The Springs 4x4 Park April 2010

Where did we go - The Springs 4x4 Park

An attempted 4x4 trip - our 1st in 9 months !!

When - April 2011

How long did we stay - 2 nights

Vehicle / Caravan - Bravo/Expanda

Funny moment - the noises AB made when we drove up a hill the owner said we should not drive down (with the Caravan on the back !!) Ooops. 

Where's Wally - Wally makes just the one appearance here. Can you find him? Comment at the bottom.

CAMP SITE

THE GIRLS PLAYING DS IN THE SUNLIGHT

OOPS, THIS BIT POPPED OUT

BUT WE'LL FIX IT !!

THE KIDS (AND LIZZIE) ON A BUSH WALK

READY FOR THE SLOW CLIMB OUT OF HERE

HERE IS A VIDEO I TOOK OF SOME OTHER CAMPERS
DRIVING ON BEER O'CLOCK HILL
CRAZY STUFF !!

Flanagan Reserve Feb 2011

Where did we go - Flanagan's Reserve

OUR 1ST ESCAPE SINCE CHRISTMAS

When - Feb 2011

How long did we stay - 2 nights

Vehicle / Caravan - Bravo/Expanda

Funny moment - the look on AB's face as she headed toward the rapids. She did not feel the pain of the rocks until she got out :)

Where's Wally - Wally make a few appearances here. Can you find him? Comment at the bottom.

We headed back to our favourite local spot for a quick and easy break only 90 min from home. Since we've been coming here the place is getting better and better. Gerard is doing a top job in getting the place tidied up and some grass growing. The popularity of the place is starting to show as it's getting busy. Still, with all the kids running around having fun it's still a cool place to sit and relax, cook some camp food and check out the local wildlife. The kids love getting out spotlights at night and seeing how many possums they can find. Lizzie always comes along and manages to entertain people by making huge dives into the water and dunking under to grab her lead before swimming out.

We caught up with Geoff and Sandra (and their Border Collies) who we met last time we were here. We look forward to camping with them again soon.

Relaxing at Camp

Views down to the Logan River

Marshmallow time

Madi being musical with 2 sticks

Breakfast - an important meal of the day :)

AB, keeper of the Marshmallows

Drifting down the river - we saw a fish jump in front of us too.

Nathan - before he crashed

Can you see the fear on AB's face

Lauren the thrill seaker

ActionDad holding on for his life - was all OK until he wiped out someones kid. LOOOK OUT !!!

Madi was being careful

Going down sideways is NOT RECOMMENDED

Team work by Team Bray

Yes, those scratched knees are from these rocks - the promise of Ice Cream soon takes away tears

Madi just chillin'

ActionDad

WHERE NEXT ??

On the agenda

• MARCH - Sommerset Dam (Car Club)
• APRIL - The Springs 4x4 park (4x4 fun !!)
• APRIL Easter - Levuka (4x4 fun !!)
• MAY - Flanagans (local camping and relaxing)
• JUNE - The Springs 4x4 park (more 4x4 fun !!)
• JUNE/JULY - Mudgee / Canberra / Snow / Sydney

Woodgate 2010/2011 8th Jan 'Crazy Loz' & 'Where's Wally'

A few days ago Lauren was doing cart wheels in the soft sand. Fast! She came unstuck, landed badly and twisted her foot back. X-rays showed no breaks. She on crutches until she can walk on it again.
Nathan said goodbye to his mate Nathan who he met last year.

Where's Wally?

The beach is looking good however we only managed a morning swim yesterday as the rain returned. The rain was not such a bad thing as we broke out DVDs for the 1st time and kids watched while the grown ups sat outside and chilled.

Today is our last day and I've not gone out to check the sky yet.

Might be interesting going home tomorrow as the highway is closed due to flooding again.

Woodgate 2010/2011 Jan 7th

We've had all sorts of weather at Woodgate this year. Luckily most of the time we've had blue skies. The kids are starting to get their usual tan even thought we cover them in Sunblock.
Lizzie had been enjoying the holiday too. On command she will dive into the waves and paddle back out.
Wally made a trip to Woodgate and was going to have Pancakes but his arms won't bend (not funny, I know)
Amanda discovered a new favorite night-cap. Its nice on ice.

Woodgate Beach Fishing 4th Jan

We still have not been able to identify the sharks we caught. The best guess around the park is " looks like a baby bull shark"
This morning we got Madi baited and cast out first. Before anyone else had a chance to get their rod wet Madi caught a fish!! A small dart.
It was quite a while later Colin pulled in a good size Bream, it jumped off the hook when we went for a camera so it's shown in Amanda's hat :) We threw it back thinking we'd not catch anything else. Later in the morning Madi's line went crazy so Nathan held Colin's rod while he went to help. Unfortunately the line broke. We all calmed down but then Nathan screamed "but something's still pulling this rod Daddy". We then landed another Bream and kept it.

Woodgate 2010/2011 3rd Jan "Catching Sharks"

We went fishing this morning for the 8am high tide. The weather was perfect, no wind, flat water. Pretty soon Lauren had something and just as she was about to land it her line broke. Weird.
Lauren soon landed a small fish and then a shark. Not really sure what type it was. Colin caught one a while later but it bit through his line as it came ashore.
We'll give it another go tomorrow morning.

Woodgate 2010/2011 Sunday 2nd

Today I'm uploading some pics to the blog I took over the past few days. iPhone will only let me send 5 pics at a time to my blog.

Nathan is having a ball meeting lots of kids his age around the park and then playing with them at the beach.
One afternoon he went inside to play DS and chill - something he does well.
Colins diet consists of anything cooked on the BBQ, even today's pancakes came off the BBQ.
The last pic shows the storms we missed today. They came in from the sea and passed around us. Woohoo. Near the top of the image you can see Childers. Follow this to the coast line and you'll find us.

Tomorrow morning's low tide is looking great for a fish off the beach. Bait fish are being caught this afternoon at low tide so we might be in for some luck. All rods are geared up with at least 2 hooks on each and we're ready to go.

Happy New Year 1st Jan 2011

We celebrated New Years Eve at Woodgate. Nathan and his mate spent the afternoon watching the big kids play cricket. While Nathan checked out the local wildlife Madi found some local Wildlife - a bright green (tree?) frog with Bright yellow eyes.
After a nice big sleep-in on New Years day we headed to the beach where the weather was perfect.
Funny quote for New Years Eve from Lauren "mummy, where's my hat? I can't find it, oops it's in my hand"