Kiwis love a road trip, perhaps we can blame this on an overactive adventure gland? Or maybe it’s intrinsically stamped into our DNA to take that road less travelled, get lost on it, and discover a yet to be tagged but totally insta-worthy campsite, where we then take up residence for the next five days in complete isolation, basking in our own resourcefulness.
And perhaps isolation isn’t so scary for a nation tucked down in the corner pocket of the world, a place where that number eight wire mentality breeds self-sufficiency. But there’s another aspect of our road-tripping nature that has flourished from this too, and that is our ability to be prepared for anything. And by this I am referring to the packing of everything we may possibly ever need – and yes, that does include the kitchen sink!
This is only made worse, or as we say ‘better’…by our complete need to cling to all the comforts of home, while away for a seemingly short period of time. Do we really need a freezer just so we can have ice cream during the summer holidays… darn tootin’ we do; it gets hot lazing under the Pohutukawa at the beach you know! And what about the free-standing oven you disconnected from the sleepout back home – well, how else do you cook up properly flaky lunchtime sausage rolls for the whanau and the neighbouring campsites while staying in a tent!
