You really have to laugh at what people are prepared to pay for things on E-bay.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230305458037

This product BCF is selling for $199 new and if you go to Anaconda will bet that price by 10%, shame I don't have an Anaconda near me.

I thinking about getting one of these as the one we had I left behind at Point Plomer, it was one of those pop up ones that you have to fight to get back into the bag, don't want one with poles either this one is like the delux gazebo it just pulls out Scissor action.

I know it's not cheap but at least it stopped the arguments when putting it up and it only takes a minute to set up.



Cheers

Can always just take a dump in the bush to confuse the Yowie hunters. ;D ;D

Robbo

Hi Robbo,

I really want it for showers, I don't like cold showers.

Hubby keeps telling me it's the simplicity of camping, cold showers and all, funny I did notice last week he did not have one cold shower, could it have been someone was boiling hot water for showers.

I use the ladies of a day and a porta loo of a night, I'm not going to trip over a Goanna of a night going to the loo.

Cheers
Kate

Thats the go Kate. The missus and I like a bit of comfort too.
What do you use for your shower? (hot water). I use the solar bag showers you sit out in the sun. I've found they work quite well, you have to wait for dusk or even dark as they are a bit hot coming straight out of the sun.

Robbo

Robbo.
Sorry 'ole mate. but going to have to tell you.
You keep on having a "dump in the bush" you are going to end up treading on one.
Methinks about the most disgusting and inappropriate post I have read for a while.
At least the Yowie buries his (have you ever stepped in one?
OK, you didn't say you do, but the encouragement is what P's me off.
Hope you get the message.
mikel

Mikel,

mikel wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 7:11pm:

Methinks about the most disgusting and inappropriate post I have read for a while.

I do think Robbo's comment was tongue in cheek and no harm or offense meant.
I had a quiet chuckle and think your comment was uncalled for, Just my opinion.

I always take a dump in the bush but when I do my toilet kit consists of a small shovel, toilet paper and a bottle of waterless antiseptic hand cleaner.
I find a convenient log, dig a hole at least a foot deep, do the job, dispose of all waste in the hole and fill it in.

This is the rule if you camp with me and after camping at the same spot for 17 years I am yet to dig up a fossil.
This may be due to the fact each of us has their own dump area and recycle our convenient logs when we lay a log.
Yes I do agree with you that those who do the job and walk away are the most disgusting human beings alive, Nothing worse in my book.
Cheers Kev  

I usually boil a billy and add it to 10 litres of cold water that takes the chill off the shower, ok it's lukewarm but I can handle that and it's enough water for both of us.

I do have 2 solar bags but they send me nuts, the hose keeps falling off and I end up with half a bag of hot water.

Usually use a 12volt shower but it gave up the ghost, plan B come into action one saucepan and a bucket of water makes for a good tub, also saved water.

Cheers


Robbo wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 6:46pm:

Thats the go Kate. The missus and I like a bit of comfort too. What do you use for your shower? (hot water). I use the solar bag showers you sit out in the sun. I've found they work quite well, you have to wait for dusk or even dark as they are a bit hot coming straight out of the sun. Robbo

Thenewme wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 8:09pm:

Usually use a 12volt shower but it gave up the ghost, Cheers

Kate,
If that is a submersible pump type 12V camp shower like mine it has a fuse in the plug end which goes into the car cigerete lighter, just remove the screw in the plug end & change the fuse, ;) ;) ;) ;)

Oh, & welcome back, good to hear from you again!!!

Mick.

mikel wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 7:11pm:

Robbo. Sorry 'ole mate. but going to have to tell you. You keep on having a "dump in the bush" you are going to end up treading on one. Methinks about the most disgusting and inappropriate post I have read for a while. At least the Yowie buries his (have you ever stepped in one? OK, you didn't say you do, but the encouragement is what P's me off. Hope you get the message. mikel

No, I am sorry Mike. The post was tongue in cheek, not in any way meant to offend.
I really should have added a disclaimer stating that I did not in fact condone the practice, being the ever increasingly politically correct world that we live in.
I myself make use of a chemical toilet (disposed of appropriately)where facilities are not provided.
As for getting the message......mmmmmm.....I got one.


