Thought this buried post was very well worth reviving.

Just a shame that Copper had to lower the level of the post in that way

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=51933&p=3&topicID=33679825


cheers

Coyotte

A bit to much testosterone I think, men sure can get their underwear in a knot at times.

I thought the subject was going to be interesting but it went off track, but then some of it was

amusing too.

I would be using powdered milk, just mix as needed, and a loaf of bread lasts me almost a week,

I like a wholemeal with grain. Hi fibre weetbix with some yogurt and pdr milk, or other cereal for

breakfast, around $10-$12 per week....for 1.

Sandwich for lunch... cheese, tin fish, baked beans, peanut butter, salad....$15 a week. Or a club

meal couple of times a week for lunch instead of main meal at night.

Buy fruit in season and if you are where it's too expensive, have the odd tin of plums/peaches.

Dinner...you tell me, if you're counting cents...have a BBQ in the park and cook a chop, don't think

I could do $40 maybe $50-$60, or no meat, salad and what?

Love to hear from others, economy style. Go fishing, thinking on that,a new experience.

We can all spend up that's the easy bit...

I'd like to use pension...when I get it, for day to day and super to pay house ins. rates, vehicle insurance, NRMA, maintenance, etc.

So I'd like to live on $305 a week and save some for vehicle repair, service, tyres, hope it's doable, guess it'll have to be.

-- Edited by countryroad on Wednesday 18th of August 2010 10:37:29 PM

Dietition i go to, told me that Baked Beans are a excellent source of proten.

also that adding 25% of milk powder to milk , will give you a high proten milk and that adding a teaspooon of glucose syrup to tea (reguarlly) will boost your energy levels, apparently our brains have first call on glucose and will leave the body short if levels are low --- why we can often feal drained of energy.

cheers
Coyotte

-- Edited by coyotte on Thursday 19th of August 2010 06:39:08 AM

One of our best money-saving tips is to always carry our own cuppa makings... its amazing how it adds up if you regularly buy coffee and cake at roadhouses/cafes. Because we had a camper trailer, we have the Waeco fridge permanently in the tug, and drawers in the back too, so its easy to make cuppa's and snacks with a thermos.

I finished in that thread with the intention of starting another on, hadn't got there yet. Some great hints could come out of commonsense conversation about the topic. I only spend about 30.00 a week on groceries at home. It can be done. My daughter bought me a water jug that plugs into the cig lighter so can make cheap cuppas along the way. Buy fruit and veges at local markets and road side stalls. I can't eat a lot of red meat so chicken and fish can be found at bargain prices on sale. A cake and coffee costs at least 7.00. Don't do that every day and only have evening meal or roasts at such places like rsl who have the 5.00 specials.

Hey Guys n Gals,

I have planned on no more than $100 a week, including snacks etc... I totally agree on the make your own cuppa etc on the run, $4.25 for a standard cap at macca's

Here's an example of how it adds up for those who are interested...

MacDonalds here in Fairfield Sydney has a McCafe which most Maccas do nowa days these prices will vary but these are the local prices...

Standard Cappucino $4.25 (maccas)
Piece of cake $2.95 (maccas average price)
$7.20 Per Break

So hypothetically;

I generally plan drives for about 5 hour days with at least two breaks so thats $7.20 x 2 = $14.40 a day.

Lets say I am going for four or five days $14.40 x 5=$72.00 a week.

But as we are generally all Nomads we would travel upto 52 weeks a year on average so that would be $72 x 52=$3744 per year.

Yes that was three thousand seven hundred and fourty four dollars per year, and thats at MacDonalds prices, the prices out back are a lot steeper than this.

No wonder it puts a dent in our pockets.

I am in the mioddle of reformatting a spreadsheet that I use for trip planning which auto calculates quite a lot of the data for you, all you need to know is your fuel usage for the roads you will travel eg. 10l per 100km and the distance to travel and the hours to travel. I will ost a copy once I have the formatting sorted, it will be available in any format you need.

Hoo Roo Happy Days
Grumps

My brother John and wife Di were on the road in a dk green forrester and pop top van for 4 years and they said costs for food was about the same as at home, Wollongong. Odd treats enjoyed and entry fees, they stayed in CP's and other visitors told them about specials and road stalls along the way. Both made redundant from Comm Bank after takeover. They did watch Happy Hour...but walked a lot. Didn't carry a lot of food shopped locally for fresh food and watched for specials...when lettuce $7 grew various sprouts in a jar for a sandwich did stock up on tins at larger centres..tinned beetroot, tomatoes, fruit etc. Cheaper to stay a week in CP and absorb the area...it isn't a race, John and Di stayed up to a month sometimes if there was stuff they were going to enjoy, monthly rates can save in non peak times, maybe don't stay in the main event place but away a bit, can be much cheaper...remember the school holidays locally and don't be somewhere every family will be booking. Children of today can be very loud and seem to take up a lot of space....then they go home and back to school and life can resume for everyone else.