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Hey everyone. After spending a little time on this i've gotten to know my way around here pretty well. If you wanna talk or ask a question feel free :)
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When i finish school I am planning on doing my Gap year in the army as a rifleman. (gap year in Australia is the year after you finish school. With the Gap year in the army you sign on for only 1 year instead of 4. I will do this so if i dont like it i wont have to serve for a long period of time). If I am still quite keen on serving for 4 years i will sign up as a fitter/armament (repairs a range of weapons i.e rifles aswell as small generators and such) as serve as that. This will give me alot of skills that would help if any threat arose in the future.
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MY ZOMBIE FLAG-
design 1:
Zombie flag design 1

design 2:
Zombie flag design 2
Z= Zombie S=Survivor
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Mercobs Survival Plan Firstly, a little about myself just to let you get to know me and if it helps with any of the judging so you know I am NO professional shooter or Survivalist.

I am 16 turning 17.
I live in Australia where it is very hard to obtain a weapon of any type (whether melee or firearm).
I have been planning a survival escape route and defence scenario for quite some time.

Ok now to the actual plan;


My Bug-Out-Bag (BOB) that is already assembled now.

In a small bag that fits into the front part of any backpack I have the following supplies;
Two cans of zippo fluid,
Knife sharpener, whetstone, compass, three xenon bulb torches with supply of 2 sets of batteries each, four mini screw drivers, ten lighters (3 zippos, 3 jet lighters, 4 bics), three pen knives of good strength, one four bladed knife that detaches into two, two bladed knives, small roll of duct tape, three packets of matches, zippo flints and small packet 1.75 inch nails.

In my backpack 3 compartments,
1st small compartment at the front sits the small bag.
2nd small compartment sits;
one rain poncho, one set of welding gloves, about 45ft of rope (decent thickness of course), hammer and large box of 2 inch nails. 3rd compartment sits; One large black T-shirt (converts into balaclava, I am sure most people will know how to do this), Two tins of Pringles (they’re not in there now) and two 1.25L bottles that will hold water.
Soon to be chocolate and candy also in there, aswell a few pieces of fruit if they can fit (the second compartment takes up a lot of room by the way).
Just on my shelf above all of this I have a plastic bag that has;
two sets of briefs,
two sets of thick wool socks and two sets of singlets. Next to this, on another shelf, I have; a pair of steel capped boots (currently in my dad’s wardrobe), a pair of skinny leg jeans with strong belt, a tight fitting black T-shirt, an averagely thick jumper that is pretty tight over my shirt, about two dozen dust masks and my survival knife (hollow hilted but full-tang, which has a small compass in it, about 30ft of fishing wire, half a dozen different sized hooks, half a dozen matches and a small piece of flint). The knife is in a sheath, which can be put onto my belt. Other weapons and tools lying around my house;
italic= I will take,
normal= I would consider. Baseball bat – wooden or metal (these things are so hard to find in Australia ha-ha),
Kitchen knives,
Spades and shovels,
Metal or wooden poles, hatchet and small sized sledgehammer.

THINGS I AM PLANNING ON GETTING SOON:
A map of the local area, spanning 100kms in every direction of my house, if possible.
One of those things where they tell you the latitude and longitude of where you are…sorry I don’t know the name. Maybe some flares. Ok finally onto my plan, it’s taken a while but now its time.

SURVIVAL PLAN:
  1. At the first sign of a certain trouble relating to our cause, get home and gather supplies warning everybody along the way. I would muzzle my dog and fill my bird’s cage with a very large amount of seed and water, or just release it.
  2. Make a small defence at my house and try contacting family and friends that are close by.
  3. Once all the people are notified, I would go to my school. It is equipped with large gates (four) that can be locked, it has cooking rooms and D&T rooms for metal and wood material. Taking as many people and my pets with us.
DURING ALL THE NEXT STEPS WE WILL BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FUELS, GENERATORS AND BATTERIES.
  1. When this happens we will try and gain contact with anyone, and everyone possible
  2. After defences are set up at the school (spear wall made from D&T rooms that would secure two of the four gates) we would organise to raid a local shopping centre.
  3. After this is done we would split the people into 3 groups. Group 1 would watch the gates, group 2 would search outside of the school (unless it is too dangerous) and group 3 would sleep. Each taking turns of something in a day.
  4. Once a good solid defence is set up, at the first break of day, we will then take group 1 to raid a gun shop that is nearby. It has a very large assortment of rifles all bolt action or semi automatic and a large assortment of shotguns (most being the Olympic/sporting type though ).
  5. After supplies are depleted from local shopping areas, we would then expand our raiding range. When this happens we will also raid a nursery to get fruit, vegetable and herb seeds to plant of the oval and vegetable patches.
  6. I have just completed work experience at a sports club, for hospitality in the kitchen area. This would be my next place to go. They have the same amount, if not more, than your average supermarket. They have a very large assortment of alcohols and plenty of knives also. If the school was overrun, this would be my next place to hold off.
  7. Once majority of stores and shops have been raided in our area, we will start to rely on growing the food ourselves. By this time we are hoping the threat would have started to die down.
My barricade for the gate entrances to the school would be a car on its side (this is the gates width) with barbed wire covering the gaps and steel poles sharpened into spears dug into the ground facing the gateway. A few petrol cans nearby aswell as a large amount of scrap wood around the car, so if a large group of zombies or raiders tried to break through we would cover the car in fuel it and set it on fire.

