May 142013
 

I would like to get in touch with Swedish preppers and survivalists for exchanges of thought and discussion.

Now looking for nurse/doctor and their family offcourse. The house you would be living in is big enough for two adults and two children. One doctor could be hired but not payed as he would if working in a hospital, so two would be good so there can allways be one on the island.

We have a dentist who is with us when hes not in his private practice on the mailand, a psychologist and even a foot-care specialist. As you read on you will understand that most of these individuals have jobs on the mainland also.

Everybody here does multiple things but to mention some of the more important perks of living here

We have a chef, summers are bbq-time almost every night (if weather permits) and all year round fridays and saturdays those who are willing to help the chef and him get together and cook something amazing or funny or just good :) He also makes lunch for whoever is on the island during the day and the kids at the nursery/kindergarten.

Nursing home/kindergarden for the little ones. This is pretty collective and parents take turns in working there. One trained “Nanny” works there year around, the kids love her.

A teacher who is pretty allround in all basic subjects. She works with 9-graders normally but at two occations when kids (or adults) couldn’t reach the mainland because of storms she called teachers and walked the kids through their homework and was a great help.

Farming; Offcourse, for those of you into farming, you will love this. 3 working horses and a handfull of primitive-farming enthusiasts and two veterans have ensured we are 100% self sufficient on potatoes, carrots and most seasonal vegetables.

Livestock: 14 goats, 40 sheep, 20 pigs and alot of rabbits. Alot. We tried having them fenced but now we hunt them off instead.

Hunting: Mentioned rabbits, birds and three of us go hunting on the mainland a couple of times a year. If you are into hunting, you are welcome to come. One moose gives alot of meat!

Fishing: We a couple of times a week. we got a ton of cod, herring and flounder-fish each trip in the beginning so we have cut down on the nets used. We have three people working on this.

Internet access via 3G and 4G, cellphones work fine (most operators). Power is somewhat restricted but there is power. If you absolutely need to have a big TV running 12 hours/day, this lifestyle propably isn’t for you anyway :) Theres a big freezer in the “restaurant/bar” were you can borrow a shelf if need be, refrigurators in all houses.

We are an somewhat large prepper collective on a small island off the Swedish coast started in 2009. The idea was to build a selfsufficient community and to stay safe from an ever expanding world.

We have solarpower, windpower, wood for heating, farming for foods and fishing as our main resources during crisis. Boats go daily to the mainland for school and work and some shopping or just socializing. We have a helicopter pilot allthough we dont have a helicopter as of now.

As individuals, we go and shop for clothes, food and whatever we want offcourse.

As of now most of us have jobs on the mainland besides a few who are hired by us for special purposes, these are:

One full time handyman/fire-safety/electrician.

One Nanny/chefs hand

One chef/storyteller at the kindergarten (Who also happens to brew some of the best beers and wines ever!)

Two farmers/fishermen

The fee for all of this is today 10% of a paycheck every month and your skill.

We do not do religion of any kind as a group. There is no and will never be any churches or temples or anything similar on the island.

 Posted by at 9:44 pm
May 072013
 

Hello all,

MrGrey here. Sunshine Coast QLD. I suppose I’d be labelled a prepper, and for the sake of searching, it’s a label that the internet seems to recognise, but I believe I’m just a realist. It’s a reality that bad things happen, regardless of if they are natural, eg. cyclones, earthquakes. or man made, eg. stateless terrorist groups, or state sponsored issues. I’m just a firm believer in being able to cope and overcome obstacles.

As a further part of my introduction, there’s myself, my wife, a rather spoilt cat, and 2 rottweilers.  We own our own house (well the bank does) and as such have a little more freedom with regard to some of our preparations.

Whilst we are very interested in getting to know other people with similar interests, in the area, my sense of responsibility to my family means that I’m always happy to share knowledge, but I’m cautious with disclosing my own resources.

Looking back, I’ve been interested in what is called “prepping and survivalisim” since I was young, although back then, my father just referred to it as camping and being outdoors.

I’ve been blessed to have married a wonderful girl that has lived out west and understands the common sense required (eg. shopping only once every month or two) as well as her putting up with all my hobbies and interests.

I do hold appropriate licenses to shoot longarms and am in the process of obtaining a H class license as well, although at this stage, I do this more because I’m interested in target shooting as a sport, rather then some grandiose plan of holing up in the a re-enactment of the Glenrowan Inn Seige.

Past that, I am looking at getting into making/selling rifle slings/survival straps/belts similar to the one shown in the following video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHJyIorveOQ

 Posted by at 2:41 pm
May 042013
 

Hi all,

I’m not sure if I’m a prepper, but I don’t live my life by labels anyway.
Currently I live in Melbourne but am planning my escape to a life off-grid. I’m interested in permaculture, sustainability and self sufficiency as a way to ensure food security and decrease my dependence on services controlled by others.
I recently read an article about new air conditioners being installed with components that give the electric company the ability to switch them off, just a small example of a worrying trend.
I’d love to plan a community in rural Victoria of like-minded people, but at this moment in time my husband is tied to Melbourne for work. Since I’m stuck here I’m learning to grow my own food, seed storage, keeping chooks and herbal medicine.
I’d love to hear from anyone local or interstate to share knowledge and ideas.
It’s quite an exciting journey to be starting out on!

