The highlight of my 2013 xmas/ny break was definitely camping at Coolendel. I've been to many camps as a kid but always in cabins. This time, instead of sleeping in cabins, we had to assemble our own tent, cook meat that was packed in our esky on a portable stove and... watch others enjoy their campfires (one thing we forgot were chairs, plus it was too cumbersome to start a fire just for two people). Maybe next time when we go with a group.
I've always wanted to do this and it was so much fun! The drive to the camp site was treacherous (my poor little Mazda 2) though the beautiful scenery and lake where we swam and went canoeing in made up for it, as well as seeing a wild wombat and wallaby.
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| The view of the lake on our bushwalk |
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| Obligatory I-was-here tourist photo |
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| Getting in touch with the Australian bush - and the sound of cicadas ringing in our ears |
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| Peacocks welcoming us at the camp site |
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This is not our tent. Our humble little tent did not compare to the pro set-ups the other campers had.
Maybe one day! |
