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Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby vicrev » Wed 05 Nov, 2014 6:42 pm

One of mine was just out from Rocamadour,turned a corner & came across all these guys dressed up in Village People gear, :shock: walked past a bit uneasily , they spotted the OZ flag on my pack & of course I had to go back & sample the eats & wine........not much walking was done that day !! :D ..........Vicrev
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby walkon » Wed 05 Nov, 2014 7:49 pm

Easy this one stands out, whilst walking around KNP I came across a chap praying with rosemary beads in hand, Buddhist flags fluttering in the wind tied to him and wearing earmuffs. Apparently he had to use the earmuffs because when you got away from it all, its hard to mediate because nature was sooo noisy and he had to block it out some how.
Have to say that I'd welcome him around the campfire anytime as the discussion was eclectic, challenging, lively and thought provoking. A very bizarre man
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby Strider » Wed 05 Nov, 2014 9:32 pm

Met a French guy on route to Cape Pillar who was planning to do "extreme yo-yo stunts" at the cliff top. Each to his own!
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby dingelberry » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 6:08 am

Met a bloke playing bagpipes on top of barn bluff very cool.
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby walkerchris77 » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 7:21 am

Caught a couple of bush walkers practicing how to make babies on a track once. I gave them the thumbs up.
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby Lophophaps » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 8:25 am

walkerchris77 wrote:Caught a couple of bush walkers practicing how to make babies on a track once. I gave them the thumbs up.


LOL!

Lake Payanna is south of Junction Lake, on the Travellers Range, east of the Overland Track. Lake Payanna is a good day or two of walking from the nearest access point, and entails walking off track. I was having a splash in the shallows when a canoe floated in, scaring the hell out of me. The occupant and his mate had carted collapsable canoes to the plateau and were paddling over as many as they could each summer. Then they stashed the canoes and came back next summer.

I saw a walker attempting to lug 20 litres of water from the Howitt car park to Mac Springs, about five kilometres.
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby north-north-west » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 8:49 am

walkerchris77 wrote:Caught a couple of bush walkers practicing how to make babies on a track once. I gave them the thumbs up.

That's happened to me three times now. Why on earth can't they get off the track?
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby walkon » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 9:31 am

north-north-west wrote:
walkerchris77 wrote:Caught a couple of bush walkers practicing how to make babies on a track once. I gave them the thumbs up.

That'd happened to me three times now. Why on earth can't they get off the track?

Probably because the person was just walking along minding their own business when they came across you in the throws of passion and they were thinking the same thing. Mind you I admire your persistence after getting caught a few times :lol:
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby kanangra » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 11:32 am

That's gold Walkon. :lol: :lol:

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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby north-north-west » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 11:58 am

OK, I walked into that one. :?
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby Travis22 » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 12:00 pm

walkerchris77 wrote:Caught a couple of bush walkers practicing how to make babies on a track once. I gave them the thumbs up.



Wasnt up on the cross cut saw by any chance ;)

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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby Thornbill » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 1:23 pm

I stumbled across a nude photo shoot on the Ice House Track on Mt Wellington one snowy winter's day. It was a full on professional set up with lighting and half a dozen people busy doing their stuff. Awfully cold!
How would a cubist paint a flounder?
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby stry » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 4:04 pm

walkon wrote:
north-north-west wrote:
walkerchris77 wrote:Caught a couple of bush walkers practicing how to make babies on a track once. I gave them the thumbs up.

That'd happened to me three times now. Why on earth can't they get off the track?

Probably because the person was just walking along minding their own business when they came across you in the throws of passion and they were thinking the same thing. Mind you I admire your persistence after getting caught a few times :lol:


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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby vicrev » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 4:09 pm

Loving these posts............thanks............. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby wayno » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 4:30 pm

was walking the coastline in Auckland beneath cliffs... there was a chap on the beach playing with himself as i walked past.. he was on his own, but round the corner were people on the beach... as soon as i was out of view and in cell phone range, i rang police... 5 mins later the police helicopter was hovering over him... he must have just about had heart failure...
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby cajun » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 7:07 pm

wayno wrote:. he must have just about had heart failure...


More likely a stroke (or two or three ...) :roll:
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby whitefang » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 7:10 pm

:lol: Good one, Cajun!
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby pazzar » Thu 06 Nov, 2014 9:45 pm

walkerchris77 wrote:Caught a couple of bush walkers practicing how to make babies on a track once. I gave them the thumbs up.


I stumbled across this happening at Dixon's Kingdom once. I said good morning, got a wave, and kept on walking!
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Re: Your most bizarre/funniest moment while bushwalking

Postby walkon » Fri 07 Nov, 2014 5:47 am

pazzar wrote:
walkerchris77 wrote:Caught a couple of bush walkers practicing how to make babies on a track once. I gave them the thumbs up.


I stumbled across this happening at Dixon's Kingdom once. I said good morning, got a wave, and kept on walking!


Did the same except that I nodded my head and said' a good day for it' and kept walking. My mates behind me just cracked up laughing.
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