A weekend away camping

Well it has been a while since I have posted here. In that time I've gone away camping for Easter, that was a spur of the moment decisions. We weren't going to go away because everywhere seems to be so busy at Easter, but then on Friday morning while sitting on the back veranda enjoying the unusual cool crispness in the air (we had just had a major heat wave) we decided to pack the swags in the car and a bit of food and go down the bottom of the Yorke Peninsula to spend a night or two away and catch up with some friends. It was just wonderful, walking distance to the beach, loads of room for kids and dogs to run around and wear themselves out. The friend we went to meet up with had 4 kids and a keplie cross with them, would you believe that at the end of each day the kelpie was absolutely stuffed. For those who dont know kelpies are renowned for their energy and intelligence making them perfect for working/farm dogs but endless trouble if they are kept in a suburban backyard without adequate entertainment and excercise.

Each night we had a BBQ tea and a few bottles of red wine before heading off to bed for the night. It was just wonderful to lie in my swag and listen to the waves crashing into the beach, then in the morning be woken up by the chirping of the birds and the warmth of the sun hitting my swag.

It was so good to go away camping again, a few years ago we would be away somewhere with the tents and eskis, and gas bottles setting up home in the middle of nowhere for a few days, every long weekend we could, but the last couple of years there has always been something come up that has meant that we haven't done it.