I am inspired by your comments and caring on this forum.
I am an avid bush camper in a pop-top hiace.
To date I have been travelling with a friend, but am keen to do a few trips on my own.
I am concerned about what I would do on my own if something went wrong. It might be something simple like a tick latching on my back, feeling unwell, spraining and ankle, or perhaps something more serious
I look forward to hearing how as experienced solo travellers manage in these situations.
Excited but nervous
ZedJay
Disco Duck said
12:21 PM Nov 24, 2009
Welcome to the forums Zedjay.
My advice to you is to start off with some short trips and as you gain experience, your confidence will grow and you will realise that your worries are mostly unfounded.
In all my years of travelling and camping..............I never had a tick attach itself to me. A few weeks without a shower and NOTHING will touch you. Rolly can attest to that.
If you sprain an ankle..............sit around and drink beer till it gets better. Could be a happy couple of days.
Don't worry till it happens................take care to ensure it doesn't happen!!
Go and enjoy this wonderful country!!
rosey said
12:41 PM Nov 24, 2009
As Mr Duck said...start with smaller trips.
Also do a first aid course! Everybody should " know what to do"! And carry a very well-stocked first aid kit, plus spares for your vehicle.
Camp in places where there are other people. If ever you have any either minor or serious problems its amazing how kind other travellers can be. The only time I was a bit nervous was when we were many k's away from anybody. It was a lovely spot, but it makes one careful.
Enjoy your travels, and welcome to the forum
Cruising Granny said
01:07 PM Nov 24, 2009
I left a very large comment, as usual, on the solo section, basically reiterating the above comments.
Rolly said
01:12 PM Nov 24, 2009
Disco Duck wrote:A few weeks without a shower and NOTHING will touch you. Rolly can attest to that.
Not so, DD.
You seem to have little education re. blow flies, bush flies, bar flies etc.
They'll all put the bite on you, no matter how down-at-heel and lacking in the essentials of life and basic hygiene you are.
4 weeks in the bush with a under-funded and logistically challenged geological team attests to that.
If it hadn't been for the expensive looking vehicles and trailers we turned up in, (all hired, of course) I think the pub owner would have refused us lodgings on the basis of the huge distances that a decontamination team would have had to travel.
On the other hand, that's maybe why the ablutions were in a separate shed out the back.
Disco Duck said
01:16 PM Nov 24, 2009
It was a tongue in cheek reply Rolly. I was referring to your post regarding BO on Basils "Good Idea" thread!! :)
Disco Duck said
01:17 PM Nov 24, 2009
Where were you working Rolly.......and what were you looking for .......and did you find it?
Rolly said
01:19 PM Nov 24, 2009
Disco Duck wrote:
It was a tongue in cheek reply Rolly.........
Yeh! I know!
Basil Faulty said
01:57 PM Nov 24, 2009
Disco Duck wrote:
Where were you working Rolly.......and what were you looking for .......and did you find it?
Lasseters reef?
ZedJay said
02:17 PM Nov 24, 2009
This is such a friendly forum - thank you for taking the time to reply to my newbie concerns and for your words of wisdom and encouragement. ZedJay
-- Edited by ZedJay on Tuesday 24th of November 2009 01:18:07 PM
ibbo said
02:32 PM Nov 24, 2009
Hi Zedjay welcome to comedy capers.A good first aid kit,sensible clothing,considerable quantaties of liquid Yummies,if you have enough space perhaps some fresh water.Oh yes and beware of the Tocks looking for their mates the Tick.........................ok childish but that's just me.Safe travel Zedjay.Cheers.Ibbo.
Disco Duck said
05:23 PM Nov 24, 2009
We are a very friendly lot Zedjay so hang around and ask lots of questions. No need to send money yet. That comes closer to Christmas. twenty dollars each should do it :) :) J/k
Would like a little more info in you bio. such as gender, where you are from etc.
Smokeydk said
07:33 PM Nov 24, 2009
Hi...Zedjay.....welcome to the G/Ns.......ignore Ducky.....he hasnt had his meds today
Nobody is going to let me make any money around here :(
You would be the ONLY one who knew where the Tick removal site was
Smokey................
Basil Faulty said
10:00 PM Nov 24, 2009
I have a really good method of extracting ticks. Take a length of cotton, fishing line even dental floss and tie a figure 8 knot around it as close to the skin as possible then simply pull the tick out
ZedJay said
12:17 AM Nov 25, 2009
Very interesting tick tips - thanks
drongo & wendy said
07:52 AM Nov 25, 2009
Gawd all those ticks, I must have gone to the wrong school, I only ever got crosses,but a good eraser made things look good.
justcruisin01 said
09:34 AM Nov 25, 2009
drongo & wendy wrote:
Gawd all those ticks, I must have gone to the wrong school, I only ever got crosses,but a good eraser made things look good.
We can relate to that .
DellieMay said
12:15 PM Nov 25, 2009
Hi Zedjay. Welcome from us as well. Those naughty boys WILL keep you entertained.Know a little bit about ticks. Before you venture too far.... go to your Dr and ask mfor a script for CYDECTIN. Now , before anyone starts jumping up and down.....I KNOW IT'S A CATTLE DIP.....OK. We have done our share of travels and would NOT travel without them. A tick can kill. One small, and I mean very small pill would save you. Most people take precautions in the way of first aid etc and that as it should be, but very rarely does one think of the dangers of ticks. The area around St George,Qld, Lightning Ridge, NSW, is lousy with them. Not the big "cattle tick" but tiny tiny tiny little ones. If you are unlucky to be bitten...one tablet makes it drop off and stay in your system {safely} and repels others from sucking on you. I do know from experience, so next time you visit the Dr. ask him... In the meantime ..... just enjoy the banter from "the Guys".
Disco Duck said
01:03 PM Nov 25, 2009
Banter DellieMay.......did you say Banter ?? Frankly, I'm shocked!! I am also very disappointed........I have never been a witness to any of that sort of behaviour on here!! Ibbo will have something to say about this I'm sure.
You can correct this mistake by sending everyone 20 dollars (small unmarked bills).....................or you have to have a front seat view of the video of Ibbo putting his underpants on!!
Choice is yours!!
Shame on you DellieMay
xina said
01:06 PM Nov 25, 2009
Basil Faulty wrote:
I have a really good method of extracting ticks. Take a length of cotton, fishing line even dental floss and tie a figure 8 knot around it as close to the skin as possible then simply pull the tick out
Hi Basil. Have you ever done that ? We were always told as children, NEVER just pull a tick to get rid of it. Reason ? They leave their heads behind, and you wind up with a very nasty infection.
Kerosene will make them wriggle out and drop off.
I have seen people with infections after picking them off with tweezers, or just pulling them off with fingers. Not nice at all.
Cheers, xina.
DellieMay said
01:11 PM Nov 25, 2009
DD... The mind boggles!!!!Ibbo on the side of the bed, undies in his hand,NAWWWWWWW.
Where do I send the 20 bucks to?
Disco Duck said
01:19 PM Nov 25, 2009
LOL DellieMay..............I KNEW I would be 20 bucks richer LOL LOL
Terro said
03:04 PM Nov 25, 2009
Someone has to say it might as well be me........ "Do we know what makes a Tick Tock"......Sorry. After lunch boredom.
Terro
Disco Duck said
03:45 PM Nov 25, 2009
No but I know what ticks on a wall................
Basil Faulty said
05:39 PM Nov 25, 2009
xina wrote:
Basil Faulty wrote:
I have a really good method of extracting ticks. Take a length of cotton, fishing line even dental floss and tie a figure 8 knot around it as close to the skin as possible then simply pull the tick out
Hi Basil. Have you ever done that ? We were always told as children, NEVER just pull a tick to get rid of it. Reason ? They leave their heads behind, and you wind up with a very nasty infection.
Kerosene will make them wriggle out and drop off.
I have seen people with infections after picking them off with tweezers, or just pulling them off with fingers. Not nice at all.
Cheers, xina.
yep tried it and it worked well pulled the head out and all. Still nasty wound as the venom from the tick makes the area very sore and inflamed. Another way is to put some metho on the tick and set fire to it....
rosey said
06:49 PM Nov 25, 2009
When we lived at North Head in Sydney, my kids often had ticks. Other mothers told me to use very narrow pointed tweezers to get right down under the body as far as possible then pull. I applied antiseptic afterwards. It worked, with no infections, but I think it might be that the ticks hadnt been on long enough to insert their head deeply. Never knew you shouldnt pull them out!
For leeches, on the other hand, theres lotsa remedies. Salt, metho, kero, even a lighted match! but how ever you get them to drop off the wound bleeds very generously afterwards.
I am inspired by your comments and caring on this forum.
I am an avid bush camper in a pop-top hiace.
To date I have been travelling with a friend, but am keen to do a few trips on my own.
I am concerned about what I would do on my own if something went wrong. It might be something simple like a tick latching on my back, feeling unwell, spraining and ankle, or perhaps something more serious
I look forward to hearing how as experienced solo travellers manage in these situations.
Excited but nervous
ZedJay
Also do a first aid course! Everybody should " know what to do"! And carry a very well-stocked first aid kit, plus spares for your vehicle.
Camp in places where there are other people. If ever you have any either minor or serious problems its amazing how kind other travellers can be. The only time I was a bit nervous was when we were many k's away from anybody. It was a lovely spot, but it makes one careful.
Enjoy your travels, and welcome to the forum
Not so, DD.
You seem to have little education re. blow flies, bush flies, bar flies etc.
They'll all put the bite on you, no matter how down-at-heel and lacking in the essentials of life and basic hygiene you are.
4 weeks in the bush with a under-funded and logistically challenged geological team attests to that.
If it hadn't been for the expensive looking vehicles and trailers we turned up in, (all hired, of course) I think the pub owner would have refused us lodgings on the basis of the huge distances that a decontamination team would have had to travel.
On the other hand, that's maybe why the ablutions were in a separate shed out the back.
Yeh! I know!
Lasseters reef?
ZedJay
-- Edited by ZedJay on Tuesday 24th of November 2009 01:18:07 PM
Hi...Zedjay.....welcome to the G/Ns.......ignore Ducky.....he hasnt had his meds today
Tick remover....found this site
http://www.campertrailers.org/tick_twister.htm
Dave
You would be the ONLY one who knew where the Tick removal site was
Smokey................
Have you ever done that ? We were always told as children, NEVER just pull a tick to get rid of it.
Reason ? They leave their heads behind, and you wind up with a very nasty infection.
Kerosene will make them wriggle out and drop off.
I have seen people with infections after picking them off with tweezers, or just pulling them off with fingers. Not nice at all.
Cheers,
xina.
Terro
For leeches, on the other hand, theres lotsa remedies. Salt, metho, kero, even a lighted match! but how ever you get them to drop off the wound bleeds very generously afterwards.