Solo hammock camp in the Australian bush
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Join me for a much needed camping adventure in the Aussie bush! At the end of a long day, I show you how I chose my campsite and set up my tarp and hammock. I cook up some great food and brew up some coffee on a little hiking stove. I show you my Swiss army knife and an awesome new bushcraft knife. The scenery on my hike out is not bad either!
Thanks for watching!
Videos / channels mentioned
Hiker in Australia: • Uncharted Supply Rapid...
Scotty's Gone Walkabouts: • Wild Aussie Hammock Ca...
Chris Bamman: • Yay the 100k... Thank You
Stuff I like and use
Iron Bark Knives: • Yay the 100k... Thank You
Alton Goods: altongoods.com/
Tier Gear: www.tiergear.c...
Soto Wind Master Stove: www.seatosummi...
Music - with thanks to the following artists from RUclips Studio
Empty Hearted Man - The 126ers
Peace Creek - Ashley Shadow
Drunken Sailor - Cooper Cannell
Cats Searching for the Truth - Nat Keefe and Hot Buttered Rum
To make setting up the tarp easier, just tie coloured tape or paracord to the tie off points. Use different colours for each configuration e.g. yellow cord attached to the points for a diagonal setup, blue for ploughpoint etc. This way you just lookout for the colours. Set it up at home as you want it and tie on the coloured tape to the tie of points you used. Preparation at home makes living in the field some much easier. Tie knots in the coloured cord for ease of setup in low light conditions - different number of knots for each configuration.
fantastic suggestion mate, thanks heaps for this one
Great vide mate. Looked like a nice spot. Thanks heaps for the shout out as well. Really appreciate it. And that new knife looks the goods! Some lovely craftsmanship right there.
Glad you're back mate. You're now one of the Aussie bushwalking and bushcraft icons as well!
Awesome video Erik, one of your best I'd say. loved the camera work and appreciate all the work that must go into it. hope you enjoyed your day off :)
Thanks Jake - appreciate that, wish I had more time to dedicate to it, but hopefully improving as I go along - heaps still to learn. Thanks for watching!
Smiled when i saw your new video in my feed, went and got a g&t and settled in for 48 minutes of goodness! Glad to see you out again after a long hiatus... looks like you could use a bit more time with mother nature really. Looking forward to seeing what underquilt you go with too. Cheers!
Love your videos, and love the support you and Scotty show each other! Always keen to see where you end up, and what is on the menu.
Good to see you out, self isolation and social distancing definitely in practice out in the bush👍😉
Glad you are back missed you and your videos I have watched all of your videos I welcome back
Thanks for watching and following along Donnie - cheers Erik
Thank you! That was a great watch, especially liked understanding your thought process for decisions. Very motivating following a write off 2020 to start the research into Nsw spots to o/n that haven’t been too badly affected by the fires.
Good camp site, nice to see the creek flowing and new growth. Great aussie breakfast
Definitely nice to see some green grass and flowing water. Thanks for watching!
I've been looking forward to another video!
Thanks Erik. Another great video. Always makes me happy when I get the notification. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers Erik.
Thank you - that's great to hear!
Thanks Erik...really enjoyed your latest adventure. Hope you can find the time to do it more often! Cheers.
Thanks Herb!
I was just going for a bush walk to some aboriginal carvings I know and was thinking, geez been a while since Erik put out a vid. Came home and there it was. Great stuff, So Happy
Fantastic to see you back !
Thnx for the continued quality content Erik.....I always reach for a cold IPA 🍺 before sitting down to enjoy a beer with you and see what exciting new adventures you have instal for us!......Just have to wait now for the next chapter.......cheers Erik...loving your work as always mate!..🦘🇭🇲👍🏼
Thanks Jeff! Awesome to hear, I might be drinking a nice cold IPA right now! I'm hoping I can get out again soon for the next chapter, but who knows in these strange times. Cheers mate
Love the effort you put in Erik
Thanks for the video Erik , and the links. Chill out mate
Loved watching this video. Keep it up. Great personality on camera.
Thank you again for sharing your bush therapy.
No problems, I enjoy making these videos. Thanks for watching!
Great Video once again 👌👌😎 the key to using any of these stoves is "less is more" don't go full throttle as a lot of the heat is lost out the side and also a lightweight wind shield is worth it's weight in gold for fuel consumption and eratiic flames from wind😎👍
Another good one !!
Great video, Eric ! I'm a new subscriber and look forward o more of your videos !
Great spot Erik
Nice work! No wild horses near my bush getaway, but yeah, seen a few feral dogs. Lovely river.
I wish we had nice green river banks like that up here in North Queensland.
Awesome watch Erik, loving each vid
Thanks Brendan
Ah Eric, how watching this video has made me yearn for our beautiful bushlands. Thank you so much for taking us out on a beautiful overnighter, apart from smelling it, I felt I was there with you. Great job buddy. Say, why not chuck a gold pan in your gear and have a play on the inside bends of the river, dig the fine gravel, you just never know what gold may be sitting there. Safe travels to you. Cheers from Mario.
Thanks very much Mario, yeah I want to get back out there too. One day soon hopefully, when all this craziness is over! Haha, I haven't gold panned since I was a kid (at Sovereign Hil), but that could be fun one day. Thanks for watching, cheers Erik
@@ERIKOFFTRACK Sovereign Hill is almost a rite of passage for kids 😄
Hi. Great vid...Just found you and goodo you mention both Scotty and @Alton goods. Great kit and getting better.
Awesome man, great to see more Aussie Hammockers. Highly recommend Tier Gears under quilts.
Thanks mate, yeah I'm a big fan of TierGear - looking forward to trying an under quilt. Thanks for watching!
Brilliant mate, really enjoyed that.