My barricade for my house would be chairs and tables in front of the downstairs windows and planks boarding windows up, while upstairs is covered by a bed blocking the main part of the stairs and a couch and chairs in the way. I would have bricks and rocks up there aswell so I can throw them at them if they are on the stairs or below.

Firearms

The firearms I would like to acquire before or while this is happening would be a .22 semi automatic browning rifle of any make, and a .45 semi automatic pistol of any make. If I come across any other firearms along the way though I will be sure to pick them up, because in my area they are quite rare.

Other places to raid and reasons:
Sporting goods store, they can have quite good melee weapons (sporting good stores in Australia don’t usually sell firearms.
Police station, they can have radios, firearms ( pistols, rifles, shotguns) body armour.
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Favourite TV show: Lost, family guy, american dad, simpsons, futurama and the avatar :)
Favourite movie: The last samurai
Favourite music/genre: Favourite song would be Energy 52 by Cafe Del Mar and favourite genre trance
Favourite sport: Footy or most foreign countries know it as rugby league or NRL
Favourite book: Ummm probably angels and demons not really my type of book in general but i loved it
Favourite zombie movie: 28 weeks later or dawn of the dead (remake)
Favourite type of zombie: On Steams Zombie panic- the carrier, he is a white zombie.
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ZOMBIE QUESTIONAIRE:Got anyone you want to take with you?
Yeah... family, friends, friends families, pets and pretty much whoever we pick up along the way

How will you communicate with the outside world, or do you plan to go the hermit route?
Try and communicate with as many people as possible to see what is happening and going on

How are you planning to get food and water?
At the first sign on trouble stock up on all the water that can be possibly stored at the house, raid a supermarket for food and water, go to a nursery and get lots of fruit and vegetable seeds and purify water after that.

What's your weapon of choice? Do you need to reload that thing? Gotta plan for that?
Well to begin with my survival knife and probabli a makeshift spear but hopefully after a succesful raid on a gunshop, a .22 semi automatic rifle and a .45 pistol. Both of any design or make.

Got a survival philosophy?
If its still twitching it aint dead.

Are you willing to hook up with other survivors?
Course, the more the merrier. Nah but safety in numbers is essential for my plan. Plus the more people the more they can bring, i.e. information, skills, supplies...

Is your plan based on a book/movie/blog/scientist we may have heard of?
Nah not really just got a bit of inspiration here and there really :)


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Mercob Survival Pack 6 Nov 1 2008, 8:11 PM EDT by Mercob
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Thread started: Aug 10 2008, 1:23 AM EDT  Watch
hey, just wondering whoever can help what would be a good survival pack to be walking around with or have on me at all times when the zombies attack... i got a few ideas dont be shy to add a few extra on aye :)

Water bottle - sealed one on hip and a few extra in bag... or one of those cammel bags
Medical kit - small 1 range/rank
Knife - optional whether hunting or survival, 2 preffered one on hip and the other on hip aswell or in bag
small food supplies - preffered pre-made, with alot of energy in it
map - of local area and surrounding
radio - preffered long range CB
binoculars - not a massive pair but a decent enough pair to have a gander
pistol - 45 cal. optional whether a higher calibre is needed... try to avoid 9mm, try to have spare clips in easy to reach situations around hip or waist.
Compass - a good quality one
torch - Xenon bulb with about a 5 bulb head for main and a 1 to 2 bulb head for backup. Spare batteries of high quality are a must
pen&paper

any further suggestions just keep adding on... i noticed i left out a primary weapon bcuz pplz will dispute over it but u can add one if u like... plus pplz will dispute over the knife whether should be a different type or a blunton object... THNX :)
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Mercob My Survival Plan 0 Sep 5 2008, 3:16 AM EDT by Mercob
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This is if the threat is serious and they are everywhere.

Get a weapon!... arm myself first before anything.
Second get my family to start gathering supplies and whatever we have.
Get my Dog and start calling up my friends.
Go to the gunshop which is about a 10 minute drive from my house.
Get enough weapons and ammo for everybody and stock up on things... shops are over the road so id get supplies then.
Go back to my house or one of the survivors house and make a temporary fortification.
Try contacting as many people within the area to see who is left.
Head to the school with all of our supplies as they have woodwork rooms, cooking rooms, computer rooms and so much equipment which could be used to barricade.
Once fortifications are made, once again try and make communications with as many people and the army base close by.
Once supplies are depleted, in the biggest and strongest cars, we will split the group in two (so it remains even and it wont be 1 or 2 pplz walking into a massive hoarde) and raid the major shopping centre close by.
Make explosives seeing as the school does have a science block and i do do chemistry :) im not the best :(

If i did get bitten, i would leave a note to my friends and family saying what happened and i am sorry...
i would strap explosives to my chest with a detonator used and grab a melee (melee so i wouldnt leave a gun out there) I would tell one person and give them the detonator... when they see i have been killed and there are alot of zombies on me... BOOOM!!!
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Or take the easy way out and tell every1 im infected, tie me up... wait for me to turn and bang :)
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