Peach Trees Camp Ground 17th to 19th of May



Our last camping trip was back to one of our favourite spots in SE QLD Peach Trees in the Jimna State Forest. I took the day off on Friday and got the camper ready in the morning whilst I waited for Anna to finish work and for the girls to finish school. By 3.30 we were on the road and by 5.15 we had set up camp and had joined Anna’s parents Greg and Lenore and their friends John and Jan for an evening drink around the warm fire.

On Saturday we woke to a cool morning (about 3 degrees) and by morning tea time Bron, Steve and Alana had arrived. Most of Saturday was spent sitting around enjoying the sun. Lily’s training wheels were removed from her bike and after a few tries she was riding by herself, she still has some improving to do but she is doing well. Greg and Lenore left after lunch and the rest of us settled in with a few drinks a stoked the fire up so we had plenty of coals for our roast dinner.

Sunday morning was another cool start but we soon warmed up around the fire and by mid morning it had turned into another beautiful day. By lunch we had all packed up and were on our way home.

Our next camping trip will be out to Crows Nest National Park in a couple of weeks time with Andrea and her 2 kids.

Sorry about the photo's, this time I charged the camera battery but didn't put the battery in the camera so its phone pictures only...

Trip distance = 178km
Total distance travelled with camper = 5209km
Total number of nights =37







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