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Been a few years since I've taken the girls proper camping. The girls (9 & 11) were going to rough it inder the fly for the night but only the 11 year old decided to actually do it.

Bit chilly, but a good time was had by all.

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[–] notenoughfuel@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Roughing it under a tarp? Was pretty cold for the past two nights! Well done!

[–] SirActionSack@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Where'd you go? There's not many places you can have a fire anymore.

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is are fire pits at this camp site, there is a posted 'camping permitted, no fires' sign for the overflow in the private land next door.

https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/waikato/places/pirongia-forest-park/things-to-do/kaniwhaniwha-campsite/

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nice, looks like you had a good time!

I spent too long working out what word "thake" was supposed to be, and I'm still not sure 😅

[–] BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago

T[h]ank you for pointing that out

[–] Band@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Best memories of my childhood were camping out in the wild with my family.