Sunday it was another sunny clear day as we headed back out
to Clermont, after our four night stop at Theresa Creek Dam. We are heading
south east, which means we will be back under the Tropic of Capricorn and the weather
will be slightly cooler. It was a fairly uneventful drive south back to Emerald
and then southeast on the Capricorn Hwy then stopping mid afternoon at Duaringa
at a free camp that the local council has provided for RV travellers. We decided to set up for the night around the
back of the camp area alongside a park and a lovely grassy spot near some Paper
Bark Gum Trees. Sometime later I was reading in the Wiki Camps app that it is
not wise to camp near the Paper Bark Gum Trees as your car and van will get
cover in Bat droppings, oh well will just have to clean it off if that
happens. Later that evening we were
startled with a splattering noise on the caravan, thinking that the Bats must
have all let go at once and doused our van in dung! Baz went out to investigate
only to find out that the sprinkler system had activated and was spraying along
the side of the van. Checking the trees the next morning we realised that the
council had trimmed the tops which has meant the Bats have relocated elsewhere.
The last couple of days we have been in at Cania Gorge and
staying at the Top Tourist Caravan Park so we can catch up with the washing and
cleaning. Looking forward to being able to wash the car and caravan at some
stage as both are looking very dusty.
The caravan park is relatively busy as it is now school holidays and
there are quiet a few camper trailers with young familys who come here to enjoy
the wildlife, walking tracks and the relaxed bush camping experience. Today Baz
and I thought we would do the 20 minute walk to view Big Foot, returning 2
hours later after deciding to take on one of the longer walks, of course we did
not go prepared with water. The days here have been in the low 20’s but the
nights drop very low to 1 or 2 degrees.
We have been cursing
that we had not packed our fire pot which Baz had made out of a 9kg gas bottle,
as we have been to many camping spots where we could have used it. We had
decided when we get home Baz would make another one out of a 4kg gas bottle as
it would be much smaller to find a home for, we had seen a couple of designs
that would be ideal for our use. Lucky
for Baz when going to the kiosk at Cania Gorge Caravan Park for our ice cream, they
had exactly what we wanted, so it ended up being a very expensive ice cream treat. Of course
we had to try it out, works very well!
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| Cania Dam |
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| Big Foot Cania Gorge |
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| Baz out for some exercise |
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| Baz enjoying his new fire pot |
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| Families playing chess at Cania Gorge Caravan Park |
