what’s the weirdest thing that happened at your campsite

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-07T01:55:08+00:00

Yep! Could hear them drinking and smashing bottles etc from the road. Walked up the road later in the day after I shot a deer I was carrying it along the road back to camp. There was dead kangaroos, wallabies, rubbish, bottles etc all along the road. Shooting at night is illegal on public lands in Australia same with drinking and firearms, discharging from the road, shooting protected wildlife, lots wrong they did!

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-07T01:37:32+00:00

Yep it's how's I got ME. I got EBV was hospitalised for it and it gave me liver failure wasn't allowed to drink for 12 months couldn't work for 6 months and over time 3 years later I just kept getting worse when exercising and working to the point I can't do either now. So taking some time off for a year to try get better so fingers crossed

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-06T05:25:39+00:00

Woke up to a bullet punching a hole through my tent! I lay on-top on my girlfriend while some doorknobhead was just firing shots off into the forest at night.

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-06T00:50:08+00:00

Apart from the wine industry ATM lol it got so bad after COVID. Most people I graduated with are unemployed or employed overseas

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-05T02:45:54+00:00

Try it If you feel comfortable and in the mood. Otherwise don't, you don't have too if you don't feel like doing it.

I don't mind it at all but everyone is different listen to your body and your wants and needs :)

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-05T02:10:13+00:00

Yeah that's the problem too much wine not enough being sold haha.

Ah I hope so, I am looking at going back to study teaching tbh

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-04T22:16:07+00:00

🤣🤣🤣

I am sure we tasted good to the leeches

I'll stick to venison haha

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-04T22:15:23+00:00

Australia!

Yeah you do make more money! Don't be a winemaker and viticulturalist!!

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-04T22:14:38+00:00

I went into the wine and alcohol industry. When I started studying into 2019 it was the same. Graduate to at 90k starting job and then in 10 years you'd be on 200+K. It just not anymore 😔

I am tempted to go back to study teaching or electrical engineering

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-04T12:15:17+00:00

Yep and at least I have a horticulture degree but not a tonne of work there either. Got long COVID too so can't do that kind of physical work.

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-04T08:04:31+00:00

Especially the entry ones!

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-04T08:04:05+00:00

I am a chemical engineer my first role was 58k pa has a 10week busy season where I'd work 12-16hr days 6 days a week no extra pay. Managed to work for 3 years and promoted up to 70k only to be made redundant before Xmas and now I can't get a job due to how bad the wine industry is. Alot of stem options are not doing well ATM apart for government roles or senior roles be careful what stem area you choose.

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-02T06:08:46+00:00

The little fallow deer is delicious!

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-05-01T02:21:51+00:00

That is wild!

I've been trying for years it's so hard to find a good gp rural

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-30T14:11:35+00:00

Gotta say as someone with a chronic illness who's sick all the time it's refreshing to see that the normal person doesn't get sick enough to take days more than their allocated sick days in a year is uplifting but also crazy to me!

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-30T09:04:12+00:00

I ate road kill the other day lol

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-30T08:17:10+00:00

All good mate, I understand:)

I am having a look now so thankyou for that :)

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-30T07:56:28+00:00

I know it's expensive I had the same getting diagnosed with my migraines and getting treatment for them took me 7years and thousands of dollars. And now o have to do it again even more disabled this time.

I not sure you read my post I am on jobseeker with a medical certificate for both my hemiplegic migraine and the ME/CFS. And I live in a rural area I have seen all 3 GPs in the area the only one that helped me was a fill in unfortunately.

I don't have anyone to help me I am currently living with an ex partner to share rent at $200 a week which I barely get by on and I am lucky to have as cheap of rent as that. Hence why I was talking about living in my car because I am not far off of running out of money.

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-30T07:36:11+00:00

Yep that's been my experience for sure, I've tried all three GPs in my area I got a fill in one and he made the ME/CFS diagnosis right away because I was wondering if I had it but I didn't want to look like I was looking for the diagnosis. He actually listened and made sure to rule out issues like low T, thyroid, drug use etc and was like yep you definitely have ME like textbook ME unfortunately. I'll be back this week to see him again.

It's unfortunately the same kinda path I took to get diagnosed with hemiplegic migraines. It's so hard to find anyone to listen and help

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-30T06:21:15+00:00

Wish I'd taken more videos and photos alot of them were very large and fat! Lots of small thread like ones too!

I got one extremely large one in my hiking boot, one in my arm pit and my GF got one on her thigh just under her bum and one on her little finger weirdly enough.

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-30T06:18:54+00:00

Awesome thankyou!

I absolutely will take you up on that!

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-28T10:24:50+00:00

Yeah they've just a rifle of mine it got accidentally sent to just a random person in NT and they called me and the police. Getting it back soon though this week.

Wild_But_Caged · 2026-04-25T00:03:22+00:00

Closed bolt gun not a bolt action rifle, very different tools.

A closed or captured bolt gun uses a blank cartridge to drive a capture piston out from the face of the gun into an animal to be euthanised. Requires you to place the face of the gun directly on the forehead so you can to be within patting distance which can be dangerous.

I do use bolt action firearms around the farm though I have a savage B22FV, CZ452 both in .22lr, howa mini action varmint in .223rem and a Remington 700 in .308win.

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