For years I had heard rumours that somewhere in Gippsland, in some secret valley an old miner’s hut from before WW2 still stood in pretty much pristine glory. I know of several others similar, most of which have by now seen better days or have succumbed to this century’s ‘conservation’ wildfires. I will be revisiting
The humble raincoat is so often a life-saver. There is no other item so vital for your survival that you should take into the bush as some type of shelter (even if it is only the simple $2 space blanket which so easily slips in your breast pocket). For most people though that will be
Including pattern and instructions). I have been (very belatedly) making Della a pair of these using the ‘pattern’ I made my own with some years ago. That post says they weighed 19 grams but that was including the closed cell foam inserts. 13 without! That was in US Size 9. Della’s in US Women’s Size
Della and I are just back from a four day backpacking exploration of one of our greatest alpine wildernesses, the Mt Darling Snowy Bluff Wilderness created in 1983. This is a trackless mountain vastness suitable only for the most experienced outdoor adventurers. We return ‘bowed but unbroken’ Forbidden Wilderness: (Well they might as well be)
I manage to get up the bush from time to time though I don’t always have time to post about it but Honey and I spent a week away recently exploring some of our much burned bush. I just do not understand the mentality of ‘conserving’ millions of acres of bush only to (fairly regularly)
I guess ‘everyone’ understands about calories per gram in choosing their hiking food requirements – if you want to save weight, and have realised that does not mean eating nothing but peanut butter – 6 calories per gram or 7 for real butter, no matter how weight-desirable that might be (I have many food tips
This post is an accompaniment to my recent post Small Game. It is not so hard to supplement your hiking rations with some tasty protein after all. A couple of hundred grams of protein will meet your daily requirements, whilst 500+ grams will be nearly enough for your total daily food needs. This is just
Venery is one of my passions. This is one of my all-time favourite photos. This was Eddie Herrick circa 1934 in his eponymous creek in Wet Jacket Arm, Dusky Sound, Fiordland NZ with his bull moose. In a moose hunting career in Fiordland which involved Eddie hunting there for nearly three months a year for
Aricxi make some excellent cheap tents and tent/tarps but they also make hammock tarps. They have at least three kinds: rectangular (in various sizes), hexagonal and diamond. I own the latter two. You will find them through a search on Aliexpress. Each cost me well under A$100 delivered yet they are excellent quality. Their hexagonal
I am over carrying heavy stoves – and fuel. This one will do me. I will produce a version in titanium which will weigh about half what this one does in stainless steel, so under 20 grams! And no fuel to carry. Good enough? This is an update of an aluminium flashing stove I made
