What's more Australian than sitting around the campfire at Easter, toasting marshmallows, and slapping mosquitoes?

Key points: An outdoor education teacher launched Facebook group the backyard campsite to connect communities

An outdoor education teacher launched Facebook group the backyard campsite to connect communities Even expats living overseas have embraced the idea

Even expats living overseas have embraced the idea He says it's helped people feel less cooped up and isolated during coronavirus self-isolation

In the middle of a global pandemic, the typical school holidays getaway is not an option this year, but it has not stopped hundreds of people from sleeping out under the stars.

Self-isolation measures to contain the spread of coronavirus have confined families across the country, and the world, to their homes.

With Australia's wide brown land suddenly only as far as the fence, many have taken up the challenge to roll out a swag or pitch a tent in the backyard.

Outdoor education teacher David Marriott launched a social media page — the backyard campsite — for his school community to connect over a virtual campfire, and share pictures and stories.

"It's about getting outdoors. I know we're limited to our backyards but at least we get to do the things we love," Mr Marriott said.

David Marriott says, with everyone being confined to their backyards, it was a great way to keep the community connected. ( ABC Ballarat: Sarah Jane Bell )

"[The idea] originally came thinking about my kids at school and their families not being able to go camping at Easter … we have a lot of boarders who'd be up the river or down the coast by now.

"It's another avenue where we can stay connected," he said.

The draw of snags on the barbie and piping hot damper quickly enticed people from across Australia, and the world, to join the social media group.

The concept of a backyard campout has been picked up by many online while continuing to flatten the curve of coronavirus.

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'It's still the same sky'

In Ballarat, Tyler Simmons, 11, has been camping with his family in the backyard.

As with many happy campers, toasting marshmallows on the fire has been a highlight.

"Instead of just being inside in your bed watching YouTube, you actually get to be outside at night," he said.

While this camping trip hasn't involved a trek across the country, Tyler said it was still a fun experience.

"It's still the same sky, just at home," he said.

The Simmons family say staying at home during the pandemic does not mean they have to be inside. ( ABC Ballarat: Sarah Jane Bell )

Tyler's dad, Jason Simmons, said backyard camping had been a way for the family to continue to enjoy each other's company while in lockdown.

"I think it helps break that cycle in our mindset, that we would otherwise think being in lockdown we've got to stay home," he said.

"There's an upshot to this … not sharing the toilet block with 50,000 others like if you're in a caravan park."

For Mr Simmons, camping has always gone hand-in-hand with Easter.

"It's something that we pride ourselves on — we love our footy and we haven't got that — so we've got our second love and that is camping. You can't beat camping," he said.

"It's the Australian thing and we've got a beautiful country to do it in and as we're seeing [on the Facebook page] we've got some amazing backyards out there too."

Insight into lockdowns around the world

Setting up camp on a high-rise balcony would presumably be a fairly squishy activity, but a challenging space hasn't stopped people across the globe from joining the fun.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 2 minutes 4 seconds 2 m 4 s The Maher family camped out on their high-rise balcony in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, the Maher family have been camping on just a few square metres.

"Unfortunately for us our backyard is houses, so we had to try to make do the best we could, and still be able to have the same kind of experience — so we set up the tent on our balcony," Jeremy Maher said.

Mr Maher and his wife, Hannah, are international school teachers and have two boys aged under three.

He said despite living in a city of 8 million people, with no flights out, they felt the government was responding well to the pandemic.

"We've been living some sort of coronavirus response for more than two months now," he said.

"[It started] with homeschooling, we can still get out to shop and exercise but we have to wear a mask everywhere and can't go out with more than two people."

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 59 seconds 59 s Manan Jain set up a campout on the terrace of his home in India.

In India, Manan Jain has pitched his tent on the home terrace.

Living in a small city four hours north of Delhi he said the backyard campout kept his mind off the current crisis.

"In India right now we're under a state of curfew, which for me is a real bummer because I can't go out with my tent and camp," he said.

"When I heard about the campout I was excited and couldn't wait to get on board."

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds 2 m 3 s In Singapore, the Shaw family decided to have a barbeque and spend the night on hammocks.

From Singapore, outdoor education teacher Martin Foakes spread the idea to his own school community.

"This is certainly not an average school year — we made the decision to cancel all overseas travel," he said.

Mr Foakes said his school was currently closed to students, but full of cleaning staff.

"There are teams of operations staff running around deep-cleaning everything," he said.

"It's going to be pretty challenging for us to figure out how we keep kids occupied, and healthy, and get them outdoors — not easy."

However, families at the school have been quick to join the campout — despite the sweltering heat.

In Singapore, Ella Shaw,17, says she and her family have been staying at home for a number of weeks due to coronavirus. ( Supplied: Ella Shaw )

Gill Shaw said, while her children had found the tents a bit steamy, hammocks proved the perfect outdoor bed in 36-degree heat in Singapore.

"It's a great opportunity to enjoy ourselves and remind us in these terrible times how fun the outdoors is," she said.

Back in Australia, Mr Marriott said he hoped providing a platform for people to share their unique camping stories would help us to stay positive.

"It shows that it's a great way for the global community to bond together," he said.

"We're not really stuck in our backyards or houses, we can still communicate, share ideas, a laugh and a cooking tip!"