Trekked around Sydney CBD today, looking for stuff, more successfully than last time. The haul:
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A Macpac Nautilus tent from Paddy Pallin. It got a good review or two and seemed easy enough to pitch, at least with the help of the lovely young lass in the shop. One of those times when I went in optimistic (and well-researched) and it worked out well.
Paddy Pallin are having a sale right now so I got it for $AU360 rather than the usual $AU450, bonus. Still seems a lot for two pieces of fabric, some pegs and two collapsible aluminium poles.
- A car-powered air compressor for air-mattress / lilo-type things.
- A mobile-phone charger for the car.
- Camping in Australia (Cathy Savage, Craig Lewis). This was more-or-less what I was after: locations and services, though the details are a bit sketchy. Lonely Planet seems surprisingly disinterested in the less kempt.
Now I just need all those little things: knives, forks, cups, pots, bog roll, ...