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The Billy
 Part
of the folklore of the grey nomad lifestyle is the idea of stopping
to 'boil the Billy' but is it as simple as that?
"I spent the first
two months of my nomad life wondering what all the fuss was about,"
admits Anne Perkins from the New South Wales Mid North Coast. "The
first one we had just went rusty when we didn't use it for a couple
of weeks and then we got one which just seemed to spill everywhere
when we tried to put it in the cups. I almost gave up and used the
jug in the van."
For Anne, however,
the lure of campfire cooking was too strong and she persisted. The
answer was a stainless steel Billy with a spout.
"I suppose it cost
a little more," Anne says. "But we've been travelling with it for
just over two years now and I love it. It's all blackened where
it's been in the campfire and it's picked up a couple of dints along
the way but it's the best reminder we've got of what it's like on
the road. I'd be devastated if we lost it now."
Anne's perception
that her Billy has taken on its own character is not untypical.
Many travellers view their Billy as an important symbol of their
trip, reminding them of all of the months they spent sitting around
the campfire.
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Which
Billy is best for
you? 
When the sky is
the limit