(Della) First up was some garlic harvesting: This was a patch that I didn’t harvest last summer as it was spindly. I left it growing out of laziness coupled with curiosity, and as it all fell flat a week or so ago, I thought I might as well dig it up and have a look. …
You’ve heard the saying, “A cat among the pigeons”? Della keeps a whole cage of these white homing pigeons just because she likes them. Unfortunately so do hawks. They sometimes catch and kill one but sometimes too they foolishly find their way into the loft and become trapped. Then they get a trip in a …
There has been a veritable ‘plague’ of Long-Necked Turtles on the roads around here lately. Perhaps it is ‘nesting’ season. Yesterday I ‘rescued’ a couple for liberation in our dam to join a couple of local denizens who after all may be same-sex. It would be nice to have them breeding here. We plan an …
I will be using the Nano A5X (glow in the dark) 14.8 gram 650 lumen rechargeable torch for this mod though the pictures here are for the A1 which I already own (which is a whole gram heavier and does not glow- alas!) I have often added a simple O-ring, a length of 1mm dyneema …
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These ‘Nano’ rechargeable (lithium) torches are quite amazing. I thought I would try the A1X (weight 16.8 grams = 650 lumens) just to see how it turned out and I must say I am delighted. I will probably buy a three pack now of the A5Xs to go in my hiking pack as my go-to …
I have often written about this. You should refer to the post A Hiking Food Compendium but here are a few we have been gnawing on lately. I long ago suggested you should just buy from the supermarket instead of the expensive (and largely inedible) specialist hiking meals from camping shops which even our dogs …
Nitecore’s NU25 rechargeable torch is very hard to beat – though no doubt it will be (by their next model). It weighs around 28 grams without the band (which weighs another 23 grams). You can save 22 of these grams (as I have done here) by fitting a piece of dyneema cord and a micro-cord …
Let it be a golden rule with you that you always carry some form of shelter with you when you are out and about. You can lose heat very quickly in cold. soaking rain and soon be in desperate trouble unless you have some form of shelter. The humble garbage (or trash) bag is quite …
Four days paddling the Tarago River in Gippsland. This guy is inspirational. Shades of Travels in a Donkey Trap. People need to get out exploring their local area more thoroughly like this: Beau Miles: “Following two rivers, one drain, one sea and one creek, it turns out that paddling to work, which ends up being …
Or “Buckley’s or none”. These are (or used to be) two common sayings in Australia indicating that the chances of survival were pretty slim. I have posted some other remarkable survival stories here such as those of Hugh Glass, John Colter and Everts for example. William Buckley’s survival in the wilds of Victoria in the C19th …
