Overland Australia

This trip was another quick overnighter to one of our favourite destinations, we left home just after 9am on Saturday morning and travelled up through Kilcoy to Jimna. It was a beautiful day and the scenery on the way through the ranges to Jimna was spectacular. We arrived at the camp ground and found that there were a few other groups scattered around. The recent cool weather had probably scared most groups off and it was nice to have plenty of space to choose from. We had recently purchased an action camera and I decided to try out some time lapse photography of us setting up the camper... After setting up it was lunch time, so we got the fire going and cooked up some burgers on the fire. It was a cool day so we kept the fire going through the afternoon and didn't stray too far from it. Just before dark we put the lamb in the camp oven and stoked up the fire as the temperature dropped. After a delicious roast dinner we sent the girls to bed and settled in with a couple of glas

We were meant to go camping at Charlie Morelands camp ground for this weekend but after seeing how full the campground was going to be when I tried to book  (school holidays) we decided to have another weekend at home. On Friday Anna received a picture from her work mate Brendan showing us his camp site at Kenilworth Homestead with an invite to join them. With the weather forecast looking good for the weekend we decided we couldn’t sit at home, so we rang and made a booking. We left home mid-morning on Saturday and it didn’t take long for us to climb over the range through Maleny and before we knew it we were arriving at the homestead. Having never been to Kenilworth Homestead before we didn’t know what to expect, we pulled up at the office to check in and were greeted by the friendly staff. They gave us some quick directions on how to find Brendan and his family down by the river, we were surprised at how large the camp grounds were. Being school holidays there were plenty of fam

Winter camping for us usually involves a few trips to Poverty Creek on Bribie Island and this was our destination on this weekend. Bribie is nice and close to home so we took our time getting ready on Saturday morning and by mid-morning we had arrived at our camp site. The Northern Inland track was in fairly good condition thanks to the recent rains, it was a bit lumpy and rutted in sections but nothing too hard just slow going. We booked our usual site in site number 7 as we wanted a site with a fire pit. As it turns out National Parks now allow fires in the group and camper trailer area and have placed a number of fire rings throughout the area which is great for our future visits. After setting up we spent the day enjoying the winter sun, I fished for a bit while the girls climbed trees and enjoyed being outdoors. Anna cooked a beautiful roast dinner in the camp oven and we had a good time with a few drinks around the warm fire. On Sunday morning we spent some more time chi