Overland Australia

This trip was back over the border into NSW for a 2 night stay at the Sheep Station Creek camp ground in the Border Ranges National Park - http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/nationalparks/parkCamping.aspx?id=N0050 Our route took us south on the Mt Lindesay Highway through Beaudesert and we turned left off the highway just before Rathdowney via Running Creek and Lions Roads where we crossed over into NSW. The scenery via this route is spectacular and I had to concentrate on driving as the views were very distracting. This was our first trip to this part of the world and we left home at 5am to try and beat the long weekend crowds. I’m glad we did leave early as the allocated campsites are not really suited to camper trailers (despite the website claiming so). We arrived just after 0830 which was lucky as we were able to take a site (the only one) that suited our setup and had room for Bron and Steve’s tent. We were set up fairly quickly just in time for the rain to set in an

Friday was a day off from work and school for Anna and the kids due to the Maleny Show Day, so what better excuse for me to cash in some of my Flex time and take a day off too and go camping. After our first visit to Crows Nest in February we were keen to head back there again, this time we were joined by Andrea and her 2 children Jayda and Marcio. We hit the road mid morning on Friday and made our way up to crows nest via Kilcoy, Esk, and Hampton stopping in at Ravensbourne for a quick toilet break. By midday we had arrived at the campground and were set up just in time for a late lunch. After lunch we went for a quick walk with the kids down to Kauyoo Pool. Andrea cooked a very tasty pasta dish for dinner and after a quick clean up we all settled in around the campfire where we were soon joined by the local possum who didn't seem too worried about us and made himself at home around our campsite. We had a cool start on Saturday morning but after a quick game of cricket with t