Don't forget the water bottle.

Good post Camper. It's not the sort of hike you'd expect to give any problems. I'll be taking extra water with me everywhere after yesterdays tragedy.

Sage advice good Camper. We should all heed.

Definitely, can't be too careful.......A couple of weeks back we had a Japanese solo bike rider who headed off across the Simpson (against all advice) with only 4 litres of water !!! One of the last tourists out there, coming the other way, found him at Poepels very close to death and radioed our copper who went out & collected him....hmm.....Will they ever learn?

Camper
Over the years I've insisted that the kids and I carry day packs or bum packs for walks. We never go with under 1 L apiece of water and usually 2-3L if the hike is 3hrs (depends on temp, terrain).

Other things are: minor first aid kit, cheap 'Swiss Army' style knife, light stick, matches, plastic whistle, small compass (see scout shop), small silver metal mirror, emergency space blanket (these are tiny), some metres of fluoro pink or orange plastic surveyors tape wrapped on a pencil stub and a small spirax notebook, and some scroggin in a resealable zip plastic bag (from Woolies).

The surveyors tape is very light and can mark an area if needed. Tie to tree/stick.

We add a map where needed and some thin layers if night temps are cold.

Much of this stuff lives in the day packs and weighs bugger-all. The water containers are available as bottles (eg Nalgene) or bladders from Scout shops. Don't bother with cheapies or ex-softdrink bottles, they break or leak.

It becomes a habit to take a pack for walks - somewhere to hold the camera too..
EV700

high 30's....obviously has not had any experince or training.....one would have thought that an adult would have had more sense than to go hiking in these sort of temps?

G'day Camper,

another important tip is to drink water regularly (small sips will do) to keep your hydration up. In hot conditions, it is better not to wait until you are thirsty before you have a drink.
I remember an incident a few years back where a couple got lost in the Centre somewhere, fortunately they were rescued. Unfortunately, the fella jumped straight into the nectar at the pub that night, dropped dead from dehydration.