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TIP: The online Bushwalk Inventory System can help bushwalkers with a variety of bushwalk planning tasks, including: Manage which items they take bushwalking so that they do not forget anything they might need, plan meals for their walks, and automatically compile food/fuel shopping lists (lists of consumables) required to make and cook the meals for each walk. It is particularly useful for planning for groups who share food or other items, but is also useful for individual walkers.
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corvus
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Cheap Trowel

Thu 17 May, 2012 5:28 pm

Happened to be in K Mart gardening section today and noticed they had strong looking and feeling plastic trowels for $2.50 and I believe they may be a better option for the "budget strapped" than the Orange ones from BW outlets and as an added bonus the handle is hollow so you could load some TP in there :)
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Thu 17 May, 2012 7:25 pm

A sand stake does the job and can be used as a stake for your tent as well.....
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Thu 17 May, 2012 7:41 pm

...which then falls down every time you dig a hole...
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Thu 17 May, 2012 7:47 pm

jacko1956 wrote:A sand stake does the job and can be used as a stake for your tent as well.....
:-)

This would double as a sand stake but will be more user friendly :lol:
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Thu 17 May, 2012 7:57 pm

you could load some TP in there :)

Target practice? :shock:

I dont think I would walk too close to your tent.
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Thu 17 May, 2012 8:13 pm

Rob A wrote:
you could load some TP in there :)

Target practice? :shock:

I dont think I would walk too close to your tent.

No silly! TelePorter.
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Thu 17 May, 2012 8:28 pm

Strider wrote:
Rob A wrote:
you could load some TP in there :)

Target practice? :shock:

I dont think I would walk too close to your tent.

No silly! TelePorter.


Very droll both of you :lol: I wanted to be polite and not call it " arsenal wipes or bumph" but I do like both suggestions .
For instance a direction(Target Practice) finder so you actually drop it in the hole so dug and keep your boots clean,or even better a Teleporter so you could "wheech your jobby" into outer utter with no resultant contamination of Mother Earth,well done men :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Thu 17 May, 2012 9:22 pm

Another "nature friendly" option would be a biffy bag, which I have often seen campers use in the mountains.

http://www.biffybag.com/

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I think I prefer your $2.50 trowel.
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Thu 21 Jun, 2012 6:25 pm

Bought one of these today. Good news! Marked down to $0.50 :lol:

Weighs in at 54g sans the orange plug in end of handle.
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Sat 23 Jun, 2012 5:25 pm

Cheers for the tip - picked one up this afternoon. It certainly looks robust enough for the job yet lightweight. I'm sure that the ultralight enthusiasts would probably get out the hacksaw and cut 3cm off the handle to save 5 grams though.
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Sat 23 Jun, 2012 5:39 pm

Bugger - my Bunnings version cost 2.99 and weighs 70g.
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Sun 24 Jun, 2012 3:38 am

I've never had much luck with plastic trowels they've always snapped on first use at the weakest point - juncture of the handle with the digging blade. Maybe okay if digging in soft soil or sand but hard or frozen soil - forget it you need a heavier metal trowel or something more aggressive.
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Re: Cheap Trowel

Sun 24 Jun, 2012 11:23 am

30g
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