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Offline Raym

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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #25 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.

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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #26 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 !!
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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #27 on: April 12, 2020, 02:35:01 PM »
Some people know where I am

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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #28 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!

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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #29 on: April 12, 2020, 06:29:27 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!

You might be having a fire, but surely it doesn't get cold up there Jillsy ??   ;D
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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #30 on: April 12, 2020, 07:00:25 PM »
Quote from: Raym
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.
thats really kewl Ray. Hope you strike lucky.. love going through old cemeterys... some amazing and some very sad stories..
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
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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2020, 08:26:50 PM »
You might be having a fire, but surely it doesn't get cold up there Jillsy ??   ;D
Nah it certainly wasn’t cool tonight but it made for a nice ambience and the kids love a fire

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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #32 on: April 13, 2020, 08:56:06 AM »
And then there where three.
The glowing campfire from the hammock was cool.

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Re: Backyard Campsites -Seeking Inspiration and Suggestions
« Reply #33 on: April 13, 2020, 08:59:30 AM »
Farkaway as Bird likes it to be known.

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