No.35439
do you have a laptop or is this all from mobile
has the wandering given you any ideas
No.35440
>>35439No. I thought about buying a laptop but I don't actually want to live like this and I hope it ends soon.
Still no ideas.
No.35441
no one likes golf. It's just an excuse to talk with people
No.35442
>>35440oh well
still going to gippsland?
No.35443
>>35441People say that about everything.
>>35442I already went. That's where I took the image with the sun setting. That was at the estuary of the snowy River. The Ukranian rations were from a pub on the way back.
Ehh. I didn't expect much and I got what I expected.
I worked my way back to Mansfield because if I get a response from the Ministry of Finance that fixes things Then I will have to go back up mount Buller to say thanks to the gods anyway. So I am hanging around this area.
No.35444
>>35443oh right.... thought you'd gone for another detour and were going to return there
hoping the response comes quick
No.35468
I found out that most campsites are free and don't require a booking and I hoped they had soft ground so I used a quite site that had no people last night. The ground was still hard so I brought a camping bed but it's too big for my tent so I will need a new tent now.
But anyway. Tonight there is a guy with a carton of beer outside his car who came over to me and said he was deer hunting and that if he gets any he will give me some. So I don't know how this will go. Will he murder me in my sleep? Who knows. I guess it's luck that the anime face I drew in the dust on the back of my car is gone now.
No.35469
I don't think he will get anything. Yesterday a man in an open topped Jeep with two border collies drove past the camp site, opened the door for the dogs to get out and then drove down a track that leads of the camp site. That's the same track hunting man went down.
No.35470
>>35469Bleh. Forgot to mention. Twodogjeep man came back this evening at the same time and went down the track. That's why I don't think hunting man will get anything.
No.35474
Well I am still alive. He invited me to drink some beer by his camp fire. I don't drink beer but I didn't want to be rude. He talked about how the government is too controlling because it does things like fine people for not picking up after their dogs, he thinks the earth is flat too.
He gave me 4 cans of beer as I went to bed, I don't know what to do with them. I don't want to drink them but getting rid of them would be rude. I'll probably get rid of them anyway though.
No.35484
you never know when you might get mugged and the beer could be the thing that saves them from doing something worse
No.35487
>>35486beer should distract creatures at all levels of intelligence with 90% chance
No.35492
I bought a new tent. I also got rid of the beer.
Camping is weird. Some parks seem to have camp sites dotted along the road for miles on end and in one such park that I camped in yesterday they were all full of people. Had to pick one that was quiter but still not quite.
But the other park is pretty much empty apart from Hunter man. But I wanted to avoid that park while he is there.
I think the reason for the difference is that one park is along a river and the other one is not.
Still. Camping with other people is annoying. It destroys the peace of nature.
Though I guess another reason for this park being busy is that it's the holidays. Things should quiten down afterwards.
Regarding holidays. I don't think I will be spending Christmas with my family this year. Not unless the minister responds today which is unlikely.
No.35493
dumb ministard
No.35500
Found a spiky rat. It assumed this defensive position when I got too close though.
>>35499Thanks. There is still room for more.
No.35505
>>35500remember to give it lots of hugs and love so its not as scared next time
No.35510
>>35505I tried patting it with a stick but it didn't work.
No.35518
I'm not going to camp there though. I found another place that has no people.
I would like to camp in a field so I don't have to be in dump Australian vegetation. But it would be awkward I think.
No.35524
I thought I would be alone but two hikers arrived and they offered me a beer as well(this is getting annoying...) they said that they are going on a 50km hike through the mountains soon. One of them plays Genshin Impact!!! But somehow he didn't know it was on console or PC... He just plays on his phone.
No.35525
other sister anon here, thinking of going on a long walk today
No.35526
sigh its already 9:40
No.35527
>>35526Why are you awake so early?
No.35539
Today went quite badly. I was going for a drive in the mountains and was 2 or so hours in. I got to the start of a track to the summit of a place called the Bluff. But I kept going because I wanted to see where the road went. I gave up after a while and went back to climb the Bluff. On the way back I damaged the oil sump and lost all my oil. Then the engine sized up and I was stuck. Then I called the RAA who got the RACV(Victorian RAA or something) to come and help me. They told me that I was way down a 4x4 road and that they don't have a 4x4 tow truck so they can't help me. They said I would need to hire a private one which I did and it cost $1000(which was less than what it would have, he was being generous) and he towed my car to the RACV depot in Mansfield. But it was past 11pm by the time we got there. Nothing is opened and I cannot find a place to stay so I am going to have to sleep in my broken car outside the RACV depot mechanic.
No.35540
that's rough....
No.35548
>>35539is
>>35498 is actually your car?
No.35549
It's going to cost about $5600 to fix. It needs a new engine which is $2900 and then there is labour and other bits and pieces that would need to be done. I bought the car for $3500. Though that was probably a good price for it.
On top of all this the new engine would not arrive until the second week of January.
Sad but I think my car's journey ends here.
>>35548Yes. Here is where it broke down. I rolled it back so people could still get past.
The anime face washed off in the rain over the night. Sad. But it probably doesn't matter now.
No.35550
>>35539>On the way back I damaged the oil sump and lost all my oil.did you drive over a rock
No.35551
>>35549why the hell were you driving on unpaved mountain roads in a freaking city car
it's a wonder it didn't break down sooner
No.35554
Decided I will fix the car and I also paid for 2 weeks at a hotel. I am also looking at getting armour plating on the bottom of my car and a new radio that would have a use port and aux port.
>>35550I drove over many rocks.
>>35551The roads you see are actually quite good and not the issue. The issue was further along where it gets to part of the road that is closed seasonally.
No.35555
>>35554I meant USB port not use port.
No.35559
>>35555What a terrible get
fuck you anon.
No.35560
dumb GETard
No.35561
go-getter
No.35562
the USB porter
No.35564
>>35554>I also paid for 2 weeks at a hoteli was going to suggest that just to stay in one place and wait a bit and see what happens
better yet if you get some usable stable internet
>>35559it's emblematic of the bumpy road the ups and downs
No.35577
>>35554shouldn't you look into getting a used 4wd car at this point instead
No.35580
Since I will be here a while and need something to do I went to the boom store to look for random fantasy novels. I was going to get Brandon Sanderson but they did not have the first book of the series.
Anyway the book I got is The Pariah by Anthony Ryan.
>>35564In many ways it is for the best. But it cost a lot.
>>35577They would be expensive and would encourage me to get into situations that are even worse than what I got into. Imagine where I would end up if I actually had a 4 wheel drive.
Plus it adds unknowns. I know my car is reliable. I don't know how reliable 4x4s are. Particularly not second hand ones. Oh and there is fuel efficiency to think about too.
With any luck the minister will contact me while I am stranded anyway.
No.35581
>>35580I meant book store not boom store. I really hate phones.
No.35587
I really can't say anything good about the book so far. There really isn't anything interesting about it and the characters are fairly simple and boring and it also has swearing and things like that in it. The plot is boring and I just don't care about it or the people involved. The motivations of people either are non existent or just stupid. I still don't even know what the ambitions and motivations of the protagonist even are. He doesn't seem to have any.
No.35593
All the shops are closed. Guess I will just starve to death then...
And on top of that Santa didn't come... He must not now where I am now.
No.35594
Thai restaurant is open. Looks like I won't starve to death.
No.35597
Little sisters need to be a mainstream subgenre of fantasy novels
No.35599
>>35594boson thai christmas