May 032013
 

Hi all, some great posts here. Great to also see us Aussies involved.

Ive been into prepping for a while now,  but just recently started taking it more serious. Unfortunately, at the expense of the innocent victims of the Boston tragedy.

Whilst ive always been into it, I have struggled to find any Aussie involvement in this life style. Like most I have a family, a job and a social life. Then I have prepping.

I recently started a facebook page to find other’s and im looking for people to like the page and share with everyone there tips, idea’s,  links.. anything and everything prepping. Its relatively new so content currently is minimal. Im currently posting from my mobile and cant link it up, but if you search for Hunter Valley preppers you should find us :-)

Hope to become involved, share and discuss with you all.

Wayne

Apr 282013
 

Hey folks. Living in Tasmania and have been a prepper for just over a year now. I have always had an interest in permaculture and survival skills both outdoors and urban. I’m looking for anyone who lives in Tasmania who is a prepper or even is into self sustainability, ie preserving food, aquaponics, organic gardening, tanning hides, bushcraft ect. Would love to hear from you even if your not from Tassie.

Apr 232013
 

Hello again

Im a Single mum of 8 wonderful children, 7 of them at home,

i started getting the preping bug about 8 – 12 mths ago, started building my food storage, and water,  from there i got an interest in building a fallout shelter, which all started when i got to thinking that if SHTF and people got desperate, they would end up stealing food ect from others, sadley some are very greedy and would take everything, leave those poor souls who did prep,with nothing :(   I thought far better to have the bulk of ones stored food some where different,so that if you were robbed of your stocks either while you were in the house,or whilst buggingout, then the loss would not be life threatening for ones family,

from there i thought well if im going to build something for food storage,it might as well be big enough to hold me and the kids in the case of an emergancy, from there i thought well if im doing that i may as well put the extras into the building so that in the instance of war, bombs ect, we might have a chance of survival, lol it is amazing how driven one can be to survive, specially when your kids are involved, so lots of plans for future building underground, will get materials as funds permit,  in the mean time we have almost finished our bug out bags, each child has a special load they must carry,to make the whole thing possable, still havent got all the clothes (camo) and shoes (hiking) yet, may attempt to sew (some of) the clothes, we are setting everything up in the yard tomorrow and will be camping outside, from there we plan to do regular hiking adventures in the bush out behind our place,

i love being prepared, it is nice to not be the victim, and  my homeschooled children get to enjoy many adventures and life lessons along the way,im also looking to get to know anyone who lives anywhere within the vasinity of Coffs Harbour / Grafton and the surrounding areas, or if you just want to chat and share info, then please contact me, no matter where you are from,

Happy Prepping

Tanya

Apr 192013
 

hi there we are living in the sunshine coast(2 adults, 2 kids and 2 dogs) in Qld and are new to prepping.

Just looking for like minded ppl to talk to :)

We are currently renting and getting the debt down so we can buy a strategic piece of land. So atm we are learning about prepping and how and what to do.

Any advice or anything you might to share we just  want to learn :D

Apr 172013
 

Hi my name is kate,
I would like to become a prepper but I am not sure where to start.
I was thinking about putting together a bug out bag and have been looking in to buy long life food. There is just so many things to think about! Where to start?
Kate

Apr 082013
 

Hello very new to this site. My wife and I are Christian, middle aged.

We moved to Gympie Qld 5 years ago from Victoria to rent acreage and start learning how to be self sufficient with hopes to maybe sell produce so that we can start our own prepping.

With two disabled children to care for at the same time it was not easy. My naive belief in country people being more kind and honest have been shattered by this town and especially my first two landlords, leaving us almost broke.

I’m working on a food product that maybe of interest to preppers, so I might plug it on this site down the track.

So I guess I’m looking for preppers in the gympie area Christian or otherwise, I don’t really care. Or maybe others farther away that might want to chat with skype and share ideas.

Jojo.

Apr 082013
 

Hi there, only a few months into the game and have had some wonderful ppl on this site be of help.

Im half way thru my bug out bag and then hope to start looking at something a bit more serious as

in relocation and prepping, time is short. Being one of very little awake its hard to find ppl in Victoria to form

a small group to prep with etc…if your looking for extra hands or wanting to start a group, please be in touch :) )

Apr 042013
 

Hi there, I’m new to the site and Sydney in general.  I have allot of expertise in several areas and am happy to share as I am looking to build a network of like minded people.  Also envisage that on weekends I would like to eventually get together with people and practice/teach the applicable skills required for off-the-grid and survival living.  It’s fairly hard to strike up a conversation with strangers and although I am against a digital footprint you sometimes have to reach out to like minded people.

So I am calling all true blue preppers to rally together in Sydney and form a collective for the betterment of us all.  Share skills, create a cohesive community, form lasting bonds and develop a trusting community of like minded people.

 

Apr 042013
 

Hi Im Bree

I have been interested in prepping for years and just kept being told I was wasting my time, well now I have told them “it’s my time”.
I’m a single mum of two and do worry that I won’t be prepared and ready to head out. It would be great to talk to other people about this and be better prepared for when the day does come.

Apr 032013
 

Hi i am wanting to get into prepping. I am 19 I live on southcoast of nsw.
If anyone is looking for help (as close to postcode 2537 as possible).

I have the following skills:

Search and Rescue;
First Aid (Advanced Resus)
Basic firearms (unlicensed)
I was in the army cadets

I am willing to learn and really really want to help out.
Unfortunately as i dont have much money i cant prep for myself but am willing to offer my time and help to be included if we have to put the preparations into use in real life.

Michael

Apr 032013
 

Hi, I’m a Married mother of 5 (3 adult and 2young children).I  Have been prepping for about 18months, and would like contact with other  families who prep to share ideas with. No one else i know is interested in being prepared for emergencies, and the few family members who know i prep think i’m crazy, my husband thinks It’s a great idea but leaves it all to me, so would to have love to have some helpful contacts . I have been building up as many useful skills as i can and passing these on to my two youngest. There must be other women out there, prepping with kids, I feel working together gives us all a better chance what ever happens.

cheers

Cassandra

Mar 182013
 

Hello to all and thanks for letting me join.

I am one member of a small group looking to share ideas with other preppers and maybe even add to our group. I have been preparing for several years now. I live North of Peterborough  unfortunately we have not come across very many like minded people. I am posting in the hopes of beginning a prepping network, potentially leading to a larger group. We are stronger together … we have some very strong skill sets already ranging from farming, survival, tracking and hunting, self defense, group defense, engineering, ex military, and (some medical) pharmacology, we are continuously looking at expanding our abilities.

I would like to meet people in the area to share ideas and information on the how-to’s of prepping and self-reliance. Please feel free to respond. I would love to talk, potentially meeting with the right people down the road.

Not sure if we are allow to share a site if not please disregard this next bit but a very informative site is www.pakalertpress.com shares the information the main stream news will not talk about

Hope to talk soon

T

Mar 162013
 

Hello to all.

I am a single father raising my young son by myself. I have been preparing for several years now. I live in Guelph and unfortunately have not come across very many like minded people. I am posting in the hopes of beginning a prepping network, potentially leading to a group.

I am fairly adept at survival, tracking and hunting, self and group defense, and I am continuously expanding my abilities in food storage, medicines and more.

I would like to meet people in the area to share ideas and information. Not of the personal sense but in regards to the how-to’s of prepping and self-reliance. The only stupid question being the one not asked right?

Please feel free to respond. I would love to talk, potentially meet with the right peoples down the road. And with times as they are I am concerned time may be getting short.

Also, if there is anyone in the medical field supportive of the prepper movement I would dearly appreciate the contact. I am greatly concerned with obtaining greater knowledge medically and aid with obtaining antibiotics for myself and my son.

I wish all of you the best. May we weather the oncoming storm and thrive.

Sincerely, one concerned dad.

Mar 152013
 

Hi Aussies,

I’m looking for some like minded people of any age, gender or race who would like to get together on weekends  and disscuss/practice all things survival.

I am a 39 yo working in I.T in Brisbane, I have been getting stuff together to learn how to survive in the wilderness,  and would like to have company to learn from and swap ideas to improve.

At the end of the day if S.H.T.F id like to know people in my area that I can count on and you me.

You can contact me through email.

rokdog74 [at] hushmail [dot] com

Cheers and hope to hear from anyone soon

 

Flopper

Mar 062013
 

HI,

just wanting to know if there are any people here from the Townsville area in North Queensland. Would like to get to know some people and talk about relevant things to do and ways of doing them. Don’t feel like trying to help people understand the ways of a prepper, would just like to talk to some reasonably local like minded people.

Mar 042013
 

Hey everyone. I was thinking since there are a few preppers in and around perth W.A. we should organise a meet and greet one afternoon maybe in kings park as its fairly central? Or any other ideas of places? We should hold the event in the next month or so so it gives everyone time to see this post. If your interested we will bounce some ideas around on here and if its a go ahead PM me your email address so we can arrange set date, time and location etc. Look foward to it :)

Mar 042013
 

Hi all, We are a middle-aged couple that have been prepping for about two years now and feeling a lot safer because of these stores and plans we have put away. We are keen to talk to others in our area, we live in the New England Table Lands in northern NSW. We chose to live here, for its beauty but also abundant water and fertility of the soil. I believe we have some of the best Bug Out Location up here, places were we could completely disappear if we needed to for the interim to await things to stabilise. But we both believe to be able to truly survive after SHTF we have to be a part of a community. What do others think? if so, as preppers, how do we meet these like-minded communities in a safe way?any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

All the best Mark & Jen

Mar 032013
 

Hey everyone, I am a female prepper in my mid-late 20′s in Perth WA. I am new to prepping and wanting to find out info of activities happening in perth to help get prepared as well as meeting like minded people to swap ideas with and maybe even start a group. Any info on ANYTHING (can be good websites, books or even just tips from you) would be fantastic as I said I am new to prepping. Thanks everyone!