Southern Cross Free Trappers

Vol. 37, May 2012

John Fowler — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:05:46 +0000

We got real lucky and the cold front didn’t push through until around midday on Easter Monday when most of the 24 attending had decamped and were heading home. Autumn really is a fabulous time for enjoying campfires and primitive canvas tents! Good Friday was our official set up day although a couple of early birds had arrived in glorious weather a day earlier. The time was spent making camps shipshape and cutting stacks of firewood preparatory of cool mountain evenings to come.

Hershel House Shoot

John Fowler — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:02:41 +0000

[ 7 April, 2012; ] Read our newsletter story from Vol. 37, May 2012 to see how the Hershel House Shoot event came about. [gallery]

Easter 2012

John Fowler — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:01:58 +0000

[ 6 April, 2012 to 9 April, 2012. ] Good Friday Apr 6th – Easter Monday Apr 9th at Bernard's Cache, Caveat. (Note ANZAC day is a Wednesday in 2012) All the chores were completed at our working bee last October so now it’s time to reap the benefits and have a damn good time over this four day break. April in Victoria is categorically [...]

Spring Rendezvous 2012

Vernon Fowler — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:38:51 +0000

[ 14 September, 2012 to 17 September, 2012. ] Our traditional weekend of 3rd Sunday of September extended from Friday 14th thru to Monday 17th at Beaver Creek, Whorouly. Springtime in Victoria is without any doubt a superb time of year for camping under canvas. Why not slot all our events on your camping calendar now?

Ballarat Arms & Militaria Collectors Fair

Vernon Fowler — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:50:14 +0000

[ 14 July, 2012 to 15 July, 2012. ] July 14th & 15th – We’ve attended each of the last three years and spread the joy of muzzleloaders to all them “Jack d’Levers” and new fangled turn-bolt shooters. So, let’s just do it – again! It’s a 2 day event this year – meaning twice the fun and double the opportunities to promote our [...]

Vol. 36, March 2012

John Fowler — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Welcome to our first newsletter for 2012. Did you perchance make any New Year’s resolutions to do more leisurely camping, more shooting, more hunting and fishing? In this issue we feature another gem of Ian Convey’s easy-to-follow handcraft lessons.