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Submitted: Friday, Mar 02, 2007 at 22:24

Sloy

to all those on the road north Ellendale pool has great shade but has been over camped now very dusty,plus the ants will get you first. Elephant hill is a great place to get out of the wind as long as you get in early for a good spot.No good spots closer to Northhampton, very dry and the town park is a dust bowl. To get out of the wind/dust head north to Kalbarri or over the Murchison river.
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AnswerID: 224997   Submitted: Friday, Mar 02, 2007 at 23:23

Footloose replied:

Or try sleeping in a tent on rocks with camels wandering around all night. Tripping over a snake as you go for your midnight ablutions. Waking up to see starlight when there was only canvas when you went to sleep. Digging channels for the stormwater inside the tent in the middle of a downpour. Playing tug a war with a gale force wind that straight off the Antarctic and wants your tent as much as you do.

Bit of dust? A few ants ? You young whipper snappers never had it so good :))))))
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FollowupID: 485968   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 07:04

Willem posted:

Footy

We were sleeping on camp beds in those days in a 4man tent. Big Fella storm in the tropics. The tent was well covered. Drppoed off to sleep but later heard swishing noise. "Whats that?" say SWMBO. "Its water. Just drop your hand over the side of the bed" said I. Luckily it never rose higher than about 6 inches but it was there the next morning plus all the mud that stayed behind.....LOL
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FollowupID: 485979   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 08:48

Footloose posted:

Yep, had that happen. Stuff inside the tent started to float away. The kids thought it great, their mother wasn't amused.
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FollowupID: 486039   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 14:11

Member - andrew B (Kununurra) posted:

"when I was a Kid, we had to walk aalll the way to the TV to change channels. LOLOL
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FollowupID: 486057   Submitted: Saturday, Mar 03, 2007 at 17:58

Footloose posted:

What TV ? We didn't have one till 1957, second one in the street. When I was a kid we listened to the radio...the remote control was often Dads hand on the off button if we didn't mind our P's and Q's. Sometimes that hand could turn us off too.
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AnswerID: 225212   Submitted: Sunday, Mar 04, 2007 at 12:32

Motherhen replied:

Go to Kalbarri to get out of the wind? I was battling to get the gas alight as it is usually blowing a gale. Still, a favourite and beautiful place. We used to sneak down to the Murchison River (but wouldn't take a caravan down there) just on edge of NP. Evidence of other campers show that others do to, even though probably not a legit spot to camp. We have had this lovely spot to ourselves each time.
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