On the road by 0800, and our destination
is Elephant Rock Naturally. The hour
plus trip in was okay. Some road works
made us stop for a few minutes and slowed us down a bit but this one is so close
to home so not a worry really. 1.25
hours on a good day. The weather is cool
and overcast due to a storm early morning.
Was very strange to see lightning and hear thunder in the dark and it
woke me up.
Camp is all set up and we are
relaxing by 1030. Hooked up to the power
as its part of the site charge. Jaak
gave me a friendly cheek peck on arrival and came back to say hello to the pups
shortly after we’d set up, and was surprised that they remembered him. He is such a lovely host. I think all nudist
venue hosts are lovely, friendly, welcoming, and rather genuine people. Nudists have nothing to hide and is makes
them far less judgmental of others it would seem.
The ball comes out of course and
soon Telashi is requesting further throws.
Kiah is happy watching a magpie as it edges closer to camp. Bold as brass it heads towards us and just
skirts our perimeter. I have an idea it
will be back before too long.
Decided to take Telashi for a
swim before having lunch. The dam is a
few minutes walk from camp along a track to The Love Seat. The dam is still quite full and Telashi is
straight in of course. My little dog
loves the water and doesn't hesitate in swimming around and giving little yips
of pleasure. We head back to camp and
have lunch. Along the way Trudy introduces
herself. She’s camped in a caravan two
sites further up the hill from us.
Later we will go for a walk up to
the Love Seat but for now we will sit and rest after such a busy morning of
doing nothing much at all. The day is
still a bit overcast, but I’m sure it will clear by this afternoon as
predicted.
From our site, we can just see
the dam (now called Lake Moogerah), and can hear ski boats hooting around
it. Our view of the dam isn’t the best,
but we can see blue through the trees. Access is about 5 or 10 kilometers away
heading back into Boonah.
After lunch and a rest, we head
back to the dam again and check out the Love Seat once more. The clouds have cleared and the day is warm. Dogs have swum and are eating bones. Glenn has gotten the fire going which is
developing coals for Orange and Poppy Seed cake after which I will start on the
stew for dinner.
Had a dip in the pool after our
walk and although cool, was quite refreshing.
Now I’m drying off in front of the fire with the warm sun on my legs. The
pool is chlorinated and the temp gauge says its 24 degrees which is not at all what
it felt like.
Stew is a wonderful dinner and I
enjoy cooking and eating it. It doesn’t
take much preparation and it tastes divine with buttered bread! Leaving Glenn in charge of the final ingredients
addition, I head over to happy hour and learn that Arthur (the cat) has been to
the vet as his rear end is in need of attention ... he might have arthritis …
and he’s having trouble keeping himself upright. There is also a Phasacol living in their roof,
which makes an appearance each night at 1815 from its hidey hole and scoots
across the roof. I did miss that but Sue
is determined to get it on video. I
might have to watch that if she does.
Back at camp and Glenn says that
dinner is cooked but I find that the potatoes and carrot could do with a bit
more. Never mind. We eat and then see a Bandicoot appear and
disappear into the bush. Cute.
As we turn off the light we
notice a storm rumbling in the distance and can see the lightning over Mt
Greville which is directly behind us. So
I head over to tell the others, as Bob and Abbie are in a tent. Glenn had a shower and says it was good. Water pressure is good. Water is hot.
Thongs are clean finally as all the dust is now gone. Being that it isn’t winter wet things are
okay he tells me.
We sit and admire the flames listening
to the storm in the distance, and watch the stars disappear. Soon it sprinkles very lightly and we
consider the chance of a storm or at the very least some rain. I put up the end wall and that seems to scare
any chance of rain away.
Not long after we head to bed as it’s
nearing 2100.
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Awoken early by talking and
laughing around the camp, so decide we may as well get out of bed. Breakfast will be left over stew. We feed the dogs and have coffee. I explain what ‘bon appetite’ means to Glenn –
this is the command I give Telashi to let her know she can now eat. Breakfast done we must now do the slow clean
and pack up alas. It might take us a few
hours though and there will be some relaxing going on of course.
Jamie tells us that it Jaak’s 75th
birthday today and they are having a morning tea, which he invites us to
attend. We head over and after a while
two young fellas drive in. They are
going to climb up Mount Greville today. I
do think it’s a bit late for it but they chat for awhile before heading
off. Jaak warns them that the ticks are
prevalent at the moment and they agree to be careful before heading off. It’s also a reminder to us to continually
check the dogs after camping and at home.
Sue shows me the video she took of the Phasacol last night, and although
brief, she’s managed to grab it in full view rather well. It’s about the size of a Possum, but with a
weird tail. Not too weird exactly, but
not at all like a Possums tail. Always
good to learn about new animals I reckon.
Apparently they behead chickens, so I’m glad that Sue & Jaak don’t
have any.
We head back to camp and begin
the process of packing up, as it’s now lunchtime. Packing up is always a hard thing to do. I do consider a dip in the pool, but we have
lots to do, so don’t follow through on the thought. It’s very hot but once completed we don
clothes and are on our way by the agreed time of 1400. The trip home is uneventful (other than the
road works) and we are unhitched and unpacked by 1600.
Sigh … yet another weekend is
over before we really got to enjoy it.
Trip Duration: 48 hours
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