[Byron_the_Aussie]

...in Australia, stockmen and explorers used to drink their horses' urine....

Sorry I can't be a bit more supportive, but I've never heard of this one. And it sounds very hard to believe.

[BlackVeil]

"I've never heard of this one. And it sounds very hard to believe." It is strange but true. Not even a last resort - a first resort. And if ever your car breaks down in the desert - save your urine. That's a free tip.

Actually, no amount of bush survival skills are as odd as the more recent events in Horsham (my post 220). After that, people did ask me if Australians are usually violently religious, and I said "no" - for that type of extremism is surely rare. I had close relatives living in that town then, so I should be able to understand it, but I can't.