Jacqui has had for quite a while now her "essential bag". This is an insulated picnic pack that we are always going to when on the beach or an overnight stop. It's got the bottle opener, stubbie holders, lighter, salt & pepper, a few knives forks & spoons, serviettes, plastic cups, a small cutting board, two plastic plates, water bottle, and lots of handy bits n bobs for picnic type situations.
After reading a post by Ruth from
Birdsville Caravan Park, Jacqui and I have decided to get an "emergency bag".
As Ruth so wisely said, the most common accident involving 4WDriving are rollovers, and in case of this, or a fire, it is handy to be able to grab just one bag and get away from the car, if you have to!
So the obvious things like water, the
first aid kit, torch + spare batteries, swiss army knife, handheld UHF + spare batteries + instructions, EPIRB + instructions, compass, sunscreen.....
What have I left out?
I realise that if I put much more in this bag I won't want to carry it, and it might even be a hassle lugging it around in the car, but I figure that we already carry half this stuff anyway, it's just spread out all over the place.....some in the glove box, some under my
seat, some in the bag with the snatch strap, some in the passenger door !!!
It's also got to be a "back pack" style in case of a long treck on foot, or a climb where both hands are needed.
Obviously we could go over board with things like hats, sunglasses, insect repellant, tool kit, spare rain coat, shovel, axe, kitchen sink blah blah blah
Cheers,
Muzz