Stretchy rubber cord for rooftop tent

Just called ARB as well and apparently a set of 4 is $1.77 including clips!! Amazing. About to go to agent and double check pricing and if right thats the way to go.

I guess if you put an end on it it becomes a bungy cord :-)

And the last lot I bought from Bunnings would have been sheathed rubber rope? Single solid core wrapped in fabric.

:-)

Frank,
Only ever referred to them as Occy straps or shock cord, those names have been around a lot longer than bungy's ;)

If buying it off the roll..the vast majority of the time it will be sold as shock cord.

Most boating chandleries will have it is several sizes...and all sorts of fittings to go with.

cheers

If you get about 10 metres and a couple of tonneau buttons you can also whip up a very handy washing line/clothes airer/storer system on the underside of the bed part that folds out. Good for drying towels overnight and storing day clothes while sleeping. There are a million uses for the stuff.

Quote "Only ever referred to them as Occy straps or shock cord, those names have been around a lot longer than bungy's ;)"

I reckon that the statement indicates you are one of the dribblies and not one of the wrinklies.

http://www.clarkrubber.com.au/shock-cord.html - the 6mm is around $2/metre.

Frank P,

According to Wikipedia, "Occy strap / Octopus strap in Australian common usage", so it should be used, unfortunately Peter D does not like this. If I were living in America I would agree and leave it.

So you know Frank, Peter and I have locked horns before, so this response does not surprise me.

We are in Australia and we should not change words that have become part of our vocabulary and in "common use", to use overseas terminology, Shopping trolley becomes a Cart, shopping centres are now Malls, zee instead of zed, diaper instead of nappy, stroller not pushchair even down to "have an nice day", lets keep our Australian language and the culture that made it what it is....

Now because we are in Australia and have many words that mean something to Australians but can be strange to others I thought I had better look at Wiktionary the Australian version

I note that Occy is present but not the word Bungee.

So suggesting that Occy strap should be called a Bungee, should we also change, Thongs or Jandles if you are from New Zealand, to Flip Flops, Jug to Kettle, insist that a root is something a tree grows on plants.

After all, "at the end of the day", if we "do the math" and use the "least worst option", we could "leverage" the "normalcy" and "gotten" our own words for things, shouldn't we use them?

I note that the Australian word "whinge" is now common usage in the UK.

Please note that all this is meant to be in good humour.

Thanks mate. I think I'll let you have the last word and leave it at that. We're way off-topic and had our bit of fun :-)
Safe travels and

Cheers

Quote - "Now because we are in Australia and have many words that mean something to Australians but can be strange to others I thought I had better look at Wiktionary the Australian version

"I note that Occy is present but not the word Bungee."

So what are you telling us? I had a look at your link and it lead me to "Appendix:Australian English vocabulary." A quick look at this shows that the list is just a list of colloquial terms. Colloquial terms are language that the low life feed off. If you enter the realm of the commercial world you should use the correct technical terms if you wish to receive the correct terms. The OP was after the correct terms to source to secure the items he wants.

Thanks Frank ;-)