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Paperweights and coat button polishers

In April 1861, the explorers Robert Burke and William Wills — sick, starving and desperate to survive — abandoned their surveying instruments and other ‘non-essential’ items in outback Queensland and continued south on their ill-fated journey. Almost 150 years later, in a discovery being proclaimed as the holy grail for Burke and Wills enthusiasts, a Melbourne [...]

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Kitchen stuff

There’s something basic about cooking on a naked flame outdoors, and many years of camping has reinforced that primeval urge. And that’s where I’ll be doing most of my cooking when I hit the road again. Besides the sheer pleasure, there’s another valid reason — kitchen grease and grime. Just last week, while checking out my ‘bricks [...]

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Essential stuff

The nomad’s mantra is ’save weight’. Rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat. But sometimes a small sacrifice has to be made. Last week I spent half a day cruising the local camping shops for some outdoor furniture to fit under the awning. In the end I simply gave up. Sure a lot of it is lightweight and [...]

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Honey, I shrunk the stuff!

While I’m still in the midst of getting rid of stuff, I have also, for about two years, been accumulating stuff specifically for going on the road. It might sound contradictory, but the process has saved me money, and put a lot of my existing stuff into perspective. I once again have my camping mindset. Packing [...]

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Stuff!

Stuff. It’s everywhere. Stuff. Stuff. Stuff. I’m sick of bloody stuff. And I have to get rid of it all before I hit the road. For starters there’s more than 2,000 books, some of them shown above, being sorted on the lounge floor. There’s more, many more, on bookshelves in the office, the bedroom and in the [...]

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