Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 20

Thread: Camping and trees

  1. 26th January 2009, 01:55 PM #1
    inside's Avatar
    inside
    inside is offline Wizard Subscriber
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Melbourne
    Posts
    1,545
    Total Downloaded
    0

    Camping and trees

    A reminder to look up before you set up camp.

    Just came back from a few days camping and while there witnessed a 20m section of gum tree land on someone's tent. Thankfully no one was inside and it was only the tent that sustained damage.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 26th January 2009, 02:12 PM #2
    Chucaro's Avatar
    Chucaro
    Chucaro is offline Swaggie
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    South East Tasmania
    Posts
    10,705
    Total Downloaded
    0
    I will never set camp where the big trees are. There are more than one fatality for tree branches land on the top of a tent
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 26th January 2009, 02:57 PM #3
    JDNSW's Avatar
    JDNSW
    JDNSW is offline RoverLord Silver Subscriber
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Central West NSW
    Posts
    29,536
    Total Downloaded
    0
    There is usually at least one fatality per year from this somewhere in the country each year. you'd think everyone would know about it by now. Worse than camping in a dry stream bed (the stream bed may fill rapidly from rain which fell a long way upstream - so no matter how attractive it looks, camp on higher ground. OK for a lunch stop, but not if you are going to sleep!).

    John
    John

    JDNSW
    1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
    1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 26th January 2009, 03:23 PM #4
    B92 8NW
    B92 8NW is offline YarnMaster
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    VIC
    Posts
    3,536
    Total Downloaded
    0
    I'd be buying a safer tent


    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 26th January 2009, 03:49 PM #5
    EchiDna's Avatar
    EchiDna
    EchiDna is offline Wizard
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Singapore via Melbourne
    Posts
    1,938
    Total Downloaded
    0
    with better suspension than an old merc!!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 26th January 2009, 04:15 PM #6
    aew849's Avatar
    aew849
    aew849 is offline Master
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    Nowra.....
    Posts
    189
    Total Downloaded
    0

    Flat Merc

    Hey at least the Merc had a roof rack.....


    aew849
    04 130 HCPU
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 26th January 2009, 08:06 PM #7
    up2nogood Guest
    Did he really need to bring that much firewood????
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 26th January 2009, 08:19 PM #8
    JDNSW's Avatar
    JDNSW
    JDNSW is offline RoverLord Silver Subscriber
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Central West NSW
    Posts
    29,536
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by up2nogood View Post
    Did he really need to bring that much firewood????
    Reminds me of something that I saw many years ago. Melbournites will remember Punt Rd going south from Victoria Parade used to be very rough. One Saturday morning I was driving down there and saw an elderly Cortina that had pulled up with a problem - he had seven bags of cement on his roof rack. The roof rack had collapsed, and so had the roof, down to about halfway up the door windows. No photo of course - wasn't carrying a camera and couldn't stop anyway.

    John
    John

    JDNSW
    1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
    1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 30th January 2009, 10:50 AM #9
    BMKal's Avatar
    BMKal
    BMKal is offline ForumSage Gold Subscriber
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Kalgoorlie WA
    Posts
    5,546
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    Reminds me of something that I saw many years ago. Melbournites will remember Punt Rd going south from Victoria Parade used to be very rough. One Saturday morning I was driving down there and saw an elderly Cortina that had pulled up with a problem - he had seven bags of cement on his roof rack. The roof rack had collapsed, and so had the roof, down to about halfway up the door windows. No photo of course - wasn't carrying a camera and couldn't stop anyway.

    John
    Saw an EK Holden Panel Van actually snap in half through the floor pan after driving through a spoon drain in Adelaide years ago. The roof held, though it had a big "V" shaped crease across the centre. The sides were creased at the top and actually torn at the bottom, and the floor-pan was completely snapped across the width of the car. Ended up sitting on all 4 wheels with centre of floor-pan sitting on the road.

    Was a bugger to remove - couldn't pick it up with a to truck. We ended up skull-dragging it onto a car trailer with a winch.
    Cheers .........

    BMKAL

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 30th January 2009, 11:03 AM #10
    Utemad's Avatar
    Utemad
    Utemad is offline TopicToaster
    Join Date
    Jan 1970
    Location
    Dalby
    Posts
    4,011
    Total Downloaded
    0
    Two cars were damaged from falling branches where we camped on the long weekend.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
« camp ovens,, | Coleman Camp Ovens - Any good? »

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules

Search AULRO.com ONLY!
 Search All the Web!