Sleeping in a Tent is Romantic

[Martin Hash]

My wife, Gwynne, has a magnet on the fridge at home that says, "No more camping!" So, of course, we decided to backpack across Australia via a tent. For all the hardship of camping: heat, cold, bugs & personal discomfort, it does have the upside of being cheap, convenient & romantic. It may be difficult to believe that sleeping on the side of the road while trucks & trains thunder by is romantic, but hey, works for us.

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Sometimes we get extremely lucky and find the jackpot of romantic locations: a pond in the middle of the Australian Outback being a case in point. I mean, this place was spectacular: supplied by a cold spring that ran just under the surface of the bathtub hot water, giant 8-inch long praying mantises, picturesque sunset & sunrise, and relative lack of the ever-present mosquito swarms. Amazingly, we were alone there. I tried to get Gwynne to go skinny-dipping but Road Trains kept thundering by. However, she did get honked at in her bikini.

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[de officiis]

Have fun! But watch out for spiders, I hear the country's loaded with 'em.

[Two Man]

If you end up in the Northern Territory, try a kayak/camping trip down the Katherine River. Highly recommended.

[Okeefenokee]

Hash has been out of the country the entire time we have been crashing at his place. That's how long, and then some, he's been on vacation.

Fucking wow.

[Martin Hash]

If you end up in the Northern Territory, try a kayak/camping trip down the Katherine River. Highly recommended.

Hey, that's where the pictures were taken. (No kayaking though, too bad, would have loved it.)

[C-Mag]

pics of your camp...............please

[Martin Hash]

pics of your camp...............please

That's it in the OP. It was just me & my wife.

[skankhunt42]

Hash is at level 99 and walking around Final Fantasy 15 right now. That's bad ass man. Enjoy it! To be honest, I enjoy these journal entries.