Robbo

Thanks BBC

Will check it out.

Cheers



BillyBushCook wrote on Nov 10^th, 2008 at 8:33pm:

[quote author=5C606D666D7F656D080 link=1226295034/6#6 date=1226311795] If that is a submersible pump type 12V camp shower like mine it has a fuse in the plug end which goes into the car cigerete lighter, just remove the screw in the plug end & change the fuse, ;) ;) ;) ;) Oh, & welcome back, good to hear from you again!!! Mick.

Robbo.
Methinks I was a bit over the top with my comments to you, I do tend to get a fraction  touchy about such things.
I have expressed my feelings about those "sorbent" flowers blowing about the countryside and my pet hate - disposable nappies (grenades) left just where your dog can pick one up.
I never let my dog out of the truck until I have checked around for suchlike (even then she is on a rope).
So no hard feelings, sorry from this end and see you out there.
cheers mikel

mikel wrote on Nov 12^th, 2008 at 6:42am:

I have expressed my feelings about those "sorbent" flowers blowing about the countryside and my pet hate - disposable nappies (grenades) left just where your dog can pick one up.

I understand mate, nothing worse.
One of my pet hates is people taking stubbies (and other glass drink bottles) camping. I dont mind a beer myself but always take tinnies bush with me. It may not happen everytime, but what eventually happens.....glass breaks, and I have been the silly mug who finds the broken glass in my foot (havent been able to bend the big toe on my right foot since a teenager due to glass cut).
Thats my little whinge anyway.
Maybe we should start a whinge post called "You know what I really don't like?" I reckon one of the first would be peanut butter with oil on top. ;D ;D

Robbo

Getting back to the topic ;)

We have a self erecting style tent with a Coleman hot water on demand unit.
I don't find packing it away very difficult to pack away.. anout 15 seconds from scratch.

A little over the top for bush camping, I hear people say..
It makes my dearest wife happy to travel/camp in the bush with me.
So what pleases her.. makes me happy too.

That's no suck up either.. ;D

Aart

You know what they say Aart,......."Happy wife, Happy Life"!!

Mick.

BillyBushCook wrote on Nov 13^th, 2008 at 9:03am:

You know what they say Aart,......."Happy wife, Happy Life"!! Mick.

They also say "Can't live with 'em....can't hunt 'em"

Robbo

Hi Aart,

My husband has no patience at all, so it my job to pack that sort of thing up.

Have to tell you I hated fighting with it, so I gave it away.

Cheers
Kate



TBF wrote on Nov 12^th, 2008 at 1:59pm:

Getting back to the topic ;) We have a self erecting style tent with a Coleman hot water on demand unit. I don't find packing it away very difficult to pack away.. anout 15 seconds from scratch. A little over the top for bush camping, I hear people say.. It makes my dearest wife happy to travel/camp in the bush with me. So what pleases her.. makes me happy too. That's no suck up either.. ;D Aart

Hi All,

Managed to get a Oztrail Mega Shower Tent Ensuite, when I got home and looked at the receipt the person that sold it too me undercharged me by $50.

Paid $149 when it should have been $199, Anaconda have them for $250 but will match and bet by 10%.

I told my husband and asked him if I should go back and tell them he asked me if I had rocks in my head as it is 1 1/2 round trip with the cost of petrol and using my time, he said why don't you just give them an extra $100 for their error.

So it looks like I have had a win, they charged me for the blue Oztrail double ensuite.

I'm Happy.

Cheers

I was given one of these shower tents a while ago, and you know I cannot believe that it was a golden colour.
Does that mean I have a Golden Shower Tent????????????????????? :o
I'm not game to use it in the public eye!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Regards Skip

Hi Skip,

That is so funny, don't think I will tell moth as he will most likely will refuse to use it.

