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Outdoor shower an experience of country and coast There is something wonderfully uncomplicated about standing under a shower rose on a pile of rocks in the middle of dense bushland.   On a trip to a rural property near Wollongong in New South Wales, I stayed at a place at the end of a dirt track miles from anywhere. When I asked, 'Where's the shower?', someone pointed outside the window toward the platform of rocks next to the verandah. 'Right there, mate!', I was was told. And so it was, in all of its rustic simplicity, complete with an authentic Australia-made shower rose.   Thankfully the water was hot because, even though I was there in summer, with a stiff wind blowing over a wet naked body in winter I would imagine that shower has important curative qualities as well as providing the only way to have a wash. The joy of rural living.   Thanks to Doug Kirkpatrick from Melbourne on 07/04/2008 share it pin it print it report it

Other Experiences of Doug Kirkpatrick

Those ticking street posts, Frequent flyers??, Max the dog, Flag on a dumpster, My backyard clotheslines, Clever street art, Australia Day in Port Hedland, Passing road trains, Lawn in the Pilbara, Big Australian Sky, Flying art, Lunchtime for 'Wombat', Hand of Friendship, Dodging busted Telecom pits, Tuned in to the nation, Hanging out to dry, Swimming Pool for One, broken flags, Genuine Aussie gladiators..., Shark Wrestling in South Australia, The Sydney-to-Hobart, Fantales - things of beauty, Street Junk, Dining IN, tradie's bit for the nation, Clean-up Day, ANZAC biscuits help keep peace in Kashmir, Cops on the beat, Spiders lurking, Eating Violet Crumbles, Coastal sandstone, Living among the gum trees, Feeling of wool, Regarding the 'Coathanger', Pausing to honour the 'Diggers', The rural gatepost where yarns are had, Celebrating Australia Day in Port Hedland, P-Plate, Kirribilli commute, Oz Day in the city, Dancing with the Stars - in Milson's Point, Sydney, Weekday oasis of calm, Bondi Beach - historic more than bohemian, Riding into history on a vintage train in Tasmania, Plunging escarpments ain't always pretty, Feeding wild lorikeets on the verandah at home, Walking the streets of Sydney, When you're driving in Australia..., Melbourne Cup in Martin Place, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 1 of 2, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 2 of 2, Cyclone Tracy revisited, Hot date with a Maytag washer in Darwin, The Port Hedland detention centre, Not ice, nor 'Ice', nor snow. Just Pilbara salt, Railmotor from Werris Creek, Camping with wild pigs, Telephone sockets in Australia, Werris Creek Station, Leaving their mark in stone, Being Australian on Christmas Day (Bondi Beach pt1), Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt2), Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt3), Camping holiday - best way to see Australia

Other experiences of country and coast

Max the dog by Doug, Farm fresh eggs - scrambled by bike by Gillian, Big Australian Sky by Doug, Lunchtime for 'Wombat' by Doug, Australian bush... by Gard, Glenrowan Vic . by Gard, Tidal Storm by Gard, The flood of 1956 by Gard, Boys fishing trip on the Murray by potsy, Vegie Garden by potsy, Another Flag by potsy, Yabbies by potsy, Barramundi Nationals by potsy, Shark Wrestling in South Australia by Doug, Clean-up Day by Doug, Broome and The Kimberley by yarralea, Our natural bushland by sharles48, Beach by ccharli, Coastal sandstone by Doug, Living among the gum trees by Doug, Feeling of wool by Doug, Murray River by eidurt, Going to a classy outdoor outback loo by shazza, The rural gatepost where yarns are had by Doug, Weekday oasis of calm by Doug, Bondi Beach - historic more than bohemian by Doug, a prime minister drowns by Colette, Sand in the sandwiches by Ginger, Port Douglas by Doodie, The lighthouse I grew up with by Rosemary, Tripping in the Park by Matty, Happy to be here by Rodney, Old telegraph wires on lonely Australian road by Jay, The giant iron or ships of China by Rodney, Baptism of fire by Jenny, Flying like a bird by Raymond, Being Australian on Christmas Day (Bondi Beach pt1) by Douglas, Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt2) by Douglas, Christmas Day at Bondi Beach (pt3) by Douglas, A great place to propose by Grot, The Isa in the '60s by Gry, Mateship in the aftermath of disaster by Gry, Saturday in South Australia by TJ, SE Queensland, Northern Sydney & West Palm Beach Florida by Kat, Someone's lost world in the Dandenongs, Victoria by Carry My Can, Night fall by KellyJayne, Cyclone Supplies by KellyJayne

Other experiences from people feeling curious

Lawn in the Pilbara by Doug, Big Australian Sky by Doug, By Train to Adelaide by Collin, mountain weather by dylan, Interesting Cars by potsy, Swimming Pool for One by Doug, Shark Wrestling in South Australia by Doug, Our natural bushland by sharles48, Spiders lurking by Douglas, ozzie by vikki007, Going to a classy outdoor outback loo by shazza, The rural gatepost where yarns are had by Doug, P-Plate by Doug, Weekday oasis of calm by Doug, BYOB: The wine bottle in a brown paper bag phenomena by Atalanta, Vegemite by Atalanta, Walking the streets of Sydney by Douglas, Melbourne Cup in Martin Place by Douglas, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 1 of 2 by Douglas, Taking a punt on the Melbourne Cup - Part 2 of 2 by Douglas, Some useful answers by Matty, House on stone block by Jay, A visit to the Southern Highlands by Rodney, Not ice, nor 'Ice', nor snow. Just Pilbara salt by Douglas, The Angel of Edgecliff by Fran, Copy chocolate? by Mick, Nice Fashion - if you can wear it by Fran, Telephone sockets in Australia by Douglas, Two textures of life in Australia by William1, Werris Creek Station by Douglas, Leaving their mark in stone by Douglas, TOGETHER! by Sunflower10, Musk lorikeets, eagles, galahs and eucalypts... by Sunflower10, Eureka! by Sunflower10, The Eureka Playground by Sunflower10, Australia’s familiar past by Socceroo, Cyclone Supplies by KellyJayne

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