Wooyung Beach Caravan Park Nov 2014

With only 1 week of school left for 2014 we thought we would check out a place we'd not seen before. Wooyung Caravan park approx 1 1/2 hours South of Brisbane.

Wooyung Beach

 

Unpowered sites are the best choice if you like your bush camping with plenty of shade. Sites like this can be challenging to get into with a caravan as we discovered. We managed to put on a show trying to navigate ourselves onto a site. We soon ran out of light, kept calm, and found an easier site to camp on. No damage done....well nothing that wont polish out :)

Wooyong beach is best described as having lots of character. If you wonder where old rusty vans and buses go to die - THIS IS IT. Whilst there might be plenty of old vans to look at you need to stop and look at what makes this place great.

YOU CAN HAVE A CAMP FIRE - YOU CAN BRING DOGS - IT IS QUIET - MINUTES WALK TO BEACH

Plenty of Character at Wooyung Beach Caravan Park

 

Wooyung Beach Campfire

 

 

Wooyung Beach Caravan Park - 4 family site

 

TeamBray Camp

 

Nathan - telling a yarn

The park was well maintained, grass mowed, gardens looked great and even the permanent vans were tidy given their age.

Showers are give a choice of 20c for 1 minute RAINWATER to 20c for 4 min BORE WATER. Women's BORE showers were free.

In the morning everywhere you looked you would find a Water Dragon watching you walk by. Some were shy while others would pose for a photo.

 

Water Dragons at Wooyung Caravan Park

The unpatrolled beach is amazing. The water was crystal clear. The sand soft and white (unlike the hard gritty stuff you can find in Northern Qld beaches). As the high tide went out the locals pulled up on the beach and had a great time pulling in countless dart. Must bring rods next time. Watch the outgoing tide and look for the channels where the fish appear to run through.

TeamBray at Wooyung beach

 

Crystal Clear Water

 

TeacherMum and the Pooches

 

Wooyung Beach

 

Body Surfing at Wooyung Beach

 

Crazy Loz & Tara

TeamBray Sandcastle - complete with Jelly Fish

 

Madi's Mantis Marley

 

TeamBray Camp Breakfast - Saturday

 

TeamBray Camp Breakfast - Sunday

 

 

We'll be back !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kenilworth Homestead October long weekend 2014

We weren't exactly sure about what to expect this weekend. Spending the October long weekend at a new place - Kenelworth Homestead. The 100 acre property is about 2 hours drive North of Brisbane.

Where is Kenilworth Homestead

We arrived on the Thursday afternoon to an impressive property which caters for schools camps and weekend campers. After checking in we set off past the handful of powered sites, across the impressive green camp area and headed for the river. Luckily there will still a few spots left. This weekend we were to be spoilt with lush green grass under foot!! A nice change from last weekend.

TeamBray Camp Kenilworth Homestead

Teambray at Kenilworth Homestead

Flint Fire Lighting

 

Kenilworth Homestead Alpacas

Of course the views of the Mary River were at the expense of proximity to the amenities block. Porta loos were scattered around camp and were surprisingly clean throughout the weekend. We did however bring our own loo so the girls didn't have far to go at night. For the boys - every tree is a lavatory.

TeamBray Breakfast

We brought along plenty of our own wood for cooking and heating water .... and nothing beats sitting in front of a fire at night (exactly what I'm doing as I type this)

The owners were expecting 300 families this weekend. With those sorts of numbers you would expect the place to sound like Mount Panorama at night but it was very quiet. With very strict limited generator hours this was a great place to relax.

Mary River Kenilworth Homestead

Swimming in the Mary River was great fun. This property has plenty of great access to it. There are open areas for the canoe and a few good spots to play. There was something odd in the deep wate though. One of the boys playing in our group complained of being bit. Soon Lauren was also bitten and FLEW out of the water. Lauren did some of the strongest swimming strokes we'd seen her do!! Various reports suggest this was either a Catfish or an Eel. Either way it didn't like anyone coming near its home.

We met some new families at Kenilworth one of which became fun rivals during the Inaugural Kenilworth Family Bush Olympics. We battled head to head in

• orienteering
• cannoeing
• archery
• boil-a-billy
• horse shoe toss
• sack race

Flag making before the Olympics

We thought we had done quite well in a few of the events and even managed a couple of mentions during the presentation but we didn't win :( We have all vowed to practice in preparation for 2015 Kenilworth Family Bush Olympics.

Family Olympics Kenilworth Homestead

TeamBray Archers

TeamBray Boil-a-Billy task

Kenilworth Olympics Canoe race

Kenilworth Homestead Olympics Sack race

The day after the Olympics we thought it would be great to hire some Canoes. We grabbed a 3 person and a single Kayak. We spent the first few minutes in the Canoe accidentally hitting each other with oars meanwhile the single person Kayak slowly sunk. Boating just isn't our thing.

We spotted a turtle

TeamBray Mary River Kenilworth Homestead

Lauren slowly sinking

Nathan has a Medieval moment

Lauren makes a whip and cracks it!!

Tonight we're sitting around the fire having just eaten another yummy dinner. It's Grand Final night so we're expecting it to get rowdy here soon.

TeamBray Camp Dinner

We'll be back next year !!!

 

 

On the way home we went inland via Sommerset dam to avoid the traffic. We stopped in at The Spit day area and were lucky enough to find a great parking spot.

TeamBray The Spit Somerset Dam

 

Lunch Break

 

Koala having a nap at Somerset Dam

We found this guy camped out at The Spit day use area - just having a nap metres away from a coffee van.

Koala having a nap at Somerset Dam

Koala having a nap at Somerset Dam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Flanagan Reserve - Sep 2014

Another trip to one of our favourite quick break spots. We were catching up with friends before they do some travelling. We left home on Thursday afternoon with thunderstorms growing - they were not going to stop us. We watched the radar the whole trip hoping it would clear by the time we arrived. Thankfully the last rain we had all weekend was coming into Rathdowny and by the time got to camp it had cleared.

 

We spent the weekend doing what enjoy best - playing in the river, reading and eating with the occasional walk.

Teambray fun

 

No one went hungry

Lauren jumped of the tallest tree.

 

Not sure what the boys are scheming.

Teambray camp

 

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Flanagan Reserve - August 2014

A short break out to Flanagan Reserve for the weekend was enjoyed by all of us. The weather was amazing but the water was still too cold for swimming - it didn't stop the dogs though.

Colin and Lauren made a quick trip back to Greenbank on Saturday morning so she could play soccer (final game of the season).

Lots of walking, kicking the ball around and sitting around the fire meant we all went home relaxed.

Team Bray Camp

Flanagan's Countryside

Relaxing around the fire. 

Flanagan's scenery

The Logan River at it's best.

Logan River

Logan River Rapids