Cheers

Took my 3 sons (2 x gen X + 1 x gen Y) up to Harry's Hut last April.  Being the Q I had the foresight to bring a solar shower for each of us.  After a few days realised I was the only one showering on a daily basis. Had to threaten to stop cooking before they started using the showers.

I tell you, sitting in a Canadian canoe for a couple of hours with a malodorous son can induce dry retching (yeah I know, I should harden up).

Anyhoo, I really enjoyed reading the posts in this thread - you're a nice bunch.

We took one of thoses solar heated 20Litre showers with us on our recent trip.   We had never used one before. On a sunny day it certainly heats up the water.  However, the first day we tried to use it the weight of the water tore the bag at the handle and we couldn't use it in the manner it was meant to be used - totally useless!!!!! We resorted to the old bucket and scoop method.

Hi VicStar

the solar showers you mention work very well but try filling only 1/2 way. I always have a few packed away in case of my Coleman failure!!

Happy Camping

Regards Skip :)

I have tried a lot off different shower set ups over the years, I fall back onto this canvas bucket type,( the rose screws in to stop it running) holds about twenty Lt's, packs up to next to nothing.
Muzz

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Cactus wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 7:12am:

I have tried a lot off different shower set ups over the years, I fall back onto this canvas bucket type,( the rose screws in to stop it running) holds about twenty Lt's, packs up to next to nothing. Muzz

My Bride loves the Coleman.
Can produce a lot of hot water at the temp you want.
I like the canvas shower bucket and brass shower rose.
Cos you can swing it a branch and it weighs very little when empty and collapses into almost nothing.

Aart

I reckon over the years I have tried just about everthing and have come back to the canvas bucket and brass rose as in Muzz's pic. Like I always say KISS, nothing is perfect but it'll do me.

pd

Better than a Jam Tin in a Bore Drain in the middle of winter
Hey PD ;D

sooty wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 8:07pm:

Better than a Jam Tin in a Bore Drain in the middle of winter Hey PD ;D

Hey Poddy

Lets hear the story behind this one..
Aart

A couple or a few or some or a lot of years ago back when I was a young ringer, chasing mad scrub bulls on a run down 140,000 acre property when out mustering  our only bath was in the Bore drain with a rusty jam tin as a ladle and no soap.
Mid winter would see the nuts behind the ears, and summer would see the water hot enough to brew tea in the billy.  

Jeez this should be in the Galah thread  along with Kel's stories;D
Kev

Sooty.

A bore drain - amounts to 'running water' - what a luxury.

H

sooty wrote on Jan 15^th, 2009 at 9:20pm:

A couple or a few or some or a lot of years ago back when I was a young ringer, chasing mad scrub bulls on a run down 140,000 acre property when out mustering  our only bath was in the Bore drain with a rusty jam tin as a ladle and no soap. Mid winter would see the nuts behind the ears, and summer would see the water hot enough to brew tea in the billy.   Jeez this should be in the Galah thread  along with Kel's stories;D Kev

Thanks Kev...
It sure would remove the smell of body odour and replace it with sulphur.
How sweet... ;D

I've seen carp swiming in bore drains..
It was pretty warm as well.

Aart

This is one of the more interesting bore baths Ive come across.......used to use this one a fair bit when we were working between Coonamble and Come By Chance on the wheat harvest. The water was perfect temp and didnt smell to much like sulphur .........very relaxing after a long day if ya took a cold stubbie with ya. ...........sit back and take in the view......not a another person for miles. :)
SBB

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Great Happy Snap SSB. I see you've got the wood set under if it isn't hot enough.


