you can't leave it behind
Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 19:41
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Member - bushfix
G'day all,
as some of you may have gauged, i'm a bit of a romantic, sentimentalist, stuck in the mud staid piece of "what'll we do with...."
but this just occurred to me tonight while making pizza for the Gorgeous and me...
what is the one (or more) things that are special to you (when going bush) that if you left/forgot them would leave a hole in your jaunt. What is the thing that does not need to go on the list...? and let's leave alcohol off this please..
For me, it's my beat up old bush hat. I love it. It is bent, battered, stained, broken, busted, unappealing to the urban eye, smelly to some, whatever.....It is my second one of it's type and is (only) in it's eleventh year. It packs flat if need be, is a container to drink
water out of, can kneel on it in hot or sharp ground to change a tyre etc. can have whatever side bent if the sun is hitting the eye....
anyway, for me, it's my hat, how about you mob?
(bloody hell the spell check picked up only one thing "G'day" what's wrong with that?
Reply By: Kev M (NSW) - Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 19:55
Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 19:55
I'd have to say my Camera and my Kids.
Cheers Kev
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:24
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:24
nice one Kev. my kids refuse to stay home, take one - take all. gotta be doing something right.
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Reply By: Bros 1 - Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 20:13
Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 20:13
bushfix,
All the poles for the giant marquee to accomodate 10.
Cheers,
Bros.
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:25
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:25
shelter - very important.....
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Reply By: Hairy - Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 20:36
Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 20:36
Grog
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Reply By: Member - Dunworkin (WA) - Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 21:46
Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 21:46
I would have to say my "Hubby" as without him it would not be enjoyable. Anything else one can do without, even a hat!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol
Cheers
D
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:28
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:28
aah very nice D.
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Reply By: Richard Kovac - Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 21:50
Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 21:50
GPS i'v become a nutter on it, if it does not save the trip I have to do it agian...LOL
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 23:44
Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 23:44
Hello Richard ...your HOOKED ...lol
Wonderful little things eh.
Doug
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:06
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:06
Yes now have three of them..LOL
Etrex
gps mouse and data logger
NavNet
sad isn't it
Richard
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Reply By: Member - stefan P (NSW) - Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 21:59
Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 21:59
would have to be a packet of wet one's! A quick wipe of all the smelly
places and your as good as gold ;)
Stefan
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Follow Up By: Member - Au-2 - Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 22:59
Tuesday, Jun 05, 2007 at 22:59
Good one Stefan! I buy the large baby (nappy changing) wipes for when we travel & they are big enough for a large 'lick & a promise' when you are half past human after travelling for hours and have to face other beings on the journey.
I do like to have a good book though when we go off road. Can't go to sleep without reading for a while.
OzeSheila.
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Reply By: Member - Pat C (QLD) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 00:20
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 00:20
One time I forgot my patented
camp-designed fencing wire
camp oven lid lifter. Nothing worked the same. I spent the time looking out for a stray bit of wire to make another.
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:27
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:27
know what you mean, i use a pot plant hanger but have wire as back up.
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Reply By: Blaze - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 00:44
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 00:44
I would have say my Vehicle, would be a real bummer of a trip carrying all the stuff SWMBO takes with us hehehe
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Reply By: Willem - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 06:39
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 06:39
G'day (I wonder if Davids Spellcheck is American?...lol)
I have a checklist and seldom forget things.
The most annoying thing to forget though is matches!! Or a new battery for the favourite torech!!!
I suppose I would feel uncomfortable without my ExplorOz Cap!!(being follically challenged..that is!)
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:31
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:31
so the caps are out there now eh? uncomfortable due to the sun or is it vanity? :)
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Follow Up By: Willem - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:45
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:45
The sun mate. Couldnt care less about being bald. Its a fact of life. Have always covered up when in the sun and have been saved from sunspots so far.
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Reply By: Member - vivien C (VIC) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:03
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:03
Bushfix,
I have an old denim look shirt. It's a jacket when it's a bit chilly, it's a "dressing gown" for over the jama's in the morning, it's just my old favourite and I hate going away on a trip without it. I've had it for over twenty years. There's a song by Mary Chapin Carpenter about her old shirt with all it's memories...and that's just like
mine. Many trips, many memories.
