Don't Starve.

Your humour is energy enough to aid my journey, cheers mate :)

Yes I have looked into that quite extensively in years gone by, and have found the majority of them to be just as problematic, if not moreso than going unnoticed in mainstream society. The issues I have found are: power struggles on a small scale(money, sex, division of labour, religion to name a few - basically a lack of autonomy) which are harder to disassociate from than living with the masses, prohibitive rules(no animal companions allowed, prohibition of entheogens or communes where their usage coincides with the power struggles mentioned above and turns into a cult. These are my issues and I am pleased that many are able to find and fit into such communities. I value my freedom to do as I wish, causing as little harm to others as I can, more than anything else. I have struggled with close personal relationships this lifetime. I do not blame my upbringing for it as I have been prone to, however I do understand that I am a product of the violence I grew up with, and prefer space from others in order to deal with those issues within. Even though I desire such solitude and space, I am still a social being. Finding a few humans to connect strongly with and a few to interact from a distance fulfills my social needs.

What would the purpose of the whistle be? I plan to carve a walking stick when I am out in the bush given that it is snake season still in Australia. Snakes have never been an issue for me and we seem to get along quite well. I respect their territory and walk softly. Like most creatures, the only potential danger from them I have found is during mating season, which has passed. Thank you for the reminder of a hat, that is a must! It is a wonderful way to cool down swiftly(by filling it with water) as well as to protect myself from the sun.

Yeah I added that to the list. I'm going into the local camping and survival stores tomorrow to get what I am currently lacking, and will order anything else I need via express post online tomorrow.

Great game!

It is impossible to starve if one knows how to source food from any environment. The desert or areas with high snowfall would be my only challenges at this stage in life. I will be right on the coast, which is very easy to find food and water. Thank you for the reminder to bring a plastic bag for emergency water collection. As noted in the linked video, the broader the leaf, the more water one will gain from it. Getting water by the sea is very easy; simply dig a hole where plants that require fresh water meets the sand or land in the morning, and voila by the evening one will have plentiful water.

Tax payers,holiday well done...

If you want to go Bush, just be elected the leader of your country and make war against some country with oil.

This sounds amazing, Tarnicus, and I love the Dundee clip. Mahaha XD I've always loved that scene.

What about dental floss & a toothbrush?

Ah some criticism, a surefire sign that I am on the right path. Thank you for your input.

If you consider leaving my support network, my loved ones, my home and trying to get myself to a state of cleaner mind and body in the bush so that I do no harm to others or myself as I am prone to, and come back a healthier more productive individual to be a 'holiday', then I suggest you try heavy detoxification yourself some time. I've tried the orthodox path through the medical and social systems and they have left me in a worse condition than I started. I've tried to get help from family members and have tried my best under the current social and economic system and that has resulted in my conditions worsening.

You are making a judgment based on seeing the words "disability pension" with a lack of knowledge of my history, my disabilities, my abilities, my work history, tax payments and other contributions to 'society'. If there is no safety net, i.e welfare, then cost to insititutionalise me in gaol or a psych ward far outweighs the cost of a pension. Every cent I get goes back into 'economy', a beast that is the focus of human civilisation these days isn't it, no matter what the human cost? Hence the amount of corporate welfare that exists these days, which far outweighs welfare for the individual and the economic cost of it.

I have NO criminal record or even a caution to my name. Do you have an issue paying taxes to house criminals? Do you have an issue paying taxes to chemically and physically restrain those with severe mental illness? Do you have a job for me that will accept and understand my disabilities, if so sign me up as my own efforts have been fruitless. I had to leave my last casual gardening job due to my failing health. I'm an easy target, what is your solution? Storytelling, writing, sharing knowledge, giving and helping others as best I can within my capacity and protecting and nurturing those I love is all I have left at this stage.

Edit: it would be much easier for me to kill those who helped create and nurture this beast within and just go to gaol or a psych ward. It has been a constant battle for me not to. I learned what that would do to myself after seeing my friend from school Michael after he got out of Longbay psych ward after stabbing his mother in the head and chest 37 times whilst she slept. He killed himself 2 years ago as he could no longer bear it. I tried suicide properly once and was warned not to again or I will succeed. Is that your preference for my path forward in life? No thanks, I will continue to try and heal myself as best I can to be the most loving and peaceful version of myself that I can be.

Everlast - What It's Like

"We've all seen a man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dread-locked, and full of mange
He asks a man for what he could spare, with shame in his eyes
"Get a job, you fucking slob," is all he replies
God forbid, you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues"

Edit 2: I hope that when I return, 4 words such as those you wrote, from a complete stranger, will not set off a reaction within as they did. If it had been face to face, I would have to walk away in an instant as I would probably feel like gutting you as I have copped criticism for who I am for as long as I can recall. Thank you for helping me to realise how much healing I need to undertake, and that this shows the state I have let myself get to. I mean that sincerely.

Ok Blake,what's your disability and reason for fucking bludging off the Australian People who
actually work for a living?And yet you can do this (I walked 383km down the south coast of NSW )
Do not bullshit to me,about your so called holiday in the bush on the Australian Taxpayer's Backs..
People like you are bringing down our Country and sending it broke..
I hope they can at least catch some of the DOLE BLUDGERS...

Oh they do get near Australia, well UFOs anyway. I have no idea if they are human, alien or er 'other' but I have seen some things that I cannot explain. I did find a rational explanation for one thing I saw when I was a teenager, and in hindsight I would posit that it was ball lighting. It totally freaked out my friend and I when we saw it!

I've had 17 teeth extracted, 15 to go and only a few(literally) without anything wrong with them. I am unable to go under general anaesthetic to get them all out at once and hope to get myself in better physical condition so that I can undergo that procedure. Clove oil, tea tree oil, and in particular salt water keep the bacteria at bay and have me relatively pain-free for now. Thanks for the reminder to take my mini mortar and pestle so I can grind up nuts and seeds! :)

Again, what is your solution? I undertook that walk 10 years ago and am not in the same physical or mental condition I am now. If it makes you feel any better, you can pretend that it is the millions of dollars my father has paid in taxes that pay my pension. I do not know anyone personally who has paid as much tax in this country as he has, but then again I also do not know anyone personally who is as wealthy as he is.

Your argument makes no economic sense. If you feel that strongly, feel free to report me to the "Dole Bludger hotline" and have your anecdotal judgement compare to my file where multiple specialists have deemed me unfit to work. I didn't create this system and have done my best to be 'a productive member of society', which is what we all want, right? I am glad to see you irked and wonder why it upsets you so much? I didn't realise that I am personally responsible for the downfall of this country, I could think of multiple factors that have contributed far more than the pittance I get to live on :P

I'll tell you why it upsets me,because I love my Country with a passion...
Seeing and hearing people brag about going on holidays to U.S.and
planning camping treks while on the Dole is out and out Thievery from
the hard working people of Australia..

So you loving your country and blaming me for being part of its woes means that I should do what exactly? You're making a judgment based on multiple assumptions, which I mentioned above and you have still failed to address them. It seems to me that you are looking for an outlet of your own rage, rather than looking for possible solutions or positive suggestions. I'm still waiting for your job offer :) It sounds like you need a holiday mate :P

You're making an assumption on how I funded my trip to the US in January 2005. Unfortunately the radio and newspaper interviews I did at the time are no longer online, however I'll happily send you a copy of the eBook when it is released. I've been wanting to tell the story ad verbatim for some time now and have over 100,000 words of the tale penned. I have a few other creative tasks to complete before I get to that one though :)

People who receive the disability pension and go camping are thieves? That's news to me and I'm not sure our current laws agree with you. You could write to politicians to suggest such a law be implemented or perhaps to the judiciary to see if there is any precedent for current laws that would be applicable. I would rather not be on the pension or any form of welfare at all. A quick search demonstrates the link between employment and happiness, just as a quick search shows the benefits of nature on mental health. Unfortunately for me, the combination of prescription and self-medication has taken quite a physical toll. Hence my desire to heal and to give back more than I currently do. As I have repeatedly stated, I do what I can. My apologies that is not enough for you, even though you have no understanding of who I am, what I have done or what I do.

Please answer the following question as you are being rather selective in which questions you do answer: is trying to 'get well' to whatever extent I can a bad thing in your mind? I am not adding a further burden to the tax-payer by undertaking this trip, i.e not adding to the already overloaded medical system in this country. The doctors gave up. I haven't.

In answer to your Q,No it's not a bad thing to want to help yourself....Yes it's bad,if funded by the Dole....
I may pick and choose Q's,it's called sifting thru the bullshit...

People who receive the disability pension and go camping are thieves?Yes..
I am not adding a further burden to the tax-payer by undertaking this trip......So no Dole while on trip??Who paid for this???

Regarding the electronics you plan on taking with you, have you thought on how to charge them in case they run out of battery or something? (And especially as gaming on phones/tablets tends to drain a whole lot of battery and Mother Nature doesn't tend to provide electricity and charging spots...) After all, you wouldn't want to remain without a phone out in the wild (especially as your partner might get very worried)... If I were you thus, I'd make sure to take the chargers appropriate for each kind of device with me and find a place near the forest or something where the devices could be charged (maybe a hostel or something...).
As for Android recommendations, I don't game much on Android either (mainly because of the aforementioned "draining a whole lot of battery" issue) but I warmly recommend "King of Dragon Pass" -it's a very good game, that I can't praise enough, where you manage your tribe and try to make it King of the Dragon Pass (hence the title) and choices matter. It was ported recently on Android (from iOs where it was originally) and included in the BTA of a recent Humble Mobile Bundle. I also recommend "Type:Rider"- a pretty good and interesting game too, that teaches the history of typefaces in an entertaining manner. Also, make sure to check your Humble Bundle account for Android games you might already have but forgot their existence in your account (this tends to happen to me quite often and I'm like "I didn't know I already had this!").
Regarding the other stuff, I have no idea what to propose as I'm not really the camping type-in fact, the very concept of staying in nature and stuff doesn't fit well with me-but that's just me... At fault may also be the fact that I used to be a Girl Scout when I was little- a ("butterfly" in particular- and went to a couple of camping excursions which didn't go very well- my most traumatising experience was that a couple of fellow scouts (a bunch of brats they were...) hanged my sleeping bag up a tree when I wasn't around to "protect" it and I had to get it down and stuff ; hopefully you'll be alone and won't encounter a bunch of brats that may try to do this to your sleeping bag. Anyways, the only useful thing I learned from my scouting time was how to wash the dishes (because we had to wash them after meals). I had also learned some knots, but forgot most of them...)
Anyways, hope you enjoy your camping! :-)

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