Australian Kayak and Hammock Camp

[MAD777]

That looks like a nice relaxing trip!
Thanks for sharing it with us.

[Lepmeister]

Nice Video, Thanks. Looks like a great place for Yak-n-camp.

Cheers Mate, it turned out to be a nice little spot, not a heap of room but the rock we were purched on did us well :-)

Great to see someone paddling. Looked like challenging friction fire method. All the best to you folks in OZ and Taz with all the fires and such.

bill

It was my first attempt at that fire method and my hands suggested I should rest and try again at a later time, Corin who was with me is really good at it and had a tinder ball alight in less than 20 sec's!!!

Looked like a good trip, thanks for sharing.

Thanks for watchin'

Great report, Lepmeister

With the temperatures this weekend on the eastern half of North America we had spring/early summer like conditions in what is supposed to be proper winter.

I do have to ask what make of kayak that your buddy used. The blue and black one. At the beginning of the video it looked like it was inflatable as the deck of it seemed to flex a fair amount.

Hopefully the weather down in Oz calm down temperature wise and you get some much needed rain to help with the wildland fires you are getting.

Cheers

Brian

It is indeed the feathercraft, it has inflatable chambers that you blow up which tighten it all up. A great bit of gear.

Thanks

Hammock kayak camping is my passion here in Tennessee neo

Yak or Canoe mixed with a hammock and I'm a happy man!!

My guess on the kayak is this.

http://feathercraft.com/kayaks/kurrent/

Feathercraft are a top of the line kayak and have a price to match.

bill

Correct - Thanks

My old stomping ground....or is that paddling ground.
Spent many happy times on the Hawkesbury through the '70s and '80s, it's the main thing I miss from Sydney.
So thanks for the vid.

Glad I could share some of it with you again.

That looks like a nice relaxing trip!
Thanks for sharing it with us.

Its was a great trip, thanks for watching

[Junebugdawn]

That looked so fun and relaxing. Starting fire with sticks?? Hard core, man! I don't even have a fire striker...just been using a bic lighter. I do have a Zippo enroute to me...excited. I have a kayak, but have not, YET, used it to transport myself on a hammock trip...I look forward to doing this in May. There will be a hang on an island in the lake near my town. I did take my kayak on my first hang and this happened...

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[born2roam]

Watched the vid while it is snowing here, thanks for the camp along....

Did the handdrill have a successful ending? Still a nemesis of mine, I am practising and practising but 'not there yet' ... so good luck/good on ya mate!

To all Down Under: good luck with all the fires raging!

Grtz Johan

[Lepmeister]

That looked so fun and relaxing. Starting fire with sticks?? Hard core, man!

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Watched the vid while it is snowing here, thanks for the camp along....

Did the handdrill have a successful ending? Still a nemesis of mine, I am practising and practising but 'not there yet' ... so good luck/good on ya mate!

To all Down Under: good luck with all the fires raging!

Grtz Johan

Thanks for watching guys,

Yeah the hand drill evaded me on this my first attempt. I may try it with a bow and drill as that is easier and come back to the handdrill.

Thanks for the thoughts will the fires, we have some fellow aussies that are doing it a bit tough just now.

[Sirkyi]

Great Video! Are you using feathercraft Kayaks?