Last Tuesday we arrived at Wuruma Dam to be shocked by the number of Caravans & Motor Homes camped near & round the Dam. On an average most nights there would be 60-70 campsites. We were unable to get a spot in the 1st bay where we were last year, but were lucky to see someone in the 2nd bay loading his boat onto the roof of his vehicle, our luck was in he would be moving on later that morning. We waited patiently until he had packed & driven a good couple of metres before pouncing on the site! It was a great spot only a few metres from the edge of the dam. The weather that day was overcast but still pleasantly warm, the forecast for Wednesday was for rain, we were hoping it might miss us, unfortunately the weather forecast was right, as we had steady rain from early hours of the morning until mid afternoon. Thank goodness I had a good book to read, I didnt get out of bed until 11am, without TV, Internet or Mobile Phone cover it was certainly back to basic.
To be continued, getting a little tired!
Back again, the internet connection here at Tannum Sands and Gladstone is only 3G and it is so frustrating as the connection is so slow!! It was after midnight the other night when the photo's on my blog finally loaded.
Saturday we left Wuruma Dam after a great few days enjoying campfires with fellow Grey Nomads who were nice enough to share their Red Claw with us. Baz did put his traps out but could only catch one miserable Red Claw, he is not very good as a hunter & gatherer. We made our way to Gladstone finally arriving at Jason's after the Tom Tom took us a short cut over a very narrow, hilly, winding road.
It was great to see Jase, Neat, Liv & Archie especially the children as they have changed so much in the last few months. After spending the weekend with them it was onto Tannum Sands on Monday, which is 25 minutes south of Gladstone Les & Pauline would be arriving later in the day. It was lovely to catch up with them, Pauline had been busy cooking so we enjoyed a scrumptious afternoon tea. Pauline & Les pulled out this morning, their next stop being Rockhampton as they head further north their final destination Cairns for a couple of months.
Yesterday we popped back to Gladstone to look after Liv & Archie while Anita went to the hospital for a meet & greet she is hoping to pick up some casual work. We then had to make a quick return to the caravan park as had previously arranged that they come down for a meal & I was totally unorganised. Not a problem after the kids had a play in the playground, Baz cooking the meat on the bbq all was ready back at the van for another enjoyable family meal. When Jase & family left we grabbed a bottle of wine & headed over to the camp kitchen where the caravan park managers Geoff & Andy were hosting the Tuesday night sausage sizzle & entertainment. Good thing we are quiet broad minded as Geoff's jokes left our cheeks aching from laughing. These guys are definitely a couple & many of the jokes are about their relationship. We leave here tomorrow returning to Gladstone & Jason's place for the next week as it is Liv's fourth birthday on the 2nd July, then we will head off to Burrum Heads to catch up with Maree & Brian again.
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| Wuruma Dam - Baz relaxing |
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| Sunset Wuruma Dam |
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| Sunset Wuruma Dam |
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| Livie & Archie having fun at the water park Gladstone |
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| Still Tassie kids as too cold for any of the QLD kids |
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| Catching up with Pauline & Les at Tannum Sands |
