Well, what an adventure! This was our first camping trip as a family.....in tents! We headed out past Burnie to a little place called Somerset which is on the coast. We didn't want to go too far in case things turned sour and we needed to head home.....turns out this was a wise move!
We left after school on the Thursday and with the car loaded high we headed west.....by the time we got there the sun was setting and we quickly set up the tents and had everything ready to go for the night. We were staying at a caravan park right at the back in the unpowered section and it was a lovely quiet spot.
Pizza was our dinner of choice and a fun treat by the light of a full moon.
The girls settled in to bed soon after and amazingly slept the whole night through with no incident! I was rather impressed :)
The next morning we went exploring and found a beautiful state forest in Oldina. By chance we met up with some members from Burnie branch who were camping there over the weekend and spent a few hours having a yummy lunch with them and burning marshmallows.
We then drove further west to see some beaches that we'd heard of, Boat Harbour and Sisters Beach. Both were stunning but the weather was coming over and it was getting a bit windy and dark.
After we arrived back at the camp we cooked up a dinner of hamburgers and hot chocolates and to our better judgements we settled down for the night. It started to rain as we had feared and the steady drip drip turned into a bit of a flood and our tent started to leak rather badly. The girls tent was fine and they had been almost asleep but we decided that it was time to pack up. We bundled the girls into the car safe and dry and in the pouring rain packed up the tents and everything, it was rather a laugh!
We arrived home after 10 after a pit stop at McDonalds to refuel and tucked the girls safely into their beds.
All in all it was a fun time and we look forward to seeing more of our beautiful island with more camping trips.
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| Boy Scout Daddy setting up our tent |
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| Hannah on the playthings |
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| Mary the monkey |
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| Oldina state forest, so magical! |
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| Mary under a giant prehistoric fern |
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| Becky toasting marshmallows |
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| Braving the wind at Boat Harbour |
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| The three sisters at Sisters Beach |
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| Becky the beautiful |
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| Daddy at the beach |
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| Hot chocolate on the "campfire" before the rain started! |
Aside from the "Rain Adventure" you had a marvellous first-ever camping trip by the look of the stunning photos. A memory not soon to be forgotten :)
ReplyDeleteYour camping trip sounds wonderful, we are slowing stocking up the camping gear and one day we will feel brave enought to venture into the outdoors with these crazy girls. Good Idea to not go very far, I'll be remembering that one.
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