Skip :)

I have had many a tub in the twelve mile bore on the Walgett road from Connamble, concrete tub at the bore head, hot water on tap, the road now bypass it and  the bore could be capped. I think all the bore drains are finished now. I have not been that way for fifteen years or more. I will make a run through there next year to "The Ridge" and check out some of the best fishing holes around in the 60's before the carp got a hold in the 70's.  Drought and land clearing buggered it.
Cod, Yellowbelly,cat fish and big grunters (bream). And plenty of wild pigs. Great fun in those days and great to look back on.
Muzz

Muzz about 1964 out side the huts.

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Cactus wrote on Jan 16^th, 2009 at 6:33pm:

Muzz about 1964 out side the huts.

Muzz were you  a shearer or a rousie

The bore head  was about 300 meters from the homestead and supplied all the hot water for all including the huts.
Temp at bore head was perfect for scalding pigs
5 drains were supplied by this bore and from memory the combined distance was of all 5 drains was over 300 miles
One of thousands spewing water out that was never  used but made for some good pig shooting country
Kev

Saltbush Bill wrote on Jan 16^th, 2009 at 3:51pm:

This is one of the more interesting bore baths Ive come across.......used to use this one a fair bit when we were working between Coonamble and Come By Chance on the wheat harvest. The water was perfect temp and didnt smell to much like sulphur .........very relaxing after a long day if ya took a cold stubbie with ya. ...........sit back and take in the view......not a another person for miles. :) SBB

That looks a lot like the bath on Riverview, via Surat.
Had a hot tub there last April while pig shooting with my son.

Sure soaks away the aches and pains of a days walking cross country.

Aart

It looks like heaven.  If only one of these was available every time I went camping! LOL

Me --!!! I gotta home made rocket gas fired hot water shower powered by a small johnson pump, a portable battery in a carry case and a large plastic bucket for the water. I can pump from a creek etc up to a 2 m head and depending on the water supply, can shower for 2 weeks continuously if I wanted to. I also have a golden shower tent like SKIP (must be a Navy thing that...hahahahaha). We also use a tarp around the shower but mostly the tent. Grand children luv it - cannot get them out..

Grrr!!! ;)

Kev
Spent about ten years on and off in the sheds, learnt to shear in the early 60's, but never really got into it, wool classing most off the time and ran a few sheds for some local contractors. I had a property to run as well, my brother and I would do the lamb shearing and chrutching at home and get a team in for the main shearing. I still like sheep but in a CO now.
Muzz

Cactus wrote on Jan 17^th, 2009 at 4:56am:

I still like sheep but in a CO now.

Muzz, you are right about that I grew up eating, chasing  and dreaming about those wooly bastards. I only have 2 enemies in my life, Sheep and Chooks both brainless idiots.  ;D

Hi All,

Who would have thought a thread titled camp showers would generate so much interest and really interesting reading.

Keep the yarns coming.

Cheers

cost about $13 from bunnings to set up our shower .

a 5 litre pressure sprayer fitted with a garden rose.

on mist setting water usage is 1 litre/minute.

simply boil the billy and make the water whatever temp that you require.

is also great for putting out the campfire late at night.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b385/ricknank/shower.jpg

this photo has Cindy staring at a helicopter that flew over the tent while she was showering  ;D ;D ;D We was camping at a 4wd rally

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b385/ricknank/100_0400.jpg

Rufzgutz wrote on Oct 25^th, 2009 at 8:08am:

cost about $13 from bunnings to set up our shower . a 5 litre pressure sprayer fitted with a garden rose. on mist setting water usage is 1 litre/minute. simply boil the billy and make the water whatever temp that you require. is also great for putting out the campfire late at night.

Thanks for that. Going to go have a look in Bunnings for one of them.  8-)

Hi Rick, I shower fully dressed like that when the missus is away, saves washing the clothes  ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Love your work Soot! ;D ;D

Mick,

Derek wrote on Oct 25^th, 2009 at 11:13am:

Thanks for that. Going to go have a look in Bunnings for one of them.  8-)

will wait for the finished product Derek...


sooty wrote on Oct 25^th, 2009 at 8:42pm:

Hi Rick, I shower fully dressed like that when the missus is away, saves washing the clothes  ;D

I have no need for that sooty... I normally wash my clothes by falling out of my canoe  [smiley=oops.gif] [smiley=oops.gif]

Seen that before Rick..
Never used it though.
Doesn't weigh much either.
5 litres is enough if you don't have to wash your hair.

