So where did we all go for the break????

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Yep, tuesday already which means most of us have to return to work. We rolled in home at 11pm last night (is now 2.15am tues morn) we hit the road to go down south and ended up camping one night at Kings Plains National Park, the spot where we camped there, next to the desert you probably couldn't get any more remote. Then we headed into Glenn Innes and checked out the local markets on our way over to Mann River Nature Reserve. (knew you were there Vince but we didn't spot any EO stickers, and trust me there is no way you could have missed us if you saw us!) Didn't want to leave, whenever we take off I hate having to come back to the suburbs, Don't belong here at all, give me nature and the outback any day. If it wasn't for the fact that we have to be near the hospital for Mark, we would surely say stuff it all and pack up and go. Took the big cast iron wok ( with us and within one hour it produced the best roast lamb and veges we'd ever had.) Have decided to make a fire ring in the back yard for constant open fire cooking, especially of roasts now!! Got some good photos, especially of the roast on the cook!

Cheers everyone
Jo
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Reply By: T-Ribby - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 07:50

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 07:50
Ha ha - eat ya heart out - the CT is loaded, silverside in the dreampot, heading north to Tannum Sands in an hours time for a few days camping at the beach. Still school holidays but, however the mad long weekend is over.
cheers
T.R.

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Follow Up By: Member - vivien C (VIC) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 08:01

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 08:01
Hello T-Ribby,

Silverside is also an essential when we head off on a trip. One old bloke around here used to call it "Red Gum". Nothing better for those holiday sandwiches!!

Viv
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Reply By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 08:08

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 08:08
We spent the weekend camped at Tanunda and went geocaching every day.

Nice relaxing time but here I am back at work today.

*Sigh*

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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 06:22

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 06:22
Hi Pete
I went to the site Geocaching, This is the first time I have heard of this Game,are there many placed in Australia, and are they in all states.
Any help would be great .
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Follow Up By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 08:10

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 08:10
Geocaching - the sport of using billions of dