October 12, 2013 In between those previous 2 posts, we also had a one night excursion up to the ‘Jilliby Downs’ campsite. It was our friend Dave’s 40th birthday, so we decided to take the camper up for an…
Big 4 Lake Macquarie
29 November – 1 December, 2013. When Rob and Barbs suggested another camping weekend with some other families from church, including Ben and Emma, we thought that this Big 4 that we’ve been to twice before would be a good…
Lake St Clair
6-8 September, 2013 Only two weeks after our “excitement” with the locals in Parkes, we were back in the camper again, this time heading to a new venue. We were heading to Lake St Clair, north of Singleton. I had…
Back Yamma Bigfoot – 2013
23-25 August, 2013 For the third year running, we headed out to Parkes and the Back Yamma State Forest for a fun weekend away at a great mountain bike race – the Back Yamma Bigfoot. We were being joined on…
The Mont – 2013
22-25 March, 2013 A regular event on my mountain biking calendar is ‘The Mont’. A team, 24 hour relay race. Some refer to it as the City to Surf of Mountain Biking, which is probably a pretty good description. Riders…
Fenningham’s Island Leisure Village
Unlike this time last year when we were on our big Fraser Island trip, this year we only had 1 week to spend in the camper. Rach’s family from New Zealand had been with us for a week over Christmas,…
Burralow Creek… again
2-4 November, 2012 In keeping with our recent tradition of visiting familiar places, when the Louis family suggested a camping weekend, Burralow was the obvious choice. Within a couple of easy hours drive from Sydney on a Friday afternoon, the…
Big 4 Lake Macquarie Monterey Tourist Park
26-29 October, 2012 Keen followers of our blog (are there any out there?!) may recognise that we’ve been here before. We had a good time, and loved the look of the waterfront sites that are right on Lake Macquarie. So…
Back Yamma BigFoot – 2012
7-11 September, 2012 As winter draws to a close it is time to start thinking about getting back out in the camper again, and what better way to do that than to combine it with my favourite mountain bike race…