Wellworn - time for new luggage and a weekend away

I have two bags I take away with me - my hiking pack and my Country Road Kit bag. Prior to my hiking pack, I borrowed Elise's backpacking pack. I've never had proper luggage. I bought my Country Road bag in about 1996. Anna had one, and I wanted to be like Anna. It cost around 100 dollars. It's been everywhere with me. It comes on planes as carryon, it goes car camping, it's great. Here's it packed for Thailand in 2017:

It's got two problems - it's starting to tear at the handles and it's not that comfy to carry full - it cuts off the circulation to my arms. After our last trip to Bendigo I decided to upgrade to a bag that could also be carried on the shoulders. I'm lucky enough to work very near Little Bourke Street, where there are a lot of travel shops, and I went looking for the perfect bag. Which I found at One Planet, who not only made my hiking pack and sleeping bag but actually manufacture in Melbourne. Its a convertible kit bag, that can also be carried as a backpack.

This weekend long weekend we are going car camping in a friends back paddock, and I'm all packed and ready to go, with my new bag and a whole lot of other stuff too. Exciting! I'll be back on Tuesday with a full report of tour travels.

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