Follow instructions to get here (off Flemington Rd, enter Gate 2 to find Camping Office) which we do. Lovely lady in the office, books us in and gives us our campsite number and explains how we get there etc. We drive around in the Park until we get to our site No.86. Wow - plenty of room on this site! Happily get ourselves set up, awning and mat in use. Then we have lunch - sandwich for Roger, yoghurt and banana for me. Relax about camp for the afternoon. Roger calls Robert - to say G'day and check on our mail. I make up some cheese and nibbles to have with our afternoon drink (ginger beer). In the meantime Rog has come across on a local marketplace (on his mobile) a couple of fold up bikes he'd like us to go check out. After arranging a time to meet (5.30pm) - off we go for a drive. Turns out - we don't get these bikes - decide to save up for electric ones! Nice drive about, and Roger has topped up his cash (found an ATM). We return to camp and Roger cooks up tea - chicken snitzels with boiled vegetables. Dessert not required. I ate the licorice (let Rog have a couple of pieces) earlier today. Roger has his shower (in van) and I do the dishes. Now time to relax (write this up) before bed.
26/04/25 Saturday. Roger and I get up around 7.30am. There is a market happening at this Park this morning so I hold off on breakfast, and go and have a shower at the amenities block. When I return I get organised to go to the market, Roger happy to come too. We get back to camp after an hour or so. Now get ready to go driving - we plan to check out a nearby lookout and then go visit the War Memorial. Roger packs our lunch - cheese and vegemite sandwiches and fruit. We head off on our day trip around 9.30am. We return after a beaut day out at 5.30pm. I'm happy to get straight to making pumpkin soup for our tea - using the nice fresh produce we got from the market this morning. Soup is tasty and goes well with the sour dough bread Rog purchased at the market too. Roger goes and has his shower (to amenities block tonight) while I get caught up in reading (starting) 'Judy A Dog in A Million' that I purchased today at the War Memorial gift shop. Roger returns and reads for a while, before going to bed. Not enough dishes for me to worry about washing them tonight, so I read for a while longer before getting to write this up. Bedtime next.
27/04/25 Sunday. I get up first, but return to bed to read until 8am, Roger gets up at our 'normal' 7.30am. We decide we'll do some washing when we get back from our day's outing - so I strip and change our bedding before I have a leisurely breakfast. Once we're tidied up and organised- we leave here around 9.45am.
We return at 4pm - in time for Roger to go and put 2 loads of washing on. I'm hiding in our caravan happily, as I've changed into my PJs so my outfit I was wearing could be washed too. It's getting cold outside so I'm content to be indoors - updating my budget books and continuing to read the book I got yesterday. Roger is making up pizzas for tea - he's panfrying some chicken to use as the meat in the toppings. The pizzas are good. We don't worry about dessert - Roger's not hungry now and I've had a couple of hotcross buns (my 1st for this year) earlier, when we 1st got back. Roger goes and has his shower, I continue reading my book. Then I wash the dishes, now writing this up before bed.
28/04/25 Monday. Roger up and about 7.30am, I read in bed until 8am. We have our breakfasts and tidy up to be ready to go out day tripping. We leave around 9am.
We get back at 4pm and I head straight over to get our dry washing off the clothesline. Roger does some maintenance on the ute's back window protection. I get back and sort and put away the washing, before getting the silverside started in the Thermomix for tea tonight. Now decide I fee like a couple of hot cross buns to have with my gin and soda Rog has organised - he's trying vodka with dry ginger.Read more