Comments on: First Aid kit for Australian Travellers

By: 2 Aussie Travellers

2 Aussie Travellers — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:50:59 +0000

In reply to Fairlie. Very true! We've been fortunate not to need it in the city but with the traffic and population density it's just as essential.

By: Fairlie

Fairlie — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 05:00:31 +0000

Always good to carry a first aid kit in the car - even in the city. You just never know when you're going to need something from it. First responder protection is especially useful.

By: Jenna

Jenna — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 05:55:12 +0000

This looks like a great first aid kit. It's so important to be prepared--it would be so awful to get injured or stranded and not have some basic necessities with. We have one for our car, but this looks like a more complete version. We might need to update ours!

By: Mar Pages

Mar Pages — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 04:32:23 +0000

Not many people think of having first aid kits till they need them, they are extremely important. My friend lives in Australia and tells me of the many natural dangers and insects they encounter often. A well stocked kit is always a comfort, thanks for an extensive list!

By: chrysoula

chrysoula — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:17:01 +0000

That's a great kit! I usually travel within Europe and never taken with me such a comprehensive first aid kit but I do carry with me some things depending where I ma going like paracetamol, something for the mosquito bites etc.

By: Ryan Biddulph

Ryan Biddulph — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:41:15 +0000

Great idea Toni. I've read enough about those critters down there in Oz; gotta have your kit handy. We left a 6 week house sit in the Costa Rican jungle recently. My kit stood by my side, with bullet ants and scorpions and fer de lanzes all around, 3 hours away from civilization in a remote area. We even had a back up kit LOL 😉

Ryan

By: John Morris

John Morris — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:44:36 +0000

I am more vulnerable and susceptible to injuries since my car accident, even with small things like bumping my knee on the hotel room nightstand. I think a compression/wound bandage is necessary tool for all travelers, and I always carry a few with me in my bag.

By: anto

anto — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:13:22 +0000

We were in Australia recently and just carried our basic kit which we also carry back home and it was fine (we didn't need it). However, I did feel a bit uncomfortable not having anything against snake bites, we went bush hiking in Tasmania a lot and the tiger snake is quite common, we saw a few but luckily they always moved away when they saw us. Still scary though!

By: Anna @ shenANNAgans

Anna @ shenANNAgans — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:07:32 +0000

I have always had a first aid kit for my car, but never for my travels (outside of bandaids and stingoes), that is craziness on my behalf. Defo going to invest in a kit for my next big adventure. And stinging nettle, what a pain. :/

By: 2 Aussie Travellers

2 Aussie Travellers — Sat, 09 Apr 2016 10:30:59 +0000

In reply to Vicki. Have a fabulous trip to Africa, that would be amazing and I agree antihistamines and painkillers are usually with us too. Anti-malarials are awful but necessary, a friend spent an extended period in PNG years back and got a bit lax with taking them, regretted it severely later.