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Title: What bit of camping equipment will you never part with?
Post by: Chesapeake on November 13, 2022, 04:36:11 PM: Sitting here getting ready to go for a weeks holiday up the bush and thinking about what I need to take,and what I can do without. Which got me thinking, you see a lot of camping gear advertised for sale at different times secondhand and I think to myself, I'd never sell my one of those. So, what bit of kit will you never part with, no matter what? For me, it's the bbq hotplate on the pole I built thirty years ago, the Trailblaza fridge that's been in 3 different Toyotas, the Harding camp oven i've had since I was 20. maybe I'm too sentimental , but these things always have a spot in the back of the ute. What's your bits and pieces that always get a start?
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Post by: Pottsy on November 13, 2022, 05:04:55 PM: Bottle opener.
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Post by: loanrangie on November 13, 2022, 06:49:32 PM: I have a s/steel billy with a spout i bought nearly 30 years, the original lid knob melted years ago but a bunnings furniture knob has fixed that.
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Post by: Bird on November 13, 2022, 09:24:05 PM: Bog Roll
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Post by: Spada on November 14, 2022, 05:29:34 AM: My tin pannikin. Been using it for camping for around 30+ years. It used to always travel inside a billy (which i still have) on the back of the bike, these days it lives in a draw in the camper. Gets used every trip.
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Post by: Robbo on November 14, 2022, 06:06:53 PM: Probably the Missus. She comes in handy on most trips and keeps me fed and watered and out of mischief.

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Post by: Rhojef on November 15, 2022, 11:28:54 AM: The biji bbq plate
Just so easy to use, clean and store away
Bought it years ago at a camping show and have never thought about a replacement.
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Post by: Steffo1 on November 15, 2022, 01:16:37 PM: My old Plumb axe.
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Post by: rkl71 on November 16, 2022, 09:53:53 AM: My Sense of adventure.
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Post by: wakychapmans on November 16, 2022, 01:21:35 PM: our dogs.
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Post by: Pottsy on November 17, 2022, 10:54:38 AM: Quote from: wakychapmans on November 16, 2022, 01:21:35 PM
our dogs.
How many couches do you take away to feed them? ;D
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Post by: wakychapmans on November 17, 2022, 12:16:24 PM: Quote from: Pottsy on November 17, 2022, 10:54:38 AM
How many couches do you take away to feed them? ;D

one each.

;D
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Post by: Comfortablynumb on November 17, 2022, 11:33:24 PM: Every time we take our Coleman pressure stove. A dual fuel model that we run on ULP. Had it over 30 years. Don't use it every time but it comes in damn handy for when we need the extra burner for cooking a big meal, when we run out of gas, when its super windy, heat multiple pots of water for showering or even when we need to melt lead to make some emergency sinkers. We have a single burner that lives in the drawer in the 4wd and a 3 burner that can go in the trailer. Always take the single, often both.
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Post by: austastar on November 18, 2022, 09:36:56 AM: Hi,
Bought a single Coleman ULP and gave away my dual burner. So much less space for something that only has occasional use. It will heat 10L of shower water if we can't light a fire, and will get the Bidji plate hot enough to sear a steak.
But I won't go camping with out my 51 yo Everest down sleeping bag.
Cheers

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Post by: Wolfie on November 19, 2022, 09:06:36 PM: My down sleeping bag. Cost a bomb 20 years ago and I've been thankful every cold night since
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Post by: Chesapeake on November 27, 2022, 08:18:59 AM: Quote from: Comfortablynumb on November 17, 2022, 11:33:24 PM
Every time we take our Coleman pressure stove. A dual fuel model that we run on ULP. Had it over 30 years. Don't use it every time but it comes in damn handy for when we need the extra burner for cooking a big meal, when we run out of gas, when its super windy, heat multiple pots of water for showering or even when we need to melt lead to make some emergency sinkers. We have a single burner that lives in the drawer in the 4wd and a 3 burner that can go in the trailer. Always take the single, often both.tThey're a good bit of gear the coleman dual fuel. I bought a two burner stove cheap on the local buy/sell page and and then a three burner and two burner for 40 bucks together. I use x55 solvent for fuel, buy it in 20 litre drums for$50. It is allegedly very close to the Coleman fuel that is'nt sold anymore. Burns very clean.