****! Sounds like a great trip but I'll be working :(
SO when are you gonna come up Coffs Harbour way? Plenty of great camping places up here for sure!
Thanks for the invite and maybe I can get...
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****! Sounds like a great trip but I'll be working :(
SO when are you gonna come up Coffs Harbour way? Plenty of great camping places up here for sure!
Thanks for the invite and maybe I can get...
It's beautifully colour coordinated with your interior too. What bliss!
I'd like to get together too! I may be able to travel over winter but couldn't get any extended time off as it's our busiest time of the year.
I hang out around Coffs Harbour in Northern NSW and I'm always ready to get together for a group hang!
Count me in! I can do 13-15 feb or 24-25 feb for a small group hang, and with enough notice, could do the Official Hang later. Sounds like a great idea and thanks for getting the organisation...
Hi alienjeff60,
Although I currently live in Sydney, I'm up near Kyogle visiting my folks for Christmas as I write this, and hopefully mid-year will be relocaing to Coffs Harbour. I can believe...
An Aussiemeet sounds terrific! I'm sure we'd all learn a lot from each other, before alcohol poisoning sets in :lol: Sure has been hot and humid these last couple of weeks.
Maybe we should meet...
Sydney here. Welcome! I've used my hammock down to abouts 3deg C with the HH SupaShelter and a slleping bag used as a quilt and been toasty warm. I haven't had a chance to hang in hot weather yet so...
Clear as mud Rylan! But I think I get what you're saying. It's an exciting idea though...
Welcome Rylan, so sorry to hear about your personal troubles: that's a bummer. Still, I've got a few episoded I haven't listened to yet, so hopefully you'll be back in full flight before I run out of...
Those South East Backpackers are a hoot! I heard one of thier casts the other day and spent the entire time laughing! Good to see a bit of humour; so many casts are so **** serious!
Nice one Hitch. You sure can't beat Tassie for the best hiking in Australia, I think. Can't wait to get back there again.
Wel done Gunn! Kudos for being an official track maintainer. Certainly gives a good excuse for a day off work: "There was a storm in Adelaide last night so I have to go check the track is okay..."...
Yes PLEASE! I haven't listened to the radio for months now as I've discovered podcasts. I listen to Practical Backpacking, The Outdoors Station, The Great Outdoors, and anything else I can get hold...
Thanks BillyBob,
Your explanation of the SS underpad makes me understand it for the first time, so, well done! I think you may be right that this is more of a sweat problem than a condensation...
Doh! My bad... You're right, it is ripstop on the hammock bottom.
Okay, I admit to being a very big girl and so regardless of whether I'm using the SS on the Hennessy or the pad pocket on the...
Thanks ikemouser, do you still have condensation problems (icing on the barrier) then?
The first few times I used this setup it was down around 3-5C, but my last couple of camps have been around...
It seems I need some serious help on vapor barrier issues. I just spent my second night in my Blackbird and found the bottom of the hammock was soaking wet in the morning.
I've been using my OCF...
Hey! Downunder Hangers Hangout missed me! I'm right here in Sydney too! :o Not sure where the Wild Dog Mountains are though: I've not been there either.
Maybe we should organise a proper...
Nice Griz! Excuse my simpleness, but, do you use this with a tarp over the top also? I'm thinking the zipper would allow rain in. Or, do you only use this when it's not going to rain?
We tend to do that here, even without the dust
I'm back home in time for breakfast due to a choking dust storm, but boy do the nature batteries feel recharged! I'd never have thought of going somewhere so close to home, but I'll be doing a lot...
So it's now 9:40 pm and I'm laying in my BB typing this on my iPhone from a campsite ten minutes from home. I've seen more wildlife here this evening than I have in most of my recent camps combined....
What a great idea. I'm going to try it tomorrow to christen my new Blackbird of Happiness :jj:
So how do you stop the pad from tearing where you make those vertical cuts? I tried it with a bit of cheap ccf and it tore the first time I used it. I put some gaffer tape at 90 degrees to the cuts...
My Blackbird of Happiness arrived today! I can't believe how fast it travelled all the way to Oz. I would have put it up this evening but we had a major thunderstorm (fortunately the predicted hail...
I'm in List Limbo too. I've been trying to resist but the Blackbird of Happiness has been calling too loudly recently!
Can't wait till it arrives!
Me to! Can't wait
I have to say, the HH Bottom Entry makes changing clothes easy and private: I just sit in the entry and can change my top with no problem, and do one leg at a time for the pants. Easy. I usually make...
My Dutch clips arrived yesterday. Thanks! Looking forward to using them.
I have to admit that I have real problems getting the ocf and SB lined up even reasonably close to where I'm laying, so it wouldn't surprise me if parts of the hammock were protected by the VB and...
I'm having the same problem: my bag and everything in the hammock seemed dry but the ocf and undercover below the SB were VERY wet in the morning - to the point where the water was pooling.
This...
I also have back pain and have found my Hennessey Hammock has given me the most comfortable nights in years! It certainly feels flat enough, and because there are no pressure points, nothing (hips,...
I'm in for 4 if you can post them to Australia. Any idea how much that might be?
Yeah, I was pleased with the temps, but low humidity? Quite the opposite. We retreated after three nights because even stuff we had inside a suitcase, inside a tent was damp! It was some of the...
I recently camped into the mid-thirties without using the space blanket (which was dumb) but I was toasty warm all night and expect I could've gone a LOT lower with the space blanket.
Depsite all...
Yeah, amen to that! I'd never heard of a hammock before a single pic in a magazine. If I'd found this site first, I'd probably be paralysed with indecision. Now I want to try them all!!!
Yeah, I know what you mean - I've got a free Scout too and although it will never fit me I'm hesitant to part with it. Who knows what's around the corner...
What's a giant Mayan Hammock?
Thanks for the feedback! I did think the trees were a bit far apart, but they were really the only ones available there.
Gunn, mum lives in northern NSW and we were trying to get away from the...
Hi All,
I finally managed to get my first hang after many false starts, and now I'm utterly, utterly hooked. I can't wait until I can get back in my hammock. It's the first time in years I've...
Wow! What good responses! Now I definately feel like the poor country mouse - I've only got my HH Explorer (and a Scout which came with it). But, the Blackbird of Happiness is calling to me too.
I'm right on the upper weight limit for the HH Explorer but have found it really comfortable (the best sleeps I've had in years!). I considered the BEEP best suited because being a big girl, I'm not...
I've noticed a lot of people here seem to own more than one hammock so I got to wondering why? :confused: Is it beacuse we're all gear-heads,:boggle: or do you use them for different purposes?
So,...
Nice one Gunn! It certainly is cooling down at present. We had snow in Katoomba and Lithgow and Orange this week. If I was a brass monkey, I'd be worried!
Looks like a top camping spot
Love it! Makes me wonder why we live here :scared:- maybe we should all emigrate to a safer country like the US. No, wait: bears, rattlers, scorpions, Tarantino - maybe we're safer here. :lol:
Great! Magnificent! Thanks Billy Bob - that's exactly the kind of info I was hoping for! I'd got so confused reading all the forums here but no it seems a lot clearer and I'm actually looking forward...
Can you share some of those easy tricks please? :confused: I've just bought the SS and am a bit nervous about using it.
I was terrified of trying to hang the thing for the first time after all I'd read here and I found it all so confusing. Once my hammock arrived, though, I found it incredibly easy to put up. I didn't...
When I bought mine it came with a free HH Scout, so I just used the snake skins from the Scout. No idea what size they are but they work just fine. I don't have skins for the scout now, so that's the...