Now that I've sorted out how to post photos I thought I'd set up a topic on general camping.
Please post some shots of where you guys go bush, I'd love to see them!
I'm sure a lot of us get out into the scrub from time to time, its all part of hunting and, more than that, is intrinsically linked to shooting: unless you're 'clearing house' then the out doors is where its at.
Some people get out doors to play golf, I shoot. (never was a golfing fan...)
this photo is from a wonderful trip I did on my own with my 2 year old daughter for company. My wife had headed off to Alaska with our then 3 month old baby boy for a Sister Cities meet and greet in Anchorage, which shares that link with Darwin. Very similar really: both cities are in the middle of nowhere, have a big indigenous population, rich in minerals and have extreme weather: Darwin always hot with chance of cyclones, Anchorage pretty much always cold with chance of wild snow and ice!
We went down to Alice Springs, about 1500km south of Darwin, camping at bush camps along the way.
I should point out that Australia is about the size of the lower 48 but has the Great Dividing range running down the east coast which traps all the rain and thus not much gets into the rest of the country once you move away from the coast.
Oh, and our total population is about 20 million... so the vast majority of the country is empty of cities, people and the hassles that come with it.
this photo was taken at Gorrie Airfield, about 200 km south of Katherine, (500km south of Darwin). WW2 bomber base deserted since the end of the war. We are cooking up breakfast on the base of an old hanger.
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