billycans
Campfire cooking vessels
Billycans are lightweight metal containers with lids and wire handles, used for cooking or boiling water over a campfire.
The term is chiefly Australian and New Zealand.
Campers and bushmen boil the billy to make tea.
A billycan is also called simply a billy.
Spouted vessel for heating water
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
swag · damper · tea · lid · handle · enamel · hiking · trekking
Australian traveling worker
- droversLivestock transporters on foot
- shearersThose who cut wool
- stockmenLivestock farm workers
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
bushman · tucker · damper · station · jackaroo · mustering · ringers · cattle
kettle
Spouted vessel for heating water
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
outback · swag · damper · tea · lid · handle · enamel · hiking · trekking · fireside
swagman
Australian traveling worker
outback · bushman · tucker · damper · station · jackaroo · mustering · ringers · cattle · sheep
boiling
Liquid vaporization temperature
heat · simmer · stew · brew · steam · vessel · container · metal · tin · aluminum
mess
Disorderly, troublesome condition
kit · provisions · trench · canteen · infantry · supplies · marching · encampment · bivouac · army