AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING CAMPING AND LIFESTYLE FORUM

Reply #10 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 5:00pm

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Thank you very much for that Mikel. As your are aware alot of the history of our Aussie Ovens is already gone Sad

Would it be possible to get any more infomation regarding these ovens?. Numbers produced or the reason why the ears and handles have those square casting marks around them? Period of manufacture or anything else of interest.
It seems that they pumped out quite a few as four have surfaced here in 2 days.
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Reply #11 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 5:05pm

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love the skillet
looks like could take yrs of abuse
then still keep going

Daryl

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Reply #12 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 5:53pm

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I may also have a member of this family of ovens. Bought new in 1971 at the store in Georgetown NQ. Don't know who their supplier would have been.
Measurements top inside 11" bottom inside 91/2" Depth 43/4"
LogFire

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I have gone off to find myself. If I get back before I return,keep me here.

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Reply #13 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 6:24pm

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Not a bad looking piece of opal there mikel, did you find that?
If so,would that have been at Yowah by any chance.

Skip Smiley

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Reply #14 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 6:36pm

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SB.
Sorry I cannot be of any more help, I met old man Carmichael (Alex) through my very good mate.
Sadly both are now long gone.
Daryl.
The skillet is a real doozy, the bottom must be nearly 1/2" thick.
Once up to heat you can just keep cooking egg(s) after egg(s)!
Its only problem is the weight plus the heat of the handle. But with a glove and a lifter under the lug on the opposite side things can be overcome.
Used to regularly camp/fish with a group of 6-8, that old skillet sure got some use around brekkie time!

But like me, will probably end up as land fill (not yet, not yet please!) Roll Eyes

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Reply #15 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 6:44pm

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No Skip. Just a bit of junk boulder from a bit further north of there.
We dig a bit out from time to time (like with a 30t excavator and push most back in with a D7)
Keeps me sometimes busy and off the forum. It does relieve the boredom though, you never know what is in the next bucket. Huh

cheers mikel

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Reply #16 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 6:48pm

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skiproosel wrote on Feb 10^th, 2010 at 6:24pm:

Not a bad looking piece of opal there mikel,

I must have castironitis worse than I thought Cry

.....didnt even notice the opal till Skip pointed it out Sad

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Reply #17 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 7:14pm

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Is'nt it interesting, a forum like this brings to the surface at least four uncommon but identical ovens, well I thought mine was uncommon until now.
I bought mine last year breaking my rule of only buying old named Aussie ovens because I liked the good fitting lid and I thought it well made and very usable. I like it even more now that mikel has suggested it is possibly made by Carmichael in Sydney.
Just measured mine LogFire, 11" ID and 4 3/4" deep so the same although the handle on the lid is a bit different.

pod

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #18 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 8:06pm

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Stump Jump wrote on Feb 10^th, 2010 at 11:28am:

The old lady I bought it from claimed it had been in her family for at least 40 years. It apparently belonged to her parents and she thought it may have been purchased new out Ballarat way, however she wasn't sure.

SJ, the funny thing is I bought one the same from a lady in Victoria along with the same story attached Huh

I sold it some time ago on ebay when I listed a few ovens to thin out the collection.

They are very similar to the RM Williams camp ovens that I have seen but a bit rougher.
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Reply #19 - Feb 10^th, 2010 at 11:19pm

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mikel wrote on Feb 10^th, 2010 at 6:44pm:

No Skip. Just a bit of junk boulder from a bit further north of there.

Mikel

I gather you worked the claims at Yowah?
Have you bumped into a bloke named Kent Barton?
I haven't seen him in years.
Did hear he had done very well at Yowah.

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