Camping at last!

It was a long weekend this weekend, and we finally got away camping in the Windsor for the first time. It has been cooler this week so we went off to Eungella where we could be sure it would be even cooler! The waterfalls beside the road were running well due to all the rain this year. We settled into the Eungella Holiday Park on the edge of the escarpment in the camping area and set up the camper. There were a few frustrations with the annexe and also with the gas and the water pump, not working. We were getting tired and emotional. I took the ready made frozen dinners to the camp kitchen and the microwave wasn't working either! So it was peanut butter sandwiches for tea. Everything looks better in the morning though. This view after the early morning "wee walk" certainly makes needing to get up so early not so bad after all!

We very quickly sorted out our gas and water problems before breakfast and settled down for a hard days camping.

This is a side view of our camp. It had dappled shade and faced away from the bulk of the holiday park, with only a view of the lawn and the trees and the other campers at the other end.

This shot of the back of the tent shows our outlook a little. We were able to leave the big "picture window" side of the tent (near the car) open to look out over the trees, it was very private that side.

We must have snored loudly that night because our neighbour jumped off the edge of the escapment.

I don't know how he stays upright like that because he obviously has rocks in his head. His wife said he is a photographer and he takes lots of photos in the hour or so he floats around like that.

These boots were made for walking. Pity KISA's silly wife twisted her ankle climbing into the car for the journey up here and all plans for bushwalking went out the window. Pity too as the river would have been flowing very well. It was mostly better by today, but we figured a two hour walk wouldn't help it so we will leave it till next time. So poor KISA had to content himself with more strenuous camping activities, like this. He looks happy enough don't you think?

He had lots of fun playing with the solar panels, ensuring they worked and that the battery charged up with them. Which it did, which means we can camp indefinitely if we have no power and a water supply. Being so green gives me a warm glow.

This is a five star camping kitchen. We still cooked last nights tea over the fire though. Can't beat that.

The camp ground was pretty full for the long weekend. This is KISA coming back from the camp kitchen with a bucket of hot water for the dishes. The Windsor doesn't have hot running water. Yet. KISA has a plan though.

On Sunday we took a drive to The Diggings campsite to find A&P and their friends' camp. We couldn't find it as it was so obscure. But we did enjoy the drive over the 4WD track. Pity I forgot the camera.
We had a fire each night. All those years at the boy scouts paid off. This man knows how to make a great fire.

I have discovered it is cold with no hair. My ears got cold! Must knit myself a beanie!

We couldn't not use this barbeque with a view. So this morning we had breakfast here, cooked by the breakfast chef.

Breakfast with a view. It is a hard life here at Tropigaloutlook.