Bojo Products for tents - Bakers, Bell-ends, Sibleys, Tipis, Voyagers, Wall or Wedge tents, tarps, tent fly's & primitive shelters. Custom made quality - contact Bob Ellis, 03 5796 2753 AH
Green River Rifle Works, Cumberland Park, South Australia. The specialists in everything black powder; custom guns, powder, accoutrements, repairs, the lot. Phone Allan & Jenny Vaisham on 08 8293 3686 business hours only.
Northern Shooter's Supplies division of Stock, Lock Antique Arms, for all black powder grades, new & second-hand guns, flints, percussion caps, plus all accoutrements. Look for Roger Mowbray at various club black powder shoots, gun shows or ph. 03 5865 5440 or mobile 0427 451 911
Pedersoli Blackpowder Supplies. Everything for the black powder enthusiast and more, contact Graeme Forbes at Forbes Wholesale P/L Eltham: phone 03 9439 6111 Read the latest black powder news at www.forbesws.com.au
Pioneer Forge tomahawks. As used by most serious knife and hawk competitors. Contact our blacksmith Glen Mitchell to order your hawk or knife today. Phone 03 5729 5564
The Shooter's Shack. Victorian high country residents rely on mountain man John Suardi of Rosewhite for black powder supplies; phone John on 5753 5226.
Scrimshaw/Engraved Powder Horns Engraved Powder Horns, Powder measures made from Antler. Flintlock Pan Primers made from Antler & Buffalo horn. Woven sashes in various colours & sizes. For more details, pictures & prices, contact Eddy Benc: eddy550@tpg.com.au Mobile - 0435392290
Our club newsletter “Around The Traps” is issued at infrequent intervals throughout the year. It contains chronicles of interest to Longhunters, Mountain Men, Voyagers, Traders, Trekkers, Early Settlers, Frontier Women and other re-enactors of our bygone era.
Contributing articles are always welcome. Correspondence and enquiries to John Fowler 252 Pini Lane, Mudgegonga 3737. Email chookster@vfowler.com Tel. 03 5753 4455.
Subscribe to email notification of newsletters - free!
Guide to subscribing
Click the play triangle (once to load, again to move forward each step). Full-screen view is available from the More menu once the guide is loaded.
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.
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.
Welcome to another read of Club doings. Not that we program a great deal during the warmer weather following our traditional September Rondy. Early November saw us at Berwick again for the annual Time Line event …
East End, Sutler’s Row. Pencil sketch by Charlie Timma.
September Shining Times!
Congratulations to all who attended our September Rondyvoo. You were each an important part of the largest Primitive Rendezvous seen under the Southern Cross for many a long year. With seventeen truly primitive camps it was easy to step back into a time zone of [...]
Three hawks by Glen Mitchell blacksmith of Pioneer Forge, Carboor, Victoria
Its time to relegate the duck swamps to another season, we can now start to thinking about Beaver Creek and the pleasures of Spring Rendezvous. Pleasures like camping with friends in open spaces with that big ol’ Mt. Buffler on the distant horizon; renewing acquaintances [...]
For more details, pictures & prices, contact Eddy Benc: 
2 responses
