Pemberton Caravan Park

Go to the office and find out our site and get the run down from the lovely lady in reception as to what's about in the park and town.
Go settle in on site 24 - plenty of room as big sized sites in this section. My priority is to get our washing going - which I do, but it takes hanging out the 2nd load for us to realise I've missed 'the bag' with our underwear and dirty clothes - whoops 3rd load it is! In amongst this washing caper we have our lunch - toasted sandwiches using our new microwave toastie maker. Works a treat. Next go for a walk together. Return and relax in between getting washing packed away. Enjoy a bottle of the red we got the other day, while sitting outside watching neighbouring campers feeding the local parrots birdseed they've purchased. Parrots happily sitting on folk to be given feed. Our tea tonight is reheated sausage surprise - followed by fresh strawberries and custard (thermie). Roger showered before tea, so we both get the dishes all done and relax before bed.
5/01/25 Sunday. Get woken with a call from Tegan - don't mind as all is well, just love to hear from her. It was around 5.30am. Roger gets up around 6am, but I have a lie in until about 8am. Get up, have breakfast and then get ready to go for a drive - Roger has a circuit in mind before coming back for an afternoon swim/paddle board. We head off just before 10am. Turns out to be a perfect day for walking - and Roger has us driving around a beautiful walking trail area! First time on this trip I felt that Rog has really missed the mark - if I'd known (of course I have to acknowledge I did no checking of Rog's plans) that we were going close to such a beaut walk trail (10km of moderate standard hiking in a forest) I would have been prepared to do it! Anyway, move on and tried not to cry (suceeded). Drive did not take long and we're back at our camp in time for lunch. Roger uses the microwave toastie maker for a toasted sandwich, for a change, as the bread is so nice and fresh (from Pemberton Bakery this morning), I have a meat and salad sandwich. On our return from our drive this morning stopped in Pemberton and got some fresh bread and dropped off our no longer required tourist brochures at the visitor centre. While here noticed that there's a tram running today - so we go get ourselves tickets. We go do this after we have had our lunch. When we return from this, Roger is keen to go for a stand up paddleboard. I'm not warm enough to want to join on this, so he heads off (walking carrying the board) to the nearby pool, while I stay at our camp and relax. He's gone an hour - and comes back very happy from a nice time at the pool. We continue to relax about camp. Before tea tonight we enjoy feeding the local birdlife (approved birdseed purchased from park office) - parrots and ducks. Our tea tonight roast pork fillets with roast vegetables and boiled vegetables. Followed by fresh strawberries and thermomix custard again (yum). Roger has his shower, now in bed. I'm writing this up before tackling the dishes - then bedtime too.
6/01/25 Monday. Get up just before 6.30am and go for a run. I use the 'Skills Loop' bike trail as my path - do the loop x 4 to cover 7+ km. Meet up with Roger, who's had his breakfast and come along to the pool to have a stand up paddleboard. Once he's finished, I do a lap around the pool area on the paddle board too. We then head back to our camp, I have my breakie and then go for a shower - while Roger continues to get us ready to leave this park. We leave just before 10am. Heading for Shannon National Park today.Read more