Great to hear - thank you
Great vid mate 👍
Hi Erik, another awesome video. Scotty certain puts together some amazing videos, but your camera work and editing is certainly up there too and getting better all the time.
Looks like you had a much needed short break away from work. :)
Thanks for the shout out, I certainly appreciate your support also. I think you should get a pack raft, as it would certainly give you more options. Your pack seemed pretty heavy already so I doubt you'd notice an extra 1.5 Kgs :)
If you want to try before you buy I'm sure we could organise a meet up and do a collaboration video so you could give my raft a go.
I took my rapid raft to NZ recently and have a short video uploading at the moment of the raft out on Moke Lake.
As always, thanks for sharing your experiences and producing such good content!
Oh yes please!... I'd love to see a collaboration video from you both! And I'd love to see more of that packraft!
Thanks very much, although what are you saying about my pack lol! I'll admit it though, definitely less gram counting these days than used to occur. Glad to hear you got the raft out in NZ - looking forward to the video. Let's keep in touch and see if we can tee something up later in the year. Cheers Erik
Excellent vid, thanks
I found you through suggested videos. First your videos are very informative. I just made a RUclips channel so I’m definitely doing my research. Thanks for all your help. Please keep it up! Just subbed!
Watching through this, I had to double check the date because of the 2019-2020 black summer bushfires. Basically could not go hiking at all as virtually all good multiday bushland within 200km of Sydney went up in flames. I remember getting up one morning, walking outside and watching it rain ash, realising it was going to be a terrible summer. Next summer NSW gets smashed with its first true wave of covid and restrictions and I haven't had a good hike in years. Im just longing to get away like nothing before.
Thinking beer! hahahaha love it!
Great video as always mate
Haha thanks - might be having a thinking beer right now - thanks for watching mate!
Another awesome video mate, spent some time a couple of years ago now in kosciuszko np and the horses at night were really bad, hardly slept, they just hung around all night very disconcerting as they are a large animal. Chris bamman is going awesome hey, love his work.
Your channel is going well too mate, keep the great videos coming. Hope you found your bail handle of the billy.
Cheers again Shad 🍻
Thanks heaps Shad! Yeah it certainly is disconcerting, they are a big animals indeed! I actually did find the bail handle. It was in the river exactly where I washed my pot, so was lucky to find it! Must have edited that out. Cheers mate.
Nice video just discovered your channel! I will check out more of your content
You rock too mate, great video once again. Those wild dogs would put the wind up me.
I have always wondered about animals in the Aussie bush that probably don't belong there. Deer, Cats, Panthers, yeti's. lol
I had something right along side my tent one night, pitch black, breathing heavy. When I tried to shoe it away by hitting the inside of the tent, it let out a very low pitched growl. Not sure what it was, but Im thinking it could have been a large lace monitor, but ill never know.
Thanks Jim! Animal sounds can certainly be disconcerting at night (especially when they growl!) I once had a wombat spend the entire night next to my tent eating grass, this was just after my mate who I was camping with told me about the hilarious video he saw of a wombat running straight through a tent and destroying it!
Great adventure Erik into a secluded spot by the river. Good camp area even with the horses. Mate they weren't mushrooms they were umbrellas.. big mothers. Good to see you back out there. Dud you find the handle in the morning?. Thanks for the journey out. Bushyboy Oz.
Haha yeah they were umbrellas! I must have edited that bit out, but yes I did find the handle. It was where I thought it might be, right in the river right next to the rock that I collected water from! Luck to find it actually. Thanks for watching!
On medium heat the wind master is very economical compared to most competitors, especially in the wind
Great to see you get out Eric for what seems a much needed break. At one time or another in the past u can see how burnt out that area had been. It will always eventually rejuvenate given time. My Backyard is quite similar up here in the tropics (except for wild horses), I have a few clips on my own channel that shows the diversity in drought and flood . Love the Ironbark knife, will look into one for myself..
What's your day job? You mention doing 10-12 hour days lately.
Man, that hailstorm was intense. Hopefully your car/home weren't in the path! I ran and went shopping at the DFO so our car was fine. But the carpark at work was like a bomb had gone off. So many cars covered in dimples, smashed windows, all the lights in the park. Not fun!
G'day Steve - yeah that storm was something wasn't it! We got off very lightly, single hole through the chicken coop roof (luckily not chooks at the time). Thanks for watching mate.
Please which river?
Every time I watch your videos, i tell my fiencee that I a watching hiking porn . Because it excites me for my hiking on the weekends.
great video mate, which way do you lay in your Alton's hammock? Want to know if its designed for straight laying or diagonal laying as I'm planning on buying one, cheers
Did you have any toilet paper for the trip or will gum leaves suffice
Haha - the gum leaves were safe...this trip.
Trout Erik!!!! why not get em?😀
Haha - they are safe for now, maybe one day though!
@@ERIKOFFTRACK 🤣
Hi Erik, do any of your videos give advice on how to find good spots? I'd love to do this in QLD but it's hard to know where to look. Seems most places are within private property or are inaccessible due to terrain/vegetation. Tips?
Hey thanks for watching! I have thought about doing this, but so far decided against it. There is a just certain level of skill and experience required to do this sort of thing and I don't want to give people the idea that there are shortcuts. I spend many hours using topographic maps and satellite imagery to scout out publicly accessible land, including access points. The reality on the ground can often be different and sometimes it takes a few trips to get a feel for a places. Not sure what your level of experience is, but I would suggest starting with local bushwalking guide books and taking it from there.
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what is the location?
Where did you go ?
I would say Pinch River as a guess.
Great video as usual Erik. Here's a link to the quick deploy ridgeline you were talking about, and yes, it works well. 😀
ruclips.net/video/Sipxc4jFI9s/видео.html