How Long Can You Make My Thread Get?

dlowan I suggest you watch where you're going should you attempt to visit Lezzles hide out, I believe myxomatoses is rife in the area presently. Perhaps Lezzles can verify my observation?

Never fear - among my 'staple supplies' is a fantastic first aid kit, containing such wonders as mozzie repellent, snake bite stuff, hangover cure and myxie-anti-toxin. I do try to keep my priorities in their proper order.

I marvel at your foresight Lezzles but can you make "hangover-cure" your first priority, Dutchy loves a

How interesting that I found this in another thread!!

Sounds like you really do take your 'research' seriously. :wink:

Didn't your mother teach you the old adage "Be Prepared"?

My Mum was no boy scout!

Lezzles do you think this may interest you before you set out on your outdoor adventure. The local Department of Fish and Game and the Hunter Heritage Foundation of SA is hosting a Women's Fly Fishing Weekend School at Gigglewood Lakeside Inn near Renmark next weekend.

I'm very tempted to think you are having me on, my friend!

'Gigglewood Lakeside Inn' - conjures up visions of Saturday night dances and silly teenagers getting stuck into the Ben Ean Moselle or Porphery Pearl! (Those were the days!)

'Fly fishing weekend' - where I'm going you don't have to fish for flies, they buzz around your face all the time! (Remember to pack the Aeroguard, Lez.)

'Department of Fish and Game' - yeah, I guess I'm game!

I'm absolutely flabbergasted that you should think I'm having you on, I merely wanted to highlight to you that a course in self-preservation (Bean Ean included) never goes astray!

May I, as a man of wide experience in camping respectfully offer you some more useful tips which may stand you in good stead?

Firstly, you'll never be lost if you remember that moss always grows on the north side of your compass.

Secondly, take this simple test to see if you qualify for solo camping. Shine a flashlight into one ear, if the beam shines out the other end, do not go into the bush alone.

Thirdly, you can start a fire without matches by eating Mexican food, then breathing on a pile of dry sticks.

How can I ever thank you enough for your advice, which I will treasure. I realise I would have been in big trouble without it.

1. I will remember not to put the compass in the washing-up dish with the plates and pans;

2. I tried your test - no light came out the other side - I will be okay. Although I must remember to get batteries for my flashlight, the ones I had in it have been dead for years.

3. This one sounds interesting. I don't know whether there is a Mexican take-away nearby, but I will check it out. I was using the old aboriginal system of rubbing two sticks together - one is covered in emery and the other has a blob of sulpher on it - that works pretty well. Cigarette lighters are fine too.

I would certainly appreciate any other pearls of wisdom.

I'm thrilled to read that you digested my tips in full and put them to the test. Appreciation gets rewarded, so here are a few more tips that have stood the test of time. Keep them to yourself I don't want them to become general knowledge, OK?

1. In emergency situations, you can survive in the wilderness by shooting small game with a slingshot made from the elastic waistband of your underwear.

2. A hot rock placed in your sleeping bag will keep your feet warm. A hot enchilada works almost as well, but the cheese sticks between your toes.

3. A great deal of hostility can be released by using newspaper photos of politicians for toilet paper.

You loved that last one didn't you

Who wouldn't? But:
I don't have waistbands on my underwear - too moder, hipsters.
2 a hot man works even better.
3 This is totally true; it increases laughter but I imagine it does make your bum a funny colour.

Who wouldn't? But:
1 I don't have waistbands on my underwear - too modern, hipsters.
2 a hot man works even better.
3 This is totally true; it increases laughter but I imagine it does make your bum a funny colour.

Yes, that does present something of a problem - my Raquel Welch outfit contains no elastic - I'll just have to depend on my spear and my ridgebacks to catch game.

I find the idea of using a hot man as a foot warmer very, very interesting!

Photos of pollies? Naaah! I'm very particular about who or what touches my bum!

(The ridgebacks? You didn't really think I'd go and live rough without taking the pack along, did you? )

Hallo there, Lezzo, hoping all is well in NSW. Here we're getting autumnal, my Virginia creeper is blush red.
If I stick my head out of my front door and look right, this is what I see:


So wilderness advice may not be very appropriate.

Hello, Clary,

I AM suitably impressed! I am especially taken by the little sun-trap set up in the roof.

Hi Clary, that look's as pretty as a picture, I love the old type lamp post, very exquisite. I looked out of the door of my caravan on my last trip into the interior of South Australia not long ago and saw this scene, a marked contrast to your picture.

it was definitely worth coming back here to take a look around

I'm very pleased you re-vived the thread ehBeth and liked what you saw.

Just looking at your picture, Dutch.

Living right on top of your neighbours there aren't you? (Assuming that white group of buildings off to the right, near the horizon is your neighbour's place.) Don't you like a bit of privacy? :wink: