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Happy campers

“And once the airbed is pumped up and dressed with sheets, plump pillows and duvet; a doormat placed at the entrance for wiping feet; and comfy chairs arranged out front under a shady awning… you can sit back, cold drink in hand, and life is good.”

As a nation we are blessed with wonderful campgrounds in primo spots by the beach, bush, rivers and lakes.

Camping in nature with some creature comforts is a wonderful as well as cost-effective way to spend a summer holiday.

In recent years I’ve become a huge fan of camping holidays, though that wasn’t always the case, my experience tarnished from a memory as a teenager when our family camped beside a river and got eaten alive by sandflies and had a possum raid our food supplies.

The campsite in question had no facilities. Some call that “proper camping”, where you carry in your own tent, eat dehydrated food and park up in the middle of nowhere.

So, when I first met my partner and he suggested

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