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Unlabelled food drop on the Arthur Plains

Sat 03 Dec, 2016 11:35 am

Ran unto an unlabelled food drop in a 20L pail on the Arthur Plains three days ago.

Anyone know who it belongs to?

It's hanging from a steel picket just where the K shortcut track meets Mckay's track.

How long should it be left before it becomes rubbish?

Re: Unlabelled food drop on the Arthur Plains

Sat 03 Dec, 2016 12:11 pm

I wonder if there might have been a note inside the container?

Re: Unlabelled food drop on the Arthur Plains

Sat 03 Dec, 2016 12:15 pm

weeds wrote:I wonder if there might have been a note inside the container?

There was not.

I checked, hoping that would be the case.

Re: Unlabelled food drop on the Arthur Plains

Sat 03 Dec, 2016 1:10 pm

It was there on 27th edit: oops I mean 17th November. I suppose somebody might still be doing a megawalk from the west coast or something...? A note would definitely have been good.
Last edited by Tortoise on Sat 03 Dec, 2016 10:40 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Re: Unlabelled food drop on the Arthur Plains

Sat 03 Dec, 2016 10:36 pm

Oops. I meant to say 17th November.

Re: Unlabelled food drop on the Arthur Plains

Sun 04 Dec, 2016 5:37 pm

Well, it was rubbish when it went in, technically even if it was labelled.
That said, be careful about removing or even moving these things, just (take co-ords) reporting them is a good idea?

I'd hazard a guess that someone found it nearby but there would likely be other old stashes around there, left with the best, one-off, intentions.

Re: Unlabelled food drop on the Arthur Plains

Mon 05 Dec, 2016 7:11 pm

I would be inclined to leave it in place, unreported, until the contents have deteriorated beyond any realistic possibility of use.
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