Camping Out

Turns out I would have been better served by an umbrella whilst camping the other night.

Altogether an interesting experiment in which hubby and I were invited to a party in the middle of the bush cirka 100 kilometers from here. My friend omitted most details about the evening; such as who else was invited, the facilities available, exact location and so on. Looked at taking a bus and a couple of trains there (three hours each way) then realised it would be an hour to drive.

Hmm, I thought. If only I had a car, I thought. I could drive, I thought. I DO have a license. Well, not an actual license in my current name. They cut my old one in half because, apparently, in Australia you cannot have more than one license (you can, however, have more than one passport).

Then I thought, wait. They let you hire cars these days. At petrol stations. Said and done, went to the nearest petrol station and hired a car. They didn't ask to see my license. No, really. They didn't.

Hubby and I eventually got the car running and out on the road.

Did you know modern cars do not require keys..? Anyway.

Crammed it full of useful camping equipment such as doonas and pillows. And food. Lots of food.

My main points of concern were;
-Had not driven for very long time
-Had not driven on right hand side for an even longer amount of time
-Other drivers exist, unfortunately
-Did not know where was going
-Can, sometimes, be a little on the hysterical side

But with a little swearing and a few threats about divorce - we arrived.

It was a hilarious night, lots of laughs were had. Unfortunately it rained all night, causing hubby and myself to wake up from a foggy slumber at our usual time (around 5.30am) inside a slightly wet, cold tent. We hibernated and waited for the rain to subside - which it didn't. We exited the tent, I panicked about the drive home for a little while, then we left.

And we made it!

I am a confident, accomplished driver. Apart from missing a very obscure exit to the E4 (the main highway through southern Sweden - hardly visible) I did OK.

This was also our last adventure without bub - before we go back to Oz... Then no adventures without bub will be had for the foreseeable future (no support network in Byron - It's just us baby!)