Hello! I'm Bernie from Canberra. Glad to be here, meet some more people and learn some more.
About me? I'm in my thirties with 3 kids aged 10 and under. One of my kids drives a wheelchair to get around which doesn't handle creeks too well. Just had a great weekend @ Tuena with Colin&Lee - still sore from carrying the boy down the creek and back - the digging and panning might have had something to do with that too
I'll have to get a sling for him now that he's 10 and getting heavy.
In true nub (noob) style I learnt a lot that weekend. Including:
- a spare pair of dry shoes are worth killing for. Bring spare shoes next time.
- if you don't use your tent in over a decade it may leak in the rain and it's ropes may disintegrate upon touch and turn into powder.
- if you don't use your inflatable air mattress for 5 years it may have developed an allergy to air and keep spitting it out.
- i should not have trusted my wife's 'yea it will be fine' sleeping bag purchase. That new bag turns out to be fine for tropical islands but I was COLD.
I still had a brilliant time!
Colin&Lee have taken me a few places over the last few months, for gold or sapphires, and I'm highly appreciative of them for putting up with me on those long trips.
Enjoying both the search for gold and for stones! I need an appropriate vehicle now and some gear to go with it.
PS: "Don't be a mole, backfill your hole" - that's a great PSA I love it. Where can I buy the bumper sticker version or t-shirt?
About me? I'm in my thirties with 3 kids aged 10 and under. One of my kids drives a wheelchair to get around which doesn't handle creeks too well. Just had a great weekend @ Tuena with Colin&Lee - still sore from carrying the boy down the creek and back - the digging and panning might have had something to do with that too
I'll have to get a sling for him now that he's 10 and getting heavy.In true nub (noob) style I learnt a lot that weekend. Including:
- a spare pair of dry shoes are worth killing for. Bring spare shoes next time.
- if you don't use your tent in over a decade it may leak in the rain and it's ropes may disintegrate upon touch and turn into powder.
- if you don't use your inflatable air mattress for 5 years it may have developed an allergy to air and keep spitting it out.
- i should not have trusted my wife's 'yea it will be fine' sleeping bag purchase. That new bag turns out to be fine for tropical islands but I was COLD.
I still had a brilliant time!
Colin&Lee have taken me a few places over the last few months, for gold or sapphires, and I'm highly appreciative of them for putting up with me on those long trips.
Enjoying both the search for gold and for stones! I need an appropriate vehicle now and some gear to go with it.
PS: "Don't be a mole, backfill your hole" - that's a great PSA I love it. Where can I buy the bumper sticker version or t-shirt?
