Post by: alnjan on April 11, 2020, 01:41:33 PM
Okay, lets get back to talking Camping and camping locations.
Show us what your Backyard Campsites and suggestions.
An old one to start with
Post by: Bigfish on April 11, 2020, 02:21:15 PM
Post by: Jeepers Creepers on April 11, 2020, 02:31:50 PM
Except we could do with a splash of rain to green the place a tad..... its a nice outlook.
Post by: sharkcaver on April 11, 2020, 02:43:39 PM
Post by: Bigfish on April 11, 2020, 02:46:22 PM
Post by: Pete79 on April 11, 2020, 02:50:40 PM
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Not a bad vista for the weekend. ;)
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Post by: Bird on April 11, 2020, 02:57:05 PM
Somewhere I havent camped in 40 odd years but would love to go back to - First Crossing Sofala. Just hope its as nice as I remember...
https://www.campsight.com.au/catalogue/greater-sydney---blue-mountains/first-crossing--sofala--bathurst-region (https://www.campsight.com.au/catalogue/greater-sydney---blue-mountains/first-crossing--sofala--bathurst-region)
Post by: Fizzie on April 11, 2020, 03:07:43 PM
I decided to celebrate Easter and my birthday last night by going camping. I must remember not to camp with both jack and Jim, me head hurts today, but the German cheese sausages at midnight went down a treat.
Happy Birthday!
Here :cheers: (seeing that you apparently need a Hair of the Dog >:D)
Post by: sharkcaver on April 11, 2020, 03:32:32 PM
Somewhere I havent camped in 40 odd years but would love to go back to - First Crossing Sofala. Just hope its as nice as I remember...
Wow, that brings back some memories. I camped there quite a bit 30 odd years ago. I recall being camped on the crossing in the mid/late 80's when that thunderstorm cut the Bathurst race short.....and flooded our tents. Great days those. I have many fond memories of Sofala, Hill End and the Bridal Track.
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Happy Birthday!
Here :cheers: (seeing that you apparently need a Hair of the Dog >:D)
Cheers and thanks. I just had 2 chicko rolls that have perked me up considerably. Pretty warm again here today, so no doubt more hair of the dog later, just a bit more subdued than last night.
Post by: Fizzie on April 11, 2020, 04:09:14 PM
I just had 2 chicko rolls that have perked me up considerably.
If that won't help, nothing will :'(
Post by: gronk on April 11, 2020, 05:29:57 PM
I just had 2 chicko rolls that have perked me up considerably.
Fair dinkum...I didn't know they still sold Chicko rolls. I might have to search them out next time shopping ??
Post by: MDS69 on April 11, 2020, 07:16:46 PM
Fair dinkum...I didn't know they still sold Chicko rolls. I might have to search them out next time shopping ??
There not as good as you remember.
My choice is the spring roll.
Post by: jwb on April 11, 2020, 07:43:10 PM
Fair dinkum...I didn't know they still sold Chicko rolls. I might have to search them out next time shopping ??Found in the freezer section at your local WW!
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Post by: israel.mcgregor on April 11, 2020, 07:47:01 PM
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Post by: gronk on April 11, 2020, 07:59:21 PM
Found in the freezer section at your local WW!
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Post by: #jonesy on April 11, 2020, 08:00:27 PM
Exclusive site. I headed up the hill and pitched the swag and lit the fire.
First night I was in the swag and my daughter in her tent. Second night they both came up to start and joined me for a movie by campfire. When it was over they left me on my own. Didn't worry me.
The company was great, I agreed with everything I said.
Bird, even the rain and wind n the middle of the night didn't worry me.
Post by: Fox67 on April 11, 2020, 09:38:51 PM
Post by: Spada on April 12, 2020, 07:08:51 AM
Just put the roast in the camp oven.
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Not a bad vista for the weekend. ;)
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Magic :cup: lookin back yard Pete
Post by: Spada on April 12, 2020, 07:52:39 AM
3 x $100 Tentworld vouchers up for grabs.
Post by: 2Strokeit on April 12, 2020, 09:37:01 AM
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Post by: Fizzie on April 12, 2020, 10:21:57 AM
Post by: Bird on April 12, 2020, 10:27:59 AM
Wow, that brings back some memories. I camped there quite a bit 30 odd years ago. I recall being camped on the crossing in the mid/late 80's when that thunderstorm cut the Bathurst race short.....and flooded our tents. Great days those. I have many fond memories of Sofala, Hill End and the Bridal Track.Yep there and Hill End were like ghost towns! Loved it
Weused to gold pan with my olds all round that region.. dad had a Kombi Camper at the time, was great fun.. never found the mother load though...
Post by: nab on April 12, 2020, 10:29:26 AM
Be one of the few times you have camped without sand between your toes!! :cheers:
Haha no sand and he still has his bush boots on!!!
Post by: 2Strokeit on April 12, 2020, 11:17:16 AM
That's a very bushy backyard you've got there, 2Stroke! :DIt is now we knocked over 200 cocus palms down. Looked like an 80's resort before.
Post by: Fizzie on April 12, 2020, 11:59:53 AM
It is now we knocked over 200 cocus palms down.
Excellent work :cup:
When we moved in to our current place, there were 38 palms, ranging from 50' tall Alexandras down to bloody Chinese Fan Palms.
Funnily enough, over the next few years, every last one of them sadly got sick & died, so had to be removed for safety reasons :angel:
Never did work out exactly what the problem was ??? ::), but believe they turned out to be severely allergic to that particular blend of 2-stroke exhaust fumes that comes out of a chainsaw exhaust! >:D
Post by: Raym on April 12, 2020, 12:45:09 PM
Somewhere I havent camped in 40 odd years but would love to go back to - First Crossing Sofala. Just hope its as nice as I remember...
Hope to get back there to search for my 3rd great grandmothers grave. Died at Ration Hill & buried at Sofala October 1852 aged around 32. Not much hope there were not a lot of headstones. They were mining at Ration Hill, pretty tough existence most dwellings were canvas & if lucky some tin. Could only imagine what the winters were like.
Post by: gronk on April 12, 2020, 01:18:17 PM
Excellent work :cup:
When we moved in to our current place, there were 38 palms, ranging from 50' tall Alexandras down to bloody Chinese Fan Palms.
25 yrs ago I planted probably 38 palms......nothing like having the tropics look when you aren't in the tropics !!
Post by: GGV8Cruza on April 12, 2020, 02:35:01 PM
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Post by: Jillsy on April 12, 2020, 05:49:13 PM
We’re not actually camping in the back yard but we’re having roast pork on the Weber and a fire tonight. It’s a far cry from our original Easter weekend destination of Woodgate Beach but we’re making the best of it! Cheers Swaggers!
Post by: gronk on April 12, 2020, 06:29:27 PM
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We’re not actually camping in the back yard but we’re having roast pork on the Weber and a fire tonight. It’s a far cry from our original Easter weekend destination of Woodgate Beach but we’re making the best of it! Cheers Swaggers!
You might be having a fire, but surely it doesn't get cold up there Jillsy ?? ;D
Post by: Bird on April 12, 2020, 07:00:25 PM
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Hope to get back there to search for my 3rd great grandmothers grave.thats really kewl Ray. Hope you strike lucky.. love going through old cemeterys... some amazing and some very sad stories..
Died at Ration Hill & buried at Sofala October 1852 aged around 32. Not much hope there were not a lot of headstones.
They were mining at Ration Hill, pretty tough existence most dwellings were canvas & if lucky some tin. Could only imagine what the winters were like.
Bendigo has an enormous one going back to the mining days. some of the ages are really sad... not many people got middle aged let alone old
Post by: Jillsy on April 12, 2020, 08:26:50 PM
You might be having a fire, but surely it doesn't get cold up there Jillsy ?? ;DNah it certainly wasn’t cool tonight but it made for a nice ambience and the kids love a fire
Post by: 2Strokeit on April 13, 2020, 08:56:06 AM
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