This is an ongoing list of hints, tips and tricks that we should have done, could have done and would have done had we known how painful the result of not doing them was. Read, weep and empathize.
- Don't put off 'til tomorrow what you probably should have done last week, but figured you couldn't possibly forget to do before you left.This includes filling the Gas (propane) bottle. This prevents you going to light your stove, not lighting your stove, and then discovering your camping behind the only Petrol station in Australia that doesn't fill gas bottles.
- Always carry extra Engine oil, and we mean alot extra. You may think that a 6 litre container is a little bulky, but considering you'll spend the same for one litre at a petrol station along the Great Northern Highway, you'll find room.
- Keep all light sources at least one metre from anything you might be considering putting in your mouth. There are two reasons for this: the first being that insects of greater variety than you ever imagined existed, will kamakazi your light source and anything in a 1.5m radius, and secondly you're probably better off not being able to see camp food well at the best of times. Reason number two being vitally important considering the ramifications of reason number one.
- Don't try typing this diary while driving along a bumpy dirt road. It will only end in teeearrssss...
- Don't leave your favourite boardies on the bonnet of the car to dry. If some one doesn't swipe them, you'll drive off leaving them to fly into the scrub.
- Don't even bother trying to transport margerine unless you like a coating of thick oil over everything in your esky.
- Enjoy dirt and dust, especially the red variety. Don't try to avoid it.
Revel in it and be happy
