General Trekking Tips-I

1. A Bum Bag is handy for sunglasses, lip gloss, sun screen, GPS, cigarette lighter, phone, nibblies, money, eftpos card, pen knife, etc. The theory being if you fall off your horse and it runs away you can light a fire, have something to eat, know where you are. Before you panic!!! 

2. Carry maps and BNT guide book in a plastic waterproof clear bag around you neck, you can get them at camping shops, and it�s easy to see the days map one side and the BNT book the other side. 

3. A spun aluminium water bottle (available from bushwalking shops) is handy as you can boil water in the evening and put it in a pair of socks in your sleeping bag and it�s like a hot water bottle. If you use that days socks it will dry them out and you can put them on warm the next morning. The water can be drunk the next day as it�s been boiled and is now cooled. 

4. Carry a roll of electrical tape/insulation tape for running repairs, also needed for repairing your spun aluminium water bottle as putting hot water in it will eventually make it leak around the screw top and a run of tape around the plug will seal it up again. 

5. Nose bags made out of feed bags folded in half and bailing twine over the ears are light and easy to replace. 

6. A Green grocery shopping bag is handy for toiletries and spare clothes as you can hang it in a tree while you wash and it�s easy to get to things. 

7. Canvas buckets and feed buckets from Ruth Manning of Digger Dog are very light and durable. They will stay upright when � full of water without support. 

8. Electric fence poles made out of the spare poles, bought at camping shops, 4 in a packet with elastic, make two for the fence; with wire twists from the farm co-op store, about $1 each, 6-8 are handy. A large steel tent peg for making the hole first then the electric fence post will go into the ground easier. Also use the peg for grounding the electric fence. 

9. Electric fence poles that are long fibreglass posts, cut in half, with wire twists are also light and durable. A ring of garden hose put over the end will protect the post if you want to hammer it in the ground.