Gloucester in the rain April 2024

This camp was an WCCT Autumn camp organised by Karem Farquhar, who could not attend, it was then handed to Wendy Healy who eventually backed out due to the rain forecast. 

So... here we are, the toughest girls we know, camping the whole weekend in the rain. Well! this photo was taken before the next rain ban rolled in. 

It was a massive fail (a joke) for poor Griff in starting this fire, well! the firewood was a bit damp I must say. she came prepared for bad weather; she has her knee-high gumboots on.

Griff redeemed herself by winning the Trivea night for us all, free drinks all round on the club.

We always enjoy the Chinese meals at the bowling club.

So... what's to do when it's raining Griff?  paint the interior of the caravan of course.

 

I wish I could remember the name of this lovely lady; she was cooking the meat raffle that one of the girls had won the night before.  

And this is Griff's scones cooking in my gas oven.

Griff also made Pancakes 

And this is possibly Chantilly cream, a specialty of hers. we are so blessed to have her with us.

I set up the tarp to shelter the fire and us from the rain.

We are a sociable group; this time we invited a couple to join us by the fire for a chat. Rose is beside me and then Sally, then the couple, I need to find out the other ladies names.

 

Let's get away! 40 + Solo Camping January 2024

This was the hottest camp I've ever experienced at Gloucester, 40 deg plus days in April no less!

I met some lovely new people, a handful of men and a bunch of women and it was here that I again met with Wendy Healy and Sue Mallo Donsworth. Both having something to say to me (a bee in their bonnet from 3 years earlier) and both having the wrong impression of what happened at the said camp at Knorrit Flat. What a shame they carried the problem with them for so long, it must have weighed them down greatly.

Anyway, once again I was not a well chook, I struggled to keep up with the group. 

My fridge did not take kindly to the extreme heat even though I was partially parked under cooling trees.

We all spent most of our time sitting and socializing in the river, so...so cooling being shaded by the beautiful trees,  

The men organized and cooked a baked dinner for the lot of us. Amazingly the only cost was about $7, luckily it turned out the coolest day for cooking, they were super swift in feeding the masses.

And I'm sad to say one Chappie's dog lost his life from the heat, it was a terrible experience for that camper.

 

Wagga Wagga March 2024

Camping at the free/donation camp at Gunning, lovely new hot showers, shops a short walk away. 

This is the other free/donation camp in Gunning, its beside the swimming pool. Garage is just across the road and town is close by.

Camp at Jugion with JoAnne heading straight south down to do the south coast traveling north on our way back.

I'm sorry I didn't complete our journey together, getting as far as Breadbo, we camped behind the pub and had dinner there. The temperature dropped very low overnight, and the morning was so cold I couldn't warm up, my painful bones were screaming at me, so I made the decision to not go further south with Jo and quickly drive back to the heat. I had packed for the heat wave we experienced at Wagga Wagga so not enough clothes for the drastic change in temperature. I was sure traveling further down to the coast of Victoria wasn't for me this time.

Thats Jo and I

 My last camp was at Wallarawang near Lithgow