First post; Second night.

Cat and I went out Dumpster diving for the second time last night. There is a really good supermarket that we went to, the only downside is that you have to crawl under a fence to get to it. Once we were inside we found a bin full of industrial strength black bags FULL of FRESH bread, pizza rolls and hot cross buns! About six of them! We took three bags, took a few bits out of them and gave the rest away to low income families.


We then went to another bin that belongs to Woolworths/Safeway. It was disgusting. I jumped in and Cat kept look out I had a cotton glove on one hand (to move the REALLY gross stuff) and we found heaps of SEALED longlife chocolate cake/puddings with a "best before" date of the same day! (best before doesn't mean they are bad, that is only a "use by") We also found heaps of rolls of unopened Christmas wrap (which we left).


There was plenty of seemingly okay meat and vegetables, but we are actually vegan so we don't eat meat. But we are considering eating dumpstered dairy (in cakes and stuff) and we aren't quite game enough to try the veggies yet. Maybe in a week or two we will try them! Next time we go I might take some meat for my dogs, but because we are in Australia it gets quite warm and I would hate for the meat to be bad and make my dogs sick...Maybe when we are further into winter I will give it a go?



The first time we went out (about three weeks ago) we went in flip-flops and shorts with no lights or bags and got busted by security, we didn't stay to chat, we just ran. On the way out (under a fence) we got cut up pretty bad by some barbed wire. So we learned a few lessons;


1) Wear tight fitting jeans (they are less likely to get caught on bins and in fences) But not so tight that you can't move properly.


2) A backpack seems like a good idea, but it can really get in the way and get stuck on things. A few small grocery bags in your pocket works better!


3) As much as you CAN go without a torch, it is WAY better with a small one.


4) Wear a decent fitting pair of shoes (with good grip on them) if you can.


5) Cotton gloves are a TERRIBLE idea. They soak up EVERYTHING. use latex. haha.


Hope that helps you out a bit!
Hangry xo