{"id":2208,"date":"2016-06-01T19:40:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T18:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2019-04-11T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T12:07:02","slug":"off-the-grid-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/off-the-grid-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Off The Grid in Oz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve all felt it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That feeling where you reach into your bag, your pocket, or your cupholder, and you realize you\u2019ve forgotten your phone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2214 lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/leiagif.gif\" alt=\"leiagif\" width=\"600\" height=\"256\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/256;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial reaction is of course panic. Mostly around the \u201cwhat-ifs\u201d that immediately flood your brain. What if someone needs to get in touch with me? What if there\u2019s an emergency? What if Grandma calls? What if I lose my way and I don\u2019t have the maps app? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if I pass a perfectly instagrammable cafe window and I can\u2019t take a picture of it?<\/span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE HORROR.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2213 lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/screambmw.gif\" alt=\"screambmw\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/318;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t be ashamed, we all do it. Our collective addiction to technology is unfortunately something most of us can relate too. We\u2019re lucky enough to be living in a universe where you can summon a pizza, a ride home, or even another human, just by pressing the right buttons on a fancy looking calculator. That is an enormous power most of us take for granted, and we don\u2019t realize how <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ingrained<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> these devices are in our daily lives until we are suddenly and without intention, deprived. This happens a lot when we\u2019re travelling&#8230;but not as much as you may think.. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [simplequote] does not exist -->\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was no exception when I made the big move to Australia in 2010, planning to spend a year working up and down the coast. I made sure I had a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vodafone<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> contract before I even stepped off the tarmac. I didn\u2019t want to miss a second of news from the city I was leaving behind for a whole 365 days. Despite being on the other side of the planet, I felt connected<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It wasn\u2019t until my boyfriend and I decided to buy a \u201897 station wagon, name it Agnes, and make it our home, that things changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2215\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2215\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2215 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/131451_492744603049_4018727_o-900x601.jpg\" alt=\"131451_492744603049_4018727_o\" width=\"900\" height=\"601\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/131451_492744603049_4018727_o-900x601.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/131451_492744603049_4018727_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/131451_492744603049_4018727_o.jpg 1037w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/601;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Good ole&#8217; Aggie and I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we ushered in The Age of Agnes, we knew we would be making a few sacrifices when it came to modern technology. While we were still considered fully equipped children of the millennium, simple tasks like charging laptops or finding reception always turned into some kind of technological hunting trip. This usually involved setting up camp in a mall lounge chair and bogarting the outlets only meant for the cleaners, or nursing a solo iced coffee for 3 and a half hours just to piggyback on some poor caf\u00e9\u2019s WiFi. It was tough at times, but we made it work.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [simplequote] does not exist -->\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were stationed in Sydney during the legendary heatwave of 2011; the hottest January I\u2019ve ever lived through and the only one during which I voluntarily slept &#8211; night after night &#8211; in the back of a car.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We knew the city was overflowing with useful resources like jobs, free internet, and easy access to unlocked bathrooms, but we could only take the heat and the crowds for so long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fleeing from the radiating pavement on our way up the east coast, we stopped for a few nights at a campground on the edge of New South Wales. It was probably hovering around the same temperature as the city centre, but somehow being away from the buildings and noise made the air seem cooler. The campground was on the water and surrounded by trees, with trucks and tents dotting the green spaces in between. We rolled into an empty lakeside plot with fresh air in our lungs and smiles on our faces, and set up camp.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2209\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2209\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2209 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/456937_10150638671188050_729173691_o-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"456937_10150638671188050_729173691_o\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/456937_10150638671188050_729173691_o.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/456937_10150638671188050_729173691_o-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/600;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pondering the meaning of life on the Australian coastline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It wasn\u2019t long before we realized we were out of reception. WAY out of it. Our phones were flashing &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No Service&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> no matter what obscure angle we held them at, and the laptops were both dead. There was no WiFi at the campsite, and not an electrical outlet in sight.<\/span>We had paid for 3 nights.<\/p>\n<!-- Shortcode [simplequote] does not exist -->\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I actually hate to admit the new freedom I felt,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be so completely and suddenly disconnected. It was like ripping a band-aid off. I should have felt this before, but realized I had never really given myself the chance. Even while living in the trunk of a car, I still managed to stay more or less connected. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually something along the lines of \u201cyou can reach me at this number\u201d or \u201cmessage me on Facebook\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would be sufficient to suppress the lingering panic of being AWOL in an emergency, but suddenly the decision was out of my hands. Not a soul on earth could reach me if they tried. It was weird, unfamiliar, and remarkably liberating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2216 lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/freedom.gif\" alt=\"freedom\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/337;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That night as we slept by the lake, we experienced a new kind of quiet. No street noises, no hum from the air-conditioner, no buzzing of text messages on the nightstand. Just the sounds of the crickets and maybe a rustle in the bushes every few minutes. I went out to explore, and automatically reached for my phone to light the way. I stopped, re-calculated, and picked up the actual flashlight beside it instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I stood ankle-deep in the lake and watched the moon rise over the water. I turned off my flashlight and listened to the sounds in the trees. I wanted to text my friend back in the city and tell her how nice it was out here, but I couldn\u2019t. I wanted to call my mom and tell her how much she\u2019s going to love it when she comes to visit, but I couldn\u2019t. I had no choice but to stand silent and experience the moment happening around me. I never knew limitations could create so much freedom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2211\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2211 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/172648_749345145881_3179349_o-600x900.jpg\" alt=\"172648_749345145881_3179349_o\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/172648_749345145881_3179349_o.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tourradar.com\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/172648_749345145881_3179349_o-683x1024.jpg 683w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/900;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying the serenity being in a particularly rural campground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that night, we made an effort to go off the grid more often. We would spend our nights exploring, playing cards, or cooking dinner by the beach. I\u2019m not saying I didn\u2019t fall right back into old habits when we moved back into a place with electricity and a ceiling, but it was a much-needed reality check.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you spend life refreshing your newsfeed you miss the little things. What are the little things exactly? Well, they <em>are<\/em>\u00a0life. As much as we might like to think that the documentation of life serves as a reminder of the little moments, some things are best experienced firsthand &#8212; not through the lens of a camera.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2219\" style=\"width: 716px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2219 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"\/days-to-come\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/coastalwalk.png\" alt=\"coastalwalk\" width=\"716\" height=\"460\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 716px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 716\/460;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam and I enjoying the expat life.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Original photos by Adam Syrnyk\u00a0of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.driftingvision.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drifting Vision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all felt it. 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