We are allowed...we are entitled to change our minds if we want to! Here is a photo of our first adventure in our 'rig'. The car could fit in the tent if we really wanted it to. We have a name for it...Suzie...because of her brand but have attached another...Tardis. If you could see what we put in between her three door frame you would be amazed. We have a state of the art tent Black Wolf go up in a flash model, air beds that blow themselves up (inflate) and a set up that all falls together in the least amount of time possible. From pulling up at the site , wandering around and making sure it was the best spot, to ripping the ring pull off a can of beer was 20 minutes. And that was our first time! Have plans to be getting even better at it with a bit of practice.
Sunset on the banks of the Basalt River 'Bluff Downs' Western Qld.
Our first stop was Bluff Downs a farm stay where you can camp on the banks of the Basalt River. We had the place to ourselves apart from the cows and crows. Quiet? Yep. The river drops down and has a small waterfall that makes itself known with it's shushing music. Birds feed and drink all day long and create a scene that changes constantly. "Hey look....is that a crane? Are they scraggy necked ibis?" All day long we bird spotted. Bluff Downs run deer as well and Tim and I tried to recall all the names of Santas reindeer round the camp fire while dutifully dealing with an over full bottle of Brandy. Shame the internet doesn't work out there or mobile phones we could have dialed a friend!
We came home to attend a party but didn't unpack. Restocked and took off again this time for more civilized spot...Kurrimine Beach Caravan Park. The 'happy campers' from the school holidays had all packed up and gone home and left us to the pick of the plots....beach front . Pub was just a stroll away...no cooking this time...just fishing and making wind chimes out of the oceans remnants, reading and of course those pesky over full bottles of wine! Bill and Bev from Hervey Bay our new neighbours looked on in amazement at our rig and how it all fitted back into the car. That is when we decided Tardis should be Suzie's surname!
Thats all folks!
