Northern NSW/ S.E Qld Gathering

Friday 23/1/09
The weekend kicked off on Friday arvo with Mr Bitchi, Nick & Jane, Trevor W camping the night in our back yard to lessen the trip the next day. we had a bbq dinner,a few beers and a get to know each other session.Hairs popped over as well.

Saturday 24/1/09

after everyone was up and about we headed off towards Grafton to meet up with the others at the BP truck stop.fuel,ice and last minute supplies were bought here and after a hello to everyone else we headed off.we trundled off towards Copmanhurst,up past the head of the Clarence River called the Gorge and heading towards Washpool National Park.Along the way Brad (our guide for the weekend) gave us a history lesson on the place. We drove passed a place called the Ugilbar C castle ( which is an house designed just like a castle in which the head of the Myer store chain owns).He has his own landing strip for his plane.

Another village we drove through is Baryugil (known for the home town of Anthony Mundine).
Upon arrival we set up camp and then were ready for the Malara Fire Trail. About an hours drive through the mountains we arrived at the Malara Fire Trail. Please enjoy this video.

Part 2 or the video series.

Throughout our trip we had numerous creek crossings which were just deep enough for those without snorkels to traverse.

On Saturday afternoon we headed to the small village of Drake.Here we enjoyed some of the best pub food you will find anywhere.Some members had to depart at this stage for home.We thanked them for their participation and they left.Some other members decided to head back to camp while the rest of us enjoyed our meal.This is when a big storm rolled in and dumped deluge of rain on us.

We headed off from Drake about 6pm towards camp.we took a different path home.What we didn't know at the time was the way we went back was directly where the storm had ravaged its fury.By the time we had cleared all the trees off the road its was 10.00pm that night b4 we hit camp.
All part of the weekend we told ourselves :-) We got back to camp to find some of our gear had been wet due to the storm,but the guys who left Drake early had tidied up b4 we arrived,cheers to those guys who helped,thank you.

Sunday 25/1/ 09

Breaky time rolled around,dried some gear out and said goodbye to a few who headed home today.It was the time for the rest of us to explore for the day.Brad took us up to the falls in Washpool,not b4 checking out an old abandoned gold mine and village.Brad is a guru on history in this area (is there anything he doesn't know about this place)?
Upon arrival at the falls we were treated to an amazing site,this place is truly beautiful!!


Monday 26/1/09

We woke to a glorious day monday and said good bye to the remaining members.Hairs and myself were the last to leave and after a quick dip in the river we headed home.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who showed up this weekend and were truly a great bunch of people.With guys like yourselves it makes my job as a organiser so much easier.

The members who attended were as follows;

Mark G.....me
Nick & Jane...qld
Ed C....qld
Dave (and Scotty)....nsw
Vince B....nsw (also his mate Shane)
Hairs & Fysh......nsw
Trevor W....qld
Mr Bitchi.....qld
Shane D....qld
Graeme...nsw
And last but not least is Brad,without him i'm sure we all agree wouldnt have been such a good weekend without him,cheers Brad.

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