Viv
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:22
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:22
"I hate going away on a trip without it. I've had it for over twenty years"
ha ha yes, that could be it "security blankets" for the bush?
you've reminded me that I too have a favourite shirt that I always wear when leaving for a trip and leave on all trip, and wear home on the last day... oh geez
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Reply By: Des Lexic - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:08
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:08
I can't leave home without my wife. Without her, I keep thinking I've gone deaf. Plus I'd never do anything right without her correcting me and I'd keep getting lost cos she is always telling me where to go.
Easily sums it up really.
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 17:00
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 17:00
That poor, long-suffering woman!!! She keeps TELLING you where to go.....but you never listen; you're still hangin' around like a bad smell!!!!
Do as she asks. After all, when you're with other like-minded folk (such as all of us on this
forum), there is always plenty of people who are quite willing to tell you where to go Des......... hahahaha
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Reply By: Bware (Tweed Valley) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:04
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:04
Polaroid sunglasses. My journal for recording the trip. Good ol' fashioned paper maps that I can spread out on the
camp table for exploring the area I'm going to.
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:50
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:50
yep, i have an applicable wad of maps for each trip to lose myself in and explore, love them, don't want a laptop.
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 17:01
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 17:01
Yep, another vote for the sunnies...........I cannot go outdoors, even on an overcast day, without whacking them on my dial!!!!!
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Reply By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:06
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:06
My steel cap work boots..
Even when not working I still live in them, especially when
camping and day trip 4wding.. I live in jeans, my steel caps and blue king gee shirts (like the kharki)
Mark is use to not having a 'girlie' wife!
Cheers
Jo
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:48
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:48
me too Jo, the old steelies get pulled on every day.
"I live in jeans, my steel caps and blue king gee shirts (like the kharki) "
that's me too! except I wear the khaki king gee shirts! are we related?
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 14:13
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 14:13
Are we related?
Depends how old you are, my father was known to get around quite a bit!!!
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 17:04
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 17:04
Yep, steel caps, double pocket work-shirts and moleskins. I hate thongs with a passion
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 18:13
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 18:13
Thongs.. swear word that is!
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Follow Up By: Member - Howard (ACT) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 20:23
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 20:23
Roachie,
whats wrong with thongs
I saw plenty of good looking ones in Brazil.
cheers
Howard
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:04
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:04
I was waiting for someone to throw in a comment like that!!!
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Follow Up By: Steve from Top End Explorer Tours - Thursday, Jun 07, 2007 at 08:04
Thursday, Jun 07, 2007 at 08:04
I haven't worn Steel cap boots for 15 years, I can't stand them.
I'm a Bare Foot man myself, I ware Tevas on tour and take them off at every opportunity.
Wife and kid go bare feet as well.
We have a rule in our house, It's leave you Foot ware out side.
From the free your feet foundation.
Cheers Steve.
PS : Can't leave home without the Wife and Kid.
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Reply By: Motherhen - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:44
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 16:44
G'day bushfix - the spell check is American. Just click on ADD to the Australian words.
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Thursday, Jun 07, 2007 at 07:30
Thursday, Jun 07, 2007 at 07:30
G'day Motherhen,
thanks for that, done now, really took me by surprise.
ps. I added Motherhen too so all is well in the chookhouse.
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Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 18:43
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 18:43
Viagra..
Just so I don't roll out of bed.
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Reply By: goldiedingdangdo - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:06
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:06
Got to have the leatherman and a
fishing rod, never leave home without both of them. Either oportunity of necessity.
Ian
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Follow Up By: goldiedingdangdo - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:08
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:08
Whoops "Opportunity or necessity"
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Reply By: Drew - Karratha - Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:25
Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007 at 21:25
My boat... Actually once I remembered the boat, but forgot the anchor. That was bad - very bad
Others are: Wallet, Letherman, Sunnies, Rossi's, Flouro light + extension cords, etc, etc. I could make quite a list here!!
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