang, stores well, without wasted space and is plenty strong...

I've found duct tape to be even better - quack quack. :)

Regardless of how you get the water to temperature, they are still worth the money, because you get the bag itself, (which could easily be improvised), but more importantly, the attached shower head with adjustable output. Your not gonna easily improvise that. Having said that, I can kind of...

The answer is starting us in the face. We should be treating the cause, not the symptoms. The root cause of so many problems on the planet, not just climate change, is the size of the human population. A large, (and I mean large, not just several million), reduction in the population would...

Have you ever tried cutting it across the grain? It's makes it easier to chew, especially if you tend to make 'very' dry jerky, for longer term storage purposes.

There's more than one type of steel out there. Some steels are completely smooth, (and non-abrasive), and all they do is realign the edge. Other steels appear as you describe above, although in a whole range of sizes, and actually remove metal. In fact you can actually see tiny particles of...

Not so, hootchie cord is recognised as a different animal altogether. I think the spec is 2.5mm and it's braided, not sheathed. It's a touch stretchy, and I would guess at nylon rather than polyester, but I'm not 100% on that. It's advertised on the kitbag website mentioned in previous posts...

Have a look on the Backpackinglight.co.uk website. If I recall correctly, Bob, who runs the website, (and who is on this forum as 'Podcast Bob' I think), did a quick write up about himself and a friend taking the Mini peak out on a weekend to Wales. The weather was atrocious but apparently the...

Hi Folcwigga, Sounds like you're going more 'bush' than 'outback'. The outback is, basically, desert. Yes there are trees, but you may find suitable hammock sites hard to come by. Remember, eucalypts drop their branches without warning - even healthy ones, so best to avoid sleeping under...

Stew, (dutch or bedourie oven). You can cook that for as long as you like and MAKE it be ready at the same time.

Driza-Bones are very popular down here. Been around for ages. Some city folk wear them for posh, but they're the brand of choice for country folk, who wear them as working clothes. That should tell you all you need to know about them really. They last forever and you can get different...

What he said. But, just to clarify, the whole lot is inside the tent already. You just get into the tent as you normally would.