Southern Cross Free Trapper Spring Rendezvous & Turkey Shoot.

[Le Loup]

Come & enjoy a family oriented primitive camp with bushcraft skills, competitions, tomahawk & knife throwing, flint & steel fire lighting, tent camping, modern camp area, & more.
More Information Here: http://freetrappers.org.au/events/sp...ndezvous-2018/
https://bushcraftoz.com/forums/group.php?discussionid=265&do=discuss

 

[Bloffy13]

Looks like a good weekend had by all.
Cheers
Bloffy

 

[Le Loup]

Looks like a good weekend had by all.
Cheers
Bloffy

I don't think it has happened yet Bloffy
Keith.

 

[Chigger]

One of the links does not work, any indication of the date and place ?

Tks, Chigger

 

[Le Loup]

One of the links does not work, any indication of the date and place ?

Tks, Chigger

I missed that Chigger, thank you. I have emailed them mate, will get back to you.
Keith.

 

[Le Loup]

One of the links does not work, any indication of the date and place ?

Tks, Chigger

Sorry Chigger & everyone, but apparently this event was in fact held in September! I had not realised, they usually send me notification before the date!
Apologies, Keith.

 

[Chigger]

No problems Keith, these things happen from time to time. Perhaps the group could give you plenty of advance notice so the event may be posted up for the benefit of those whom may be interested.

Must admit never knew a freetrappers group existed.

Had a look at their website, don't think the glare of my pressure lamp would be welcome with all those candle lights about.

 

[Le Loup]

No problems Keith, these things happen from time to time. Perhaps the group could give you plenty of advance notice so the event may be posted up for the benefit of those whom may be interested.

Must admit never knew a freetrappers group existed.

Had a look at their website, don't think the glare of my pressure lamp would be welcome with all those candle lights about.

There are a few groups about, another one in Victoria, & another in Qld. The video below shows the sort of stuff we do in our group, but over the years, our early members have passed on & we have not had any new member applications. Hence we don't hold events anymore. Sad, I can see a day when all this will be just history!!!
Keith.
[video=youtube_share;Go3i6FP4m3o]https://youtu.be/Go3i6FP4m3o[/video]

 

[Chigger]

That will be a sad day, afraid not many people particulary younger people take an interest in these things. To busy, as I see in my immediate area, the young kids are obsessed day and night with their mobile phone game thingers.

Some kids do not come outside to play or run about even on warm sunny days !!

 

[Le Loup]

That will be a sad day, afraid not many people particulary younger people take an interest in these things. To busy, as I see in my immediate area, the young kids are obsessed day and night with their mobile phone game thingers.

Some kids do not come outside to play or run about even on warm sunny days !!

The things I valued most about living history, at least pre 19th century, is/was that it is family oriented, & encompasses a wide variety of interests & skills. You will not find a bushcraft group or a survival group that is doing this to that extent. I have always said that the youth of today is in need of excitement, adventure. In today's world this is only possible through something like living history groups, or perhaps video games?! I think if kids got into something like this there would be less petty crimes.
Keith.

 

[Chigger]

Plenty of adventure and interest for kids with those groups, no arguement there. However when I look at the aimless young kids around here fixed to their phones walking down the street I must confess I despair.

By the time they get old enough to understand there is a world out there apart from their iphone much will be gone. If they ever do get to that stage.

A few days ago saw a discussion on a gold fossicking forum where it was remarked that when young adults get taken to a place detecting or fosssicking where there is no mobile phone access they freak out and don't want to stay.

 

[Aussie123]

Its not all just the young folk not wanting to get involved ....

For every kid, they need parental support to attend and get involved; and if the parents don't get involved, its really hard for the kids.
Even if parents grudgingly take kids along, its difficult for them if they don't have family or friends to actively support them.

So kids end up growing up without that opportunity, so inevitably their interest will wane. By the time they are able to do things for themselves they have moved on ...

My nephew is a case in point. He's really keen on S, bushcraft, and primitive skills, but his folks aren't and even when they take him bush, they can't really nurture him at all.

My kids: were dragged to the mountains, deserts and all corners of the continent. Now they are older, they say: "Its your thing dad, not mine" .... but at least I gave them the opportunities.

Sure its possible for those kids to grow up and then pursue their "outdoor" interests, but they are tech savvy (I hate that expression), and if your group is not 100% up with the appropriate technology, the young folk will struggle to find it.
This thread is a case in point. At the moment you'll need facebook and twitter and a "media" person to drive your event ... not just a passive web site ... connecting with young folk is all about media
e.g. 20 years ago a full page ad in a newspaper would get huge coverage. Today hardly anyone would see it and all those people would be an an older demographic.
Twitter/FBook - potential for huge coverage - different demographic ...


So my point is, if you want to grow and foster the next generation, you need to start with the whole family and the right technology setup .... that's just my 2c of pay-wave

 

[Chigger]

I am no fan of Facebook or Twitter, think Zuckerberg is nothing more than a smart looking crim who has been caught out on more than one occassion selling users data. So would not have a Facebook account.

Still having said that as Aussie123 has remarked if your group opens up a Facebook account it more than likely will open up a wider and younger demographic.

Noticed your group is involved with a TAFE college perhaps they could advise on how to go about this. There are a lot of nasty people out there so privacy settings and such would be important, the TAFE college could help you with this.

Spreading the word so as to speak may help with the long term viability of what your friends are trying to do.