Aart

Twenty five years ago, I bought a canvas shower bag equipped with a moderate to large  sized adjustable brass shower rose. It holds around 15 - 20 litres of water which is more than enough to shower both myself and the missus. Over the years, it has proved itself to be a robust, compact and reliable shower unit and I've never felt the need to replace it.

Like you SJ I have an old well used canvas bucket with brass rose, one of boiling water to two of cold is about right, hang it off the back of the van or tree, ahhh, bliss.

No Glind or Twine under the bonnet set-ups at over $400, I'm a big believer in the KISS principle.

pd

poddy dodger wrote on Oct 28^th, 2009 at 2:52pm:

I'm a big believer in the KISS principle. pd

I am too PD

But the wife isn't... ;D

Aart

Ain't that the truth TBF.... if it was left up to us blokes things would be very different.
However there's nothing nicer than a hot shower after a hard day in the bush.
Shower together and save water.

pd

poddy dodger wrote on Oct 28^th, 2009 at 2:52pm:

Like you SJ I have an old well used canvas bucket with brass rose, one of boiling water to two of cold is about right, hang it off the back of the van or tree, ahhh, bliss.

Too right PD and the shower is just as nice as you'd have at home.

TBF wrote on Oct 27^th, 2009 at 11:39pm:

Seen that before Rick.. 5 litres is enough if you don't have to wash your hair. Aart

plenty enough water here Aart [smiley=bath.gif] [smiley=bath.gif] [smiley=laugh.gif]

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i've been useing the canvas bag type shower for yrs, there great, i havent had much luck with the solar ones, they  go mouldy on me when not in use, pretty hard to dry em out with only the small filler hole, & you realy need one per person, i can have upto a doz people for a weekend.

This is my latest, it's a few yrs old now, often newbies would turn the canvas bag rose off to tight & i'd have to pull it apart to sort it, also they would always worry how much water was left.

So i made this out of an old catering food bucket, it has a toilet systern tap, mainly because it was the lightest (easiest to turn) tap i could find, a couple of plastic fittings, i made it all up in the aisles, of bunnings  ;D, then used an old shower fitting from home, just removed the long shaft.


http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9796/image0114c.jpghttp://img709.imageshack.us/img709/image0114c.jpg/1/w864.png
I timed my bag shower & it went for about 3-4 min.

Inside the bucket i screwed a plastic blank into the pipe fitting blocking it off, then started by drilleng a 3 mm hole, then 4 mm etc till it ran the same time as the bag shower.
Next problem was there wasnt enough water to run the whole rose properly, so i cut a circle of rubber at about 40mm dia, & syliconed it to the centre of th rose, that only left about 4 rows of holes around the outside, it run nice then.
Works great, you get about 4 min, you can always see how much water is left, i usualy get wet turn it off then soap & shampoo up :D then turn it on to rince off .

we heat the water up in an old keg when there are a few of us, if it's just me a fill an old staino ern in the morning & just leave it in the sun all day in summer, just boil a kettle on the gas in winter.

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8976/sl370264.jpg

Trev
Aus

Nice setup there Trev.
You are are an exponent of the KISS application I see.
No moving parts and no costly replacements.
Aart

TBF wrote on Jan 10^th, 2010 at 7:39pm:

Nice setup there Trev. You are are an exponent of the KISS application I see. No moving parts and no costly replacements. Aart

Yep  :) the simplest & cheapest way to get the job done is best i reckon ;)

Trev
Aus
ps it cost about 15 bucks

A beautiful memories. When we go to camp 2 in the rain. We were very happy together