Our Camping and Riding Gear

Some of you might be interested in what kind of camping gear we are carrying as well as our bike specifications. The stuff we got wasn’t always our first choice. For example we were keen to buy the new MSR Whisperlite Universal that takes gas cannister and multi-fuel but they haven’t been approved for Australia YET and getting one from overseas proved a big pain in the butt. We should be able to get gas fairly easily while we are here in OZ so we bought the most stable looking, reasonably cheap gas stove we could find in the camping stores. I also would’ve liked the MSR Quick2 System but I couldn’t get one online in Australia. A lot of online companies in the States won’t ship internationally. I would’ve also liked to

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have bought the quick frying pan as well,l which would have worked out pretty expensive. My second choice was the Bugaboo Camper combination that included the plates and cups etc, but couldn’t get that model in OZ either and it was for 4 people so we would’ve had extra stuff to carry. Anyway I settled for the cookset and then added in the Light My Fire meal kits.

There was very little we didn’t need to buy but sleeping bags was one of them. It’s coming into spring here and it’s unlikely to get below 5 degrees anywhere we are going. Our current 2 season ones should do the trick and we have cotton sleeping bag liners for when it really hots up.

Camping Gear
Supplier	Gear	Make and Model	Cost per Item
Wild Earth	Tent	Vango Sabre 200 TBSII 2 person hiking Tent	170
	Cookware	GSI Outdoors Bugaboo Base Camper small 2 person cookset	80
		Light my Fire Outdoor Meal Kit 6 piece	25
		MSR Alpine folding Utensils Set	29
BCF		Egg Container with handle	4
the Reject Shop		Paring Knife Non-Stick with Sheath	3
Wild Earth	Sink	Sea to Summit Folding Compact Kitchen Sink 10L	27
	Packing	Sea to Summit Seam Sealed Stuff Sac	17
Paddy Pallin		Sea to Summit Dry Compression Sac Medium	40
Snowgum		Eagle Creek Pack-it Complete Organizer	36
		Pack-It Sac L	10
		Pack-It Sac M	7
		Pack-It Sac S	6
		Pack-It Specter Sac Set	18
Wild Earth	Day Packs	Sea to Summit 20L Ultra-sil Compact Folding Daypack	22
	Mattress	Thermarest NeoAir XLITE Ultralight Hiking Mattress – Womens Regular	202
		Thermarest NeoAir XLITE Ultralight Hiking Mattress – Regular	216
Midland Disposal	Pillow	Snowgum inflatable pillow	24
Wild Earth	Chairs	Thermarest Trekker 20 Hiking Chair	40
Paddy Pallin	Stove	Opti Crux Stove	85
		Opti Gas Cannister 0.45	13
		MSR Wind Reflector	25
	Water Storage	Sea to Summit 6L Pac Tap (x2)	35
Snowgum		Snowgum 1 Litre BPA free Water Bottle 1L (4)	10
Rebel Sport		Plastic 1L water bottles (2)	10
Brooks		Brooks 750ml water bottles (4)	5
Kathmandu	Towel	Kathmandu Microfibre Towel	10
Bunnings	Tarps	Ezy Tarp Light Duty 70gsm 1.1 x 1.7m	2
		Heavy Duty 160 gsm 1.8 x 2.4m	13
	Tie Downs	Ocy Grunt 75cm (2) Bungee	8
		Zipties 100 x 4mm (25)	3
		Tarp Bungees (pk4)	4
BCF		Multi strap bungee 30/75cm (2)	4
Bunnings	Rope	Grunt Utility Cord 3mm x 20m	5
	Tape	Tarzans Grip Super Strong duct Tape 5m	6
	Torch	Arlec 24 + 3 LED 2-in-1	7
	Cleaning	Dustpan and Brush set	2
		Scotchbrite Chamois (2)	6
	Tools	Kinchrome 8mm Combination spanner	8
		Craftright Adjustable wrench	6
BCF		Gerba Multi-tool Suspension	39
The Reject Shop	Glue	Super Glue with Dispenser	2

We didn’t really need to buy too many riding clothes. You are never going to see Tim in Lycra and you won’t see me in it either until I lose quite a few excess kilos. The stuff we bought below was either because we will need it or the specials were so good we couldn’t resist.

Riding Clothes
Supplier	Gear	Make and Model	Cost/Item
Elite Racing Cycles	Helmet	Cratoni Bolt Helmet	77
Bunnings	Glasses (Shazz)	UV Wrap Safety Glasses Clear(for Rain)	14
Midand Disposals	Glasses(Tim)	VisionSafe Smoke Flex Goggle	20
Wiggle	Short Liners	DHB Pivot Padded Liners	31
	Gloves	Sugoi Ladies RPM	18
		Cinellie Very Best Of 79 Mitt	27
	Gillet	Sportful Reflex Windproof	24
	Shoes (Sharyn)	Shimano Ladies WM43 SPD Tour	86
Rebel Sport	Shirt (Tim)	Adidas Climamaz 2	30
Brooks	Rain Protection	Orbit Jacket	50
Midland Disposals		Tough Menzies Nylon Overpants	20
	Visibility	TG HV Yellow Gabbin Vest	15