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Henry Lawson's The Romance of the Swag
The most detailed 19th Century Australian description of the swag is found in Henry Lawson’s The Romance of the Swag: Source: http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1200626 The Australian swag fashion is...
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This is a great video featuring the OzTrail swags and a couple of youngsters out in the Bush with their Dad trying out swag camping for the first time. For more on Swag camping and use of them here in...
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The Wild Canvas Australian Swag Bedroll
Great news for anyone interested in trying swag camping: we’ve been working with Wild Canvas, specialists in canvas products, to design and manufacture Australian swags right here in the U.K....
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Out & About – Small Bushcraft Pack
Now the weather’s picking up and I’m getting out and about more, here’s a pic of my chosen gear for a small bushcraft pack; head torch, laplander saw, Hultafors heavy duty knife, Opinel small knife, BG...
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Marmot Bivvy Tent
There’s a lot of choices for bivvy bags and one-man ultralight tents. With these you do have the condensation issues, the often garish colours (fine for Mountaineering of course), and the delicate...
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POTP now on Facebook
We now have a Facebook page, how trendy. If you like PathOfThePaddle please visit and “like” our facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Path-Of-The-Paddle/216543961790238, and we’ll keep you...
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Hobo Stove, Wood-gas Stove, Wild Stoves
A local company to me “Wild Stoves” has started making these lovely looking wood-gas ‘hobo’ stoves. It will be interesting to see how this compares to cooking and boiling water on a Kelly Kettle, but...
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Biolite Camp Stove – Portable Power!
On our trips we do quite a lot of filming and photography to capture the scenes and the places we’ve been, and power for the gadgets especially mobile phones is always a problem, especially on longer...
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Traditional Camp Kettles
Looking for a traditional style camp kettle? These “Kirtley Kettles” from Paul Kirtley, founder of Frontier Bushcraft, one of the UK’s premier Bushcraft schools look really good: More info and...
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Cold October Canoe Trip
A sudden down-turn in the temperatures in mid October didn’t put us off a planned canoe trip on the river Wye. We set off for a short trip with an overnight wild camp on the river, Autumn sunshine and...
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