Hi Ho Hi Ho its a camping we will go! Plumbing Boy & I went off camping to celebrate Australia Day. Nothing more Aussie than camping out in the bush :-)
We tested out the new camp sink (courtesy of ebay). PB even made up a pump action bottle so I had running water from the tap! It was worth every cent with fold out benches on either side - one held the gas cooker the other for preparation & other stuff!
I left PB at the campsite Thursday & came back to Melbourne as I worked Friday. He took himself motorbike riding after setting up a few more essentials......
Like the creativity? Yes, that is a JD can!
I returned Friday afternoon after work - luckily the camping location was only an hour away.
We lit the fire.
Then made ourselves comfortable...
Sampled some beautiful NZ ciders while watching the sunset behind the gum trees.
On Saturday PB went on a couple more short dirt bike rides while I went for a few walks.....
I think I walked around 6kms Saturday morning through the beautiful bush lands of the Wombat State Forrest. Although I'm glad I didn't see this guy (below)
When I went on this walk!!!
I suspect his pretty spikes may not have been that friendly!
Sunday PB had a mate come & join him for a 1/2 day ride. I walked along a walking trail approximately 9kms to the gardens of St Erth which took me around 1hr 40 minutes.
The middle section of the trail along the river hadn't been maintained for a while & I was attacked by several thorny bushes. I was the first person through the entire trail that day & of course dislodged lots & lots of spider webs that were strung across! While trying to swat the the webs off me & look at a kangaroo at the same time I almost fell of the trail at one point. It must have been funny watching me swat at my face & arms & legs to remove the tickling remnants of the webs! I didn't see any Koala's, or snakes, but I spotted two startled wallabies.
St Erth was beautiful. There were lots of blooms & produce, but as my phone was about to go flat, no photo's to show you. I wandered around for an hour then hit the road this time (5kms) to return to camp & meet up with PB & his bike riding mate for lunch.
The it was time to pack up camp & return to the big smoke. PB almost killed me at one point. We were just about to get into the Ute after tying down the load, when I realized I had no idea what I'd done with the car keys! EEEK! Luckily they were in the 3rd place we looked in a bag on the top of the load instead of on the bottom.....
Back to reality. I think it took a few days for my legs to recover - I really felt all the hills I hiked up & over as opposed to running on flat ground!
We realized we hadn't been camping for around 3 years - since our Ute was stolen. We went this time in the old plumbing Ute - no aircon, no power steering, not much comfort, but for an hours drive, it wasn't too bad! I think we'll be going back soon!!!!!
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