Are we a dopey bunch?

[spork]

I keep noticing this in the camping section:


Great Ideas
Share what ideas you have that have made life easier and more enjoyable.
Never

So - no-one on here ever had a good idea, related to camping?
Are we mostly day trip kind of guys?
Do most here stay in a hotel / shack / mates place when they go away?
Does everyone (else) here live close to their favourite water, so doesn't need to go away anywhere to fish?

Just wonderin'...

[smackmaa]

Though I do camp a bit in my line of work, I usually keep it simple with a swag and a gas cooker or camp oven. I keep my blankets rolled up in the swag, does that count as a tip?
I haven't been going away to fish recently as I'm still trying to figure out my local estuary..

[Jackcridland]

MOTELS..... for me dont mind camping but y camp when u can get a motel/cabin my old man gives me DohDohDohDoh about it but its the way I like to stay

[Jules01]

Originally Posted by spork

I keep noticing this in the camping section:


Great Ideas
Share what ideas you have that have made life easier and more enjoyable.
Never

So - no-one on here ever had a good idea, related to camping?
Are we mostly day trip kind of guys?
Do most here stay in a hotel / shack / mates place when they go away?
Does everyone (else) here live close to their favourite water, so doesn't need to go away anywhere to fish?

Just wonderin'...

What's your input?

[Breamingwithjoy]

Buy a car with Fold flat seats. Drive somewhere. Fold seats flat. Put something soft to lay on down. Sleep. Wake up. Fish.

Now you are camping. And also smelly, just remember that when you hit some remote bakery for a pie or three.

[Fishsniper]

Originally Posted by Breamingwithjoy

Buy a car with Fold flat seats. Drive somewhere. Fold seats flat. Put something soft to lay on down. Sleep. Wake up. Fish.

Now you are camping. And also smelly, just remember that when you hit some remote bakery for a pie or three.

and just add a swag and your set for life

[Puggy]

Camping is something I do a bit of. Mostly by myself with mates sometimes too. Probably my favorite place to go is to Lake Bullen Merri where I camp with the mates annually. I like to sleep in my own tent instead of a swag, absolutely hate swags. We set up a decent campsite on the point which has a small plantation of gums which we use the dead branches from for the fire, as well as bring some of redgum logs. We set up 5 rods between the 6 of us with some gudgeons out under floats. The main aim is to have a fish and get in the rankings for the comp. But we also like to chill out with a few drinks, I don't drink much being 15, but a little. Usaully its pretty cold so we rug about around the fire and have a chat and wait for a bite! Fishing & Camping go perfectly together!

[rooboy]

Maybe we are a dopey bunch. We seem to posting the ideas here, while the idea thread in the camping section remains empty?!!

[Welshy]

I saw this on another site and thought it was such a good idea I was going to do it to mine cost me $8.38 for 2x flexible LED strip lights off eBay and a couple of $$ for some of those sticky tabs that the cable ties go through. The rest was found in my shed
.LED strip lights 96cm
.8x sticky tabs
.cable sheath 1.5mtr
.solder and heat shrink

I have taken two pics. One with no lights on and one with my new led lights on. Let me know what you reckon and if you want any more pics ill take some tomorrow.

Cheers Luke

[Welshy]

Can't add more than one pic per post

[Welshy]

And last one

[Tinker]

Bear Grylls calls it Man V Wild, Aussies call it camping.
While I have never had a dirt milkshake, I have slept on the sand in a sleeping bag, just above high tide mark on a secluded South Ozzy beach. I did this because I couldn't see the salmon schools in the dark, and wanted to be there first light on a high tide.
I've eaten sandy crunchy snags and didn't care, I was hungry.
I've slept covered in dried mud after wading through mud flats collecting bloodworms, and after a while, you don't even notice it.
I've camped out with my mates for 4 nights chasing Mulloway along the Coorong, and boy did we stink when we got back.
These are just a few of my "adventures".
Why did I do it? Because the fishing is what matters, everything else just doesn't seem important anymore when I'm fishing.
But at the same time, I won't begrudge a man for staying in a 4 star cabin while I'm roughing it, because different strokes for different folks as they say.
I just really enjoy going "feral" every now and then, and I sure as hell look forward to that long hot shower when I get home, and the many days it takes to remove sand from places that sand isn't meant to go.
Cheers,
Steve

[yellow door 1]