WHIP INTO
ACTION
Is whipping together a few ingredients
with a hand whisk too much to ask for
your campsite souffle? No problem. If
you carry a cordless drill in the car or
camper then that whisk can be turned
into a Mixmaster in minutes. You’ll
probably need a good-sized chuck, but
it can save an awful lot of hard work.
Just try to avoid maximum speed
as you will end up with more of the
ingredients on the outside of the bowl
than inside.
ROLLED GOLD
Carrying a roll of toilet paper is a
necessary part of camping, and if
the bush is wet or dusty, you want
to keep it dry and organised for
obvious reasons. A round plastic
tub with a lid (we use an old honey
container) with a hole cut in the
centre makes an ideal container.
If it’s a tight fit you might have to
remove the cardboard tube from the
centre of the roll to allow you to pull
the paper up through the outlet, but
if you have a little space around it,
you can draw your paper from the
outer circumference. The yellow lid
makes it easy to find in the dark and
the handle ensures it’s easy to carry.
BUCKET LIST
Even when you’re out in the bush, you
still have to present a good face to the
world, and that includes keeping the
camping threads clean. I don’t mean
getting down on your hands and knees
at the local waterhole. A couple of
clean, cast off industrial buckets and
a long-handled plumber’s plunger will
do the trick just nicely. Use one bucket
with detergent to get the dirt out and
the other with clean water to rinse out
the soap. All you need to add is a bit of
elbow grease and a clothes line.
COTTON ON
A cotton wool ball coated in Vaseline
is another guaranteed fire starter. Rub
the petroleum jelly into the cotton
wool ball and wrap it in aluminium
foil. You can prepare these at home
before you leave and drop them into
a bottle or plastic bag. Unwrap the
foil and light, the smeared cotton
will continue to burn for five to
seven minutes, depending on the
amount of Vaseline, giving you a
good chance of starting a fire even
with damp kindling.
RARE AIR
A wine cask bladder can be a very
handy item around camp. Inflate the
bladder by blowing air into the open
valve and place it into the fridge when
you’ve removed some of the contents.
The air will rapidly cool to the internal
temperature of the fridge and stay in
place whenever you open the fridge,
rather than spill out and be replaced
by warmer ambient air.
This will save the fridge from having
to re-cool that air volume, saving your
batteries in turn.
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