The other safari camping adventure we took part in was the Great Barrier Reef – Birdsville Track tour.
Queensland Safari
Wilsons Promontory – a favourite camping spot!
Another one of our favourite camping places is Wilson’s Promontory, one of the most scenic and spectacular areas in Victoria. Rugged mountain ranges with gigantic rocks, boulders as big as office blocks and densely grown bushland surrounded by beautiful beaches.
Continue reading “Wilsons Promontory – a favourite camping spot!”Central Australia Safari
Our central-Kakadu camping safari tour was a hectic, but very enjoyable one, not only for the bit beautiful places we visited but also the real nice people we met on the way.
Continue reading “Central Australia Safari”Lucky escape at Zeally Bay
Friday March 3rd, 1989, 5:30 PM, we arrived at Zeally Bay Caravan Park in Torquay, booked a campsite spot and were told to select one on the back fence.
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In 1986, our whole family, Marg, myself, Craig and Brett undertook our first camping trip to Queensland and back.
Continue reading “Family Camping Safari”MINNA TA GORE
In the 1970’s I played soccer for Ringwood United with quite a few Irish blokes. And typically Irish they were to. Mad as mickey mouse watches.
Continue reading “MINNA TA GORE”Aussie Camping
Marg and I took up camping in 1985 because we both love the Australian bush, the country air and all the other things the ‘great outdoors’ brings you. It also gave us a chance to be by ourselves, away from a busy houseful of friends, girlfriends and anyone else who felt free to walk in.
Continue reading “Aussie Camping”Keystone Kops
Our camping weekend to Cumberland River with Bobby and Norma (Marg’s older brother and his wife) their three children, Carolyn, Sandra and Jennifer turned into a mixture of success and disasters, reminiscent of the ‘Keystone Kops’.
Continue reading “Keystone Kops”The Bloody Donuts!
During the years I played soccer for the Ringwood United Reserves, Marg worked at Fletcher Jones in Ringwood. She always finished work at about 12.15pm and every second week, when our home game was at Wonga Park Reserve, Mark, Craig, Brett and myself would leave home about 12pm and pick her up on the way to the ground.
Continue reading “The Bloody Donuts!”Picnic at Craig’s Hut
The day started well enough. It was Saturday, 6th ofJune , 1992 and the six of us; Mark, Robyn, Craig, Julie, Marg and I had booked a cabin at the Lakeside Caravan Park near Mansfield for the long week-end. The weather was looking good and we took off in two cars to visit Craig’s Hut, the mountain shack featured in the movie “The Man from Snowy River”.
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