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To understand my story, you sort of have to know a tiny bit about trespassing laws in our country,

in that we don't have any, so long as you're respectful and non-destructive.

You can walk over any hills you like, and in my case, camp on any beach of your choosing,

so long as once you leave the area, is how you found it.

I used to love camping when I was little.

Our family would go multiple times a year with a large group of my parents' friends and their kids.

On average, there were maybe ten of us at a time, which was a bit of a logistical challenge

since we always headed out to this one really remote beach on the coast.

Actually, we weren't the only ones. There's always yachts bobbing just off the short with people

in them and other campers lining up and down the beach. Most of them also had children or teenagers,

so it wasn't a wild party scene.

It was very much an informal family holiday spot.

There was even a small building with toilets and showers installed nearby,

even though this was in the middle of nowhere.

I guess the local council must have figured it out and got sick of people peeing behind bushes.

We took a trip up in spring 2011.

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