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Offline thommo19

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Availability of firewood.
« on: May 09, 2016, 10:19:41 AM »
HI
Heading out to Cameron Cnr ,Birdsville for the Big Red Bash then east ending up on the coast then back home Sydney.
We love our fires and this is the longest time away that we have travelled.
What is the availability of wood suitable for firepits along the way. I certainly don't want to carry loads of wood.
I guess this is a rookie question but you guys have the knowledge.
Jeff
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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2016, 11:01:05 AM »
We found plenty around the river beds.

Edit: Chainsaw is a must. We found some solid malga wood that killed a new chain in record time. No dirt hitting or hollow that would kill a chain.
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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2016, 01:32:23 PM »
That's good I guess ,might have to get a chainsaw. I was hoping a bush saw would be ok.
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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2016, 02:28:52 PM »
We got by without a chainsaw.
If we saw some decent wood we'd grab it. Whether we just broke camp and still had 100's of k's to go, or along the journey stop and get it.
If you wait till you get close to the next camp Murphys law will kick in for sure.

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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2016, 01:04:00 PM »
Thanks for the info .
Jeff
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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2016, 10:09:22 PM »
Quote from: thommo19 on May 09, 2016, 10:19:41 AM
HI
Heading out to Cameron Cnr ,Birdsville for the Big Red Bash then east ending up on the coast then back home Sydney.
We love our fires and this is the longest time away that we have travelled.
What is the availability of wood suitable for firepits along the way. I certainly don't want to carry loads of wood.
I guess this is a rookie question but you guys have the knowledge.
Jeff
Also heading to to Big Red Bash, going home via Cameron's Corner. My first big trip, perhaps we should start a Bash thread, then we can catch up in Birdsville
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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2016, 06:21:49 PM »
Also heading to Birdsville for Big Red Bash. Good question about firewood... i was thinking of just finding some closer to a town before hand...

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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2016, 09:35:18 AM »
I saw on Facebook there will be someone selling firewood (and ice) at the bash. Which could be a good, but expensive option.
I imagine firewood out there would be hard to come by at the best of times, and with 6000 campers all looking to for it it's going to be pretty scarce.

I'm signed up to be a volunteer out there, looking forward to the trip but geez its sneaking up fast!
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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #8 on: May 13, 2016, 05:55:14 AM »
Get there early. Ya don't wanna walk 700m to the stage.
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Re: Availability of firewood.
« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2016, 06:34:08 AM »
Quote from: mudge1 on May 10, 2016, 10:09:22 PM
Also heading to to Big Red Bash, going home via Cameron's Corner. My first big trip, perhaps we should start a Bash thread, then we can catch up in Birdsville


Bash thread here http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=46466.msg788463#msg788463
and here http://www.myswag.org/index.php?topic=45642.msg809271#msg809271
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