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F Break

Leave a Comment / Australia, Backpacking, Coastal Areas of Victoria, Gippsland, Hiking, Victoria / By admin

F Break is at the end of ‘The Cape’ Road off the Cape Paterson Rd between Wonthaggi and Cape Paterson. This part of the world used to be a great delight but there is much development going on nowadays so it is being spoiled alas. Still you can see it now before it is altogether …

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Ultralight Towel

Leave a Comment / Backpacking, Hiking / By admin

Of course the very best ultralight towel is none at all – but you might not enjoy waiting (maybe in a cold wind) to dry off (though you will). It’s not so bad in the summertime but can be a tad testy in the colder weather. The same strategy can be applied to clothes washing …

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Ingenious DIY Hobo Blower Stoves

Leave a Comment / Backpacking, Cooking, DIY, Hiking, How To Guide, Hunting / By admin

As a a follow-up to my DIY Fire Blower  and to my DIY 33 Gram Roll Up Hobo Stove  I would like to draw your attention to these two of Tim Tinker‘s  ingenious DIY Hobo Blower Stoves Ultralight Blower Stove & Ultralight Coffee Cup Stove If you really want lightweight heat to cook with these …

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DIY Fire Blower

2 Comments / Backpacking, Cooking, DIY, Hiking, How To Guide, Hunting / By admin

I had been looking at some of erstwhile DIY genius Tim Tinker’s posts, eg Solar Fire Blower, Blower Stoves and USB Fire Blower so I decided to order some 5 volt laptop PC cooling fans from Aliexpress. They cost me US$1.40 each! The 3/4″ (19mm) plumbing fittings were also only 50c or so from Bunnings. …

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The Deer Hunter’s Tent:

14 Comments / Backpacking, Camping, Gippsland, Hiking, Hunting, Shelter, Waterproof / Rain Gear / By admin

I decided it was time to upgrade my Tyvek Solo Fire Shelter into something much better and which could accommodate two – and dogs! I also wanted to use my  Hole-Less Poncho Shelter as the floor. Such instructions as there are so far are can be found in these two posts. Both ideas evolved from …

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Ultralight Glasses Case: 12 grams

Leave a Comment / Backpacking, Equipment, Hiking, How To Guide / By admin

If you have got to my age (or had other bad luck) you no doubt need glasses. I now wear progressive frameless titanium glasses (14 grams) all the time, but I also need a spare pair in case I lose (which I have done once) or break them. The quite lightweight case they came in …

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A New Knee

Leave a Comment / Backpacking, Farming, Home & Gardening, Hiking, Hunting / By admin

As you may know I have been having trouble with my left knee (especially) for quite some time – around nine years in fact. I have tried just about everything to make it better as the posts I Kneed You,  A Cure for Knee Pain, & Knee Cure News will make clear to you, but …

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Lakes Entrance

Leave a Comment / Australia, Gippsland, Victoria / By admin

It’s lovely to take a day off during the warmer months and spend it driving up and back to Lakes Entrance (Gippsland). Because of the awful fence they have now built down the middle of the road between Sale and Bairnsdale we always take the Sale by-pass then when we hit the highway again we …

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DIY Tents

2 Comments / Backpacking, DIY, Hiking, How To Guide, Hunting, Shelter / By admin

In this post I thought I would pull together my ‘adventures’ with making my own tents/shelters over the years. My experience has evolved from utilising simple tarps/ponchos as shelters to creating a variety of tent ‘prototypes’ in Tyvek often followed by a lighter silnylon model (which I then take up the bush to try out). …

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A Cool Dry Back

2 Comments / Backpacking, DIY, Hiking, Hunting, Packs / By admin

The Vaucluse Cool Dry Frame. This looks like such a good idea and may well work. It is an open hexagonal frame intended to sit your pack of from your back an inch or so to allow air flow and (hopefully) prevent that nemesis of all backpackers, a wet back. You will have to pay …

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