You campfire photo

Here's one, out in the paddock boiling the quart pot to have tea with our lunch. The quart pot has it's own little leather bag which hangs off your bike or saddle. Cheers Toni

This one was taken at Trephina Gorge in June this year.

On the banks of the Moonie River, after dinner we would place a hollow log vertically on the fire (we called it a pipe) after a while the flames would shoot out the top - very spectacular! We were next to the river in a cleared area, so no risk of fire. We stumbled on this site when my son & his mate were 6 & went back each easter for the next 12 years! they wouldn't go anywhere else, the group just got larger.
hoo roo

Here's the one Phil was talking about;



And a few others

It's no wonder we like to camp. Look at the peace in these photos.

Phil

In the far north of SA.

Master chef at work in the Flinders Ranges- moi on the left.

Cheers!
RM

My contribution.



Scrubby.

From my trip to Lake Eyre:

Taurus Camp:



Spot the campsite:

The basic of basics. We didn't even have a tent and slept in the rear of the 100 series that we had just purchased. Couldn't wait to get out there!!!!.

Willandra Station 10 April 2010.

Previous camping was before we had the boys back in the 70's. When we could afford the petrol.

A new life begins . . . . .

Phil

At least I had clean clothes back then.


And this is not the reason I put on weight.

Here is one from 2007 at the Pyrenees.
The campfire was put to good use.

cheers
Dave

CAMPED ON THE BANKS OF COPETON DAM

CAMPED AT DALMORTON

Can't beat a red gum fire.

How about "Goose a-la-jack-handle?

George_M

Gday Phil
This is from our 2012 drip fest up the Avon river and beyond .

A few people at the Pyrenees gathering this year

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The Maralinga Mystery Tour Group 2013

camp near wooramel river gorge

We don't ask for much do we. A place to lay the swag. A place for the fire. And a chair and for a cuppa. We have to be the most uncomplicated people on this planet.

Hi Phil

Any time around a campfire, regardless where it is is alway a great time...............
































Cheers


Stephen


Hell I love getting away out into the great parts of Australia

Camped near Jitarning for a single night stopover.
Great fire and Dinner by a million star restaurant.


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I am not trying to stop this thread as I am enjoying it HEAPS. Not one argument. Some friendly banter. And a million memories.

But please will someone also make comments. I am running out of adjectives. It is rewarding though to share these pleasantries.

The very first photo that I posted is my favorite camping photo. Not one word can explain how we felt that night. We were so at peace. Just sitting there alone but together having a cuppa.

Keep it going guys.

Phil

Campfires, you just got to love them.

A place to eat, to laugh, maybe debate, and perhaps even contemplate.

Speaking of eating, there is nothing better than “milling” around the campfire in the morning eating “camp food”.

And one of my favourite campfire breakfasts is an egg poached in an orange with lashings of bacon…!

Cheers, Baz – The Landy

Phil, what a wonderful thread this has turned out to be; thanks for starting it. As others have said, camping just isn’t the same without a campfire. And given the (usually justified) restrictions on where we can have one these days every campfire that we do have is a bonus.

What’s so special about a campfire? We love our wood heater at home but a campfire is something else again – out under the stars, sharing with good company or on your own, cooking like our forebears did, smelling the wood smoke and gazing into the glowing embers. Memories and emotions are stirred; we hear the silence of the bush and the cares of the world slip away…

Truly a campfire is beyond time and place. Whenever or wherever we have one it’s an experience that’s hard to beat.

Cheers,

John and Val.

If I may.

I am not one for the arts, opera, painting or plays but I thought this thread should have at least one poem about the campfire.

Phil

A CAMPFIRE

There's something ‘bout a fire and the mesmerizing glow
Of its dancing, flick'ring embers that does enthrall me so
A soft and gentle fire slowly glowing in the night
Soothing, calming, warming. It is such a pure delight

The best time for a fire's when the flames they have died down
And the crackling and the popping all have ceased
All the flurry and the groaning, all the hurry and the churning
All have gone, and now the fire is at peace

Neil Milliner

Seeing these photos make me want to pack my bags and camp.

2391 views, 30 posts and 55 follow ups. Excellent numbers. And bundles of thany you ticks and messages/emails as well.

So who is going to start with maybe a Christmas decorated camp for a new thread. I have neber been camping at Christmas so I an't help there. But best we wait until after Christmas.

Any idea for a new 4WD based photo thread?

Phil