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Walkabout
Part 1 - Lists & Info
Trip Conditions:
Time of Year - Late May
Weather - cool and cloudy
Location - Coastal escarpment- 60% off-track
Terrain - Dry scrub, sub-tropical rainforest, wet hinterland with rocky watercourses
Weight of Packed Rucksack minus food and water: 10.05kg
Equipment:
Carry Equipment & Bags -
Medium ALICE pack with frame fitted
20 litre dry bag (sleeping gear & hammock)
13 litre dry bag (clothing)
Nylon belt
Canteen cover
Pocket knife pouch
Strobe light pouch (for compass - mounted to left pack shoulder strap)
Nylon dilly bag (tucker bag)
3 x large ziplock bags (rubbish and waterproofing)
Shelter & Sleeping Equipment -
Hennessy Hammock with tarp, treehuggers and snakeskins
Poncho
Down sleeping bag
Poncho liner (rigged as light underquilt)
Reflective mat
Water -
950ml Nalgene Oasis canteen
1.9lt collapsible canteen (camp water storage - carried empty)
Aquatabs
Steripen
Cooking & Eating -
Canteen cup and stand
Metho "White Box Stove"
300ml metho bottle
Match Safe
Sparklite sparking tool
Wildo Spork
"Plate" from Wildo Camp-A-Box
Fold-a-cup
Navigation -
Baseplate Compass with lanyard/dummy cord
Notebook
Pencil
Map of area
Map case
Gadgetry -
Phone with spare battery
Maglite XL50 torch
3 x spare AAA batteries (torch)
4 x spare AA batteries (steripen)
Miscellaneous -
Toiletries kit: toilet paper, hand sanitiser, liquid soap, toothbrush & paste
Insect repellant
Multitool - Leatherman Wingman
Large frame folding knife - CRKT M21
Gear repair kit
First Aid Kit
Cat hole digger
Spare Clothing -
Hiking Shorts (nylon hiking trousers with legs zipped off - can reuse legs off trousers worn)
Coolmax T-shirt
Microfleece jacket
Nomex Gloves
Fleece beanie
Explorer Socks
Food List:
4 x wraps
Danish salami (unsliced)
Hard cheese
150g pre-cooked chicken stir fry strips
150g frozen mixed vegetables
50g potato powder
Curry sauce sachet
Ground coffee
Sugar cubes
2 x rashers bacon (wrapped in paper)
1 x serving of powdered eggs (in ziplock bag)
2 x peanut butter portions
2 x Strawberry jam portions
50g Chocolate Bar
50g Cashews
2x Soup powder sachets
2 x instant coffee sachets
2 x tea bags
4 x sugar sachets
Menu:
Day 1:
Lunch -
Wraps
Salami
Cheese
Dinner -
Chicken strips
Mixed vegetables
Potato powder
Curry sauce sachet
Coffee
Day 2:
Breakfast -
Bacon (cooked on open fire by wrapping around a stick)
Powdered eggs with spices (reconstituted and then boiled in a ziplock bag as an omelet)
Coffee
Lunch -
Wraps
Peanut butter
Strawberry jam portions
Emergency:
Chocolate bar
Cashews
Soup powder
Brew kit (coffee, tea and sugar)
Part 2 to include photographs and final pack weight
Trip Conditions:
Time of Year - Late May
Weather - cool and cloudy
Location - Coastal escarpment- 60% off-track
Terrain - Dry scrub, sub-tropical rainforest, wet hinterland with rocky watercourses
Weight of Packed Rucksack minus food and water: 10.05kg
Equipment:
Carry Equipment & Bags -
Medium ALICE pack with frame fitted
20 litre dry bag (sleeping gear & hammock)
13 litre dry bag (clothing)
Nylon belt
Canteen cover
Pocket knife pouch
Strobe light pouch (for compass - mounted to left pack shoulder strap)
Nylon dilly bag (tucker bag)
3 x large ziplock bags (rubbish and waterproofing)
Shelter & Sleeping Equipment -
Hennessy Hammock with tarp, treehuggers and snakeskins
Poncho
Down sleeping bag
Poncho liner (rigged as light underquilt)
Reflective mat
Water -
950ml Nalgene Oasis canteen
1.9lt collapsible canteen (camp water storage - carried empty)
Aquatabs
Steripen
Cooking & Eating -
Canteen cup and stand
Metho "White Box Stove"
300ml metho bottle
Match Safe
Sparklite sparking tool
Wildo Spork
"Plate" from Wildo Camp-A-Box
Fold-a-cup
Navigation -
Baseplate Compass with lanyard/dummy cord
Notebook
Pencil
Map of area
Map case
Gadgetry -
Phone with spare battery
Maglite XL50 torch
3 x spare AAA batteries (torch)
4 x spare AA batteries (steripen)
Miscellaneous -
Toiletries kit: toilet paper, hand sanitiser, liquid soap, toothbrush & paste
Insect repellant
Multitool - Leatherman Wingman
Large frame folding knife - CRKT M21
Gear repair kit
First Aid Kit
Cat hole digger
Spare Clothing -
Hiking Shorts (nylon hiking trousers with legs zipped off - can reuse legs off trousers worn)
Coolmax T-shirt
Microfleece jacket
Nomex Gloves
Fleece beanie
Explorer Socks
Food List:
4 x wraps
Danish salami (unsliced)
Hard cheese
150g pre-cooked chicken stir fry strips
150g frozen mixed vegetables
50g potato powder
Curry sauce sachet
Ground coffee
Sugar cubes
2 x rashers bacon (wrapped in paper)
1 x serving of powdered eggs (in ziplock bag)
2 x peanut butter portions
2 x Strawberry jam portions
50g Chocolate Bar
50g Cashews
2x Soup powder sachets
2 x instant coffee sachets
2 x tea bags
4 x sugar sachets
Menu:
Day 1:
Lunch -
Wraps
Salami
Cheese
Dinner -
Chicken strips
Mixed vegetables
Potato powder
Curry sauce sachet
Coffee
Day 2:
Breakfast -
Bacon (cooked on open fire by wrapping around a stick)
Powdered eggs with spices (reconstituted and then boiled in a ziplock bag as an omelet)
Coffee
Lunch -
Wraps
Peanut butter
Strawberry jam portions
Emergency:
Chocolate bar
Cashews
Soup powder
Brew kit (coffee, tea and sugar)
Part 2 to include photographs and final pack weight
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