A simple tarp shelter provides more space than a tent. Photo: Danilo Hegg

Home is where the tarp is

May 2020

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Matthew Cattin investigates the back-to-basics trend of tarp camping in the backcountry

“Do you boys know you’re breaking the law?” In the cold light of morning, I guess it was obvious. Bleary-eyed and cloudy-headed, we three tired musicians fronted up to the council worker, feeling guilty he’d been called out to work early on a Sunday morning on account of us. This is not how I expected […]
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