Leg 1 of our 2013 RoadTrip takes us to a FreeStay in Muckadilla. Quiet FreeStay ..... Quiet if you can ignore the RoadTrains rumbling past all night. Toilets and showers were clean though.
TeamBray at Muckadilla Free Stay
Kids struggled to get out of bed on the first morning. 6am time to move !!
TeamBray sleepy heads
Muckadilla Free Stay
Passing through Morven we spotted these guys by the side of the road. We ended up seeing many many more over the next 2 days. We saw more emus than (live) kangaroos.
Emus in Morven
We stopped at Augathella for some fuel. Wow, Augathella HOME OF THE MEAT ANT.
Augathella home of the Meat Ant
TeamBray on the move
This FreeStay in Isisford on the Barcoo river was a great overnight stay. The river had dried up but a small weir in town kept water in this area.
Emus at Morven
Isisford FreeStay
Moving on to Longreach I had to stop for a pic of this awesome camper.
Our 2nd trip to Scenic Rim 4x4 Park just South of Beaudesert in QLD. This trip was much dryer than the last. The park has quite a few tracks but the majority are suited to those just happy to drive some basic tracks. There are some extreme comp truck stuff but not a lot for those wanting to flex.
Check out our quick video where you'll see we made fun of what we found.
We decided (after much research) to try out a new camp ground called Bells Bay at Toonumbar Dam about 30k outside Kyogle. It involved a 3 hour drive through some very windy narrow roads to arrive at our planned destination.
We arrived in pitch black darkness to find a very small camp ground on the side of a hill with the only access to the dam via a narrow boat ramp - we think. We were expecting something very different. After a quick surveillance of our supposed home for the next 3 nights we decided to turn around and head back through the windy road all the way back to Flanagan Reserve.
Much to everyone's delight we were able to find Eagle Boys in Kyogle (they do Gluten free pizza) so with full tummy's we finally made our destination after 5 and a half hours.
TeamBray Kyogle
Hot chocolate warms us up in the morning
TeamBray Crazy Loz
TeamBray Bird Nerd
TeacherMum and CarBoy
Of course the standard breakfast was on the menu.
TeamBray Camp Breakfast
TeamBray Camp Breakfast
Despite the showers on Saturday we all enjoyed sitting around the fire and going for a paddle in the boat.
TeamBray Flanagan Reserve
TeamBray ActionDad
TeamBray Camp
TeamBray Camp
TeamBray Camp
This baby possum had a bad day. After being rescued from this Skip bin he scurried up a tree. Only a few metres up the tree and it was attacked by a Kookaburra. The fight on the ground ended with the Possum biting the Kookaburra around the next until it flew off.
TeamBray Camp
Stuck in a Skip Bin
After a dismal failure at Easter we were determined to give the Pork Roast another try WHOAH AWESOME !!
Easter at Levuka included the Percy's, the Simpkins, Nick Veraart and TeamBray. After setting up on Thursday night we set ouNic out on the trackst to check out the tracks on Friday.
Saturday was Superhero Day and it was great to see everyone get into the spirit of the day including Baby Hulk (aka Mitchell). We set out in the morning to do Rosemary's Track. We soon found out that this was going to be a challenge and after 3 hours and only being halfway through the decision to turn around was made (it was much quicker going down than it was up).
On Sunday we had an Easter Egg hunt before the boys went out to conquer Rosemary's Track. Five and bit hours later they returned to camp very muddy, wet and hungry but feeling victorious as they had achieved their goal.
Monday was time to head home but not before the Ladies had a drive through the rainforest.
Thanks to everyone who helped make Easter camp another memorable occasion.
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