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Gday both, also an SA, new to the forum and to prepping. Im in the suburbs of Adelaide, but looking at moving further out into a more rural area.

Stuggling to find any like minded people in my circle of friends, the ones that have heard of prepping which is limited anyway, think its some wacko American thing and that it doesnt apply to us here. How are you finding that with people you know?
 
aussieprepper said:
Gday both, also an SA, new to the forum and to prepping. Im in the suburbs of Adelaide, but looking at moving further out into a more rural area.

Stuggling to find any like minded people in my circle of friends, the ones that have heard of prepping which is limited anyway, think its some wacko American thing and that it doesnt apply to us here. How are you finding that with people you know?
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Hey there
Welcome to the forum.

I too find it hard to find like minded people in my circle of friends.
only two people know I prep but that's all they don't really ask any more questions or want to know.
I recently showed my Girlfriend the show Doomsday Preppers which she really enjoys so I think in more time she will become a little more open to my prepping.
I have another friend I can talk to about Disaster scenarios but I only see him once a week.
 
I hear ya! Ive been thinking about the sorts of community groups and clubs that might have people with a similar mindset. I am looking at joining a local gun club for that reason, not because I want to get armed to the teeth etc, but hoping it has some like minded people.

I did the same with my wife as far as Doomsday Preppers. Before she watched a few episodes of the show she thought my preps etc were a waste of time and money, but she is now on board at least in principal, so fingers crossed your girlfriend comes around too.
 
I'm selective who I tell - I have a friend in Adelaide wants to start prepping, but single mum on welfare, finds it hard.
Showed a few episodes to the cook - mainly the food storage tips. We have increased our pantry size a little, but $$ is tight, but I'm lucky to have a lot of Army gear, plus my own camping gear I've amassed over the years.
Most people see it as a silly American idea, the she'll be right attitude still exists, but for the most part society is very complacent. I guess I was one of them till I realised that there's nothing wrong with getting a little prepared not just for today, but for tommorrow too.
 
Completley agree jayjay, nothing wrong with having a bit put back just in case. The best way Ive found to increase the food preps is just buy an extra tin or two when something is on special, it doesnt seem like much at first but do that every time you go shopping and the extra $10-$15 spend soon adds up over time.
 
Totally agree - if one spends $10 week extra, thats 5-10 tins food, up to 520 tins food/yr. That's just food. It does add up too - I'm only new to this - but try to limit my purchases to Aussie made food, so that limits my buying power, but that's my choice. I'm weekly at Woolies/IGA for specials. Campbells have a mega store nth subs, but not always cheaper. Hardest to find is tinned meats - on special $2 tin, so on the budget it means less volume. But, I guess its a slow process. Our pantry is getting bigger slowly, but not enough to really last any length of time, but, while we can, we'll just keep those extra 2-5 tins a week.
 
Do you have a RitePrice grocery nearby? They sell mainly out of date or close to use by date tins, but they sometimes have some with plenty of time left before the expiry date. I picked up a dozen bigger tins of tuna that were 3 for $4 and have a 2016 date on them, havent seen them there since, but always keeping an eye out. They often have a bit of the Dick Smith brand too so supporting the Aussies there.
 
No, only IGA & Woolies. Whenever we travel always on the lookout for cheap finds. When we cross the border we shop at Aldi in Vic, a lot cheaper, on par for quality.
 
I'm heading to Vic in a few weeks, Ill have to check Aldi out on the way back. Anything in particular to look out for there?
 
Canned food cheaper, rice, pasta all cheaper and good quality. Not as big a choice as woolies or coles, but big enough.
 
aussieprepper said:
Gday both, also an SA, new to the forum and to prepping. Im in the suburbs of Adelaide, but looking at moving further out into a more rural area.

Stuggling to find any like minded people in my circle of friends, the ones that have heard of prepping which is limited anyway, think its some wacko American thing and that it doesnt apply to us here. How are you finding that with people you know?
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hey fellow south auss prepper you still floating around out there?send us a message.
 
G'day Riskyman.

Also rural SA (Eyre Peninsular).

We started an Aussie site now - check it out;

http://ausprep.com/

What bought you to this site???
Hope to see/chat with you on Ausprep.

Jay
 
Hey Jay.

sweet thanks, I will join that site also. where about on the EP, I work on the EP but live in the Flinders Mid North.

Cheers
 
Hi - glad you joined AusPrep.
There are a few of us Sth Aussies about.
I'm near Pt Lincoln.

Jay
 
Kool
I cart road trains of grain into Pt Lincoln all year. its how im building up a supply of seed grains into storage. might have to meet one day
cheers
 
Rgr -I drive the blue double bubble. Have to organize a meet up sometime!!!
 
ahhhhh the fancy patrol car, yep, ive defently seen you cruising around before haha, its hard to miss. im was in the old green w-model kenworth with silo to silo on the windshield, now im in an Iveco Powerstar. waiting for harvest. so defently have catch up, interested in finding out how others are planning and making contacts with other prepper community's. are you cadetsharpshooter on ausprep?
 
Yeah, I'm cadetsharpshooter - was an on going joke about a member who tried to baffle us with all his military experience, then we found out he was only a cadet - so we took the mickey out of him till he left!!!
Yeah, I'm usually on the Lincoln Hwy a fair bit - I am on UHF40 most times - as of next Tues I'm in Adelaide for 3 weeks taking Defence Leave ( been a Reservist almost 21 yrs ).
I've caught up with another Ausprep member (Jason) quite a few times, but it would be good to catch up with another person with same interests.
If you see the car, and I'm not on Ch 40, maybe a headlight flash - there are 2 of us, I have glasses.

Be good to catch up & chat!
 
hahaha, some people like to exaggerate a lot, but catching them out would be priceless hahah.
I thought of becoming a reservist myself but I don't get much time to myself. owning a truck takes a lot of my time off.
will let you know when im back down that way for harvest, until then take it easy.

Klay Reschke
0488436499
 
Hi Mate - just back today from my 3 week stint - be about till Sun am, the a 7 night trip away, back 2 days, then 4 nights at Whyalla.
Do you have a regular time you go past Whyalla? or arrive in Lincoln?
 
Hey

yea I saw you in Lincoln in front of KFC on Thursday. glad to hear your back. hope the trip went well. It was my First week back this week, with this strange weather work is all over the joint, I usually leave Stirling North on sunday night and get back Friday nights. but during harvest I sometimes stay over the weekend. but I go threw Whyalla every Friday arvo/night. im in Lincoln all over the time, nothing set. depends on where im carting from. makes it a bit hard since I have a large area I work in, makes prepping a bit difficult. but 50% of the time I cart 54tonnes of wheat. that's about 81000 loafs of bread worth of flour LOL. I havnt got a BOB for the truck yet, but im still only making a start.

cheers

Klay Reschke
0488436499
[email protected]
 
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