Thread: How careful do we really need to be??

Funny, I just camped the last 6 days at Cotter campground only 18Km from the centre of Canberra.
There were 3 dead roos and 1 dead wombat between Mt Stromlo and the campground, which is about 10Km tops.
I continually had bees thinking I was a flower and landing on me. Just stay still and they finally decide you are not a flower.
The last morning I had a very large spider sharing the shower. It was not a huntsman and had big mandibles. In Sydney I would have said a Sydney Rock. I dropped a bit of water on it to encourage it away from the feet.

And the Cockies were hanging around for a feed. I recommend that you do not try to hand feed them as you may lose a finger.
We become blase after a while.
Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

Funny, I just camped the last 6 days at Cotter campground only 18Km from the centre of Canberra.
There were 3 dead roos and 1 dead wombat between Mt Stromlo and the campground, which is about 10Km tops.
I continually had bees thinking I was a flower and landing on me. Just stay still and they finally decide you are not a flower.
The last morning I had a very large spider sharing the shower. It was not a huntsman and had big mandibles. In Sydney I would have said a Sydney Rock. I dropped a bit of water on it to encourage it away from the feet.

And the Cockies were hanging around for a feed. I recommend that you do not try to hand feed them as you may lose a finger.
We become blase after a while.
Regards Philip A

Re funnel webs, they do have large fangs, but for positive identification, the funnel web spider has prominent twin spinners (for spinning it's web).

If you can, grab a hold of these DVD's - Russell Coight - Select a site - some very sound advice from Russell there.....

Words of wisdom from Russell, when describing the Blue Mountains -
"But what they lack in height they make up for in elevation".

And -
"Australia is a land as vast as it is big" or "Australia. A Land as ancient as it is old".

He's good on the history side of things too -
"The Mitchell Track, named after its discoverer, Mitchell Track."

Have a great trip...

Thanks for the DVD reference. One of the DVDs is magically working is way over to me now... Will watch with about 7 months worth of envy!!

you generally only take a couple of luxury items, I took my towel...

Hey you sass that hoopy Blknight, there's a frood who really knows where his towel is.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

on? try under and thats all there is, what your wearing the 1/2 body length sheet of 6mm foam rubber and the hootchie (thin sheet of plastic). When you get given a radio and orders to get to top of yon hill put up a retrans station and monitor it for 3 days by the time youve got 3 days worth of batteries for the radios, the radios, food, water and the antenna rigs between 2 blokes theres not a lot of room left for things like swags n sleeping bags when your on foot.

you generally only take a couple of luxury items, I took my towel and 3 pairs of socks.

How come 'Chooks' end up travelling so light? Sounds like a dream come true to a Sapper....