Poverty Creek - 2nd and 3rd of August

We hadn't been to Poverty Creek for a while and winter is the best time to visit in our opinion as you have nice warm days and the mossies and sand flies aren’t bad. We left home around 8.30 and were soon airing down at Whitepatch in preparation for the 7km drive up the inland track. We haven’t had much rain over the last few months and the inland track can be really soft after long dry periods, but we didn't have any trouble. The track was soft and really cut up and rough in patches… most of the time we couldn't get out of second gear but the Triton and camper ploughed through without issue.

We arrived at the camp ground to see most of the sites being occupied which was a bit of a surprise as its usually fairly quiet at this time of the year. We had a really quick set up as the awning was in the shop getting repaired and we don’t normally bother for one night either. We had beautiful weather and soon after lunch we were joined by Vaughn and Nat who spent the afternoon and evening with us. We hadn't caught up with them both for quite some time and it was really nice seeing them again. Vaughn and I spent the arvo fishing in the passage and enjoying the winter sun. My crazy kids decided it was warm enough for a swim and paddled in the shallows in their knickers… As it got dark we returned to camp and the girls had a fire going and the roast dinner well under way which we soon enjoyed around the fire with a few drinks. After dinner Nat and Vaughn returned home, we got the kids into bed and then had a few more drinks out by the fire.

Sunday morning came all too soon and we had a fairly warm start to the day. We had plenty to get done at home so we were all packed by 10 and back onto the inland track for the short blast back to Whitepatch, where I pumped up the tyres on camper and 4wd and within 30 minutes we were back home unhitching and unpacking.

It was a quick visit but a really enjoyable one, it had been a while since we dragged the camper off-road and I thoroughly enjoy the challenge. Poverty Creek is such a beautiful spot and being so close to home is a real bonus, we should spend more time there.

Trip Distance = 106km
Total distance travelled with camper = 10,743km
Total number of nights in the camper = 86

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The Camp

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Poverty Creek mouth

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Getting Lily ready for a fish

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Crazy kids

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This big guy kept an eye on us and his girlfriends

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View back across Pumice-stone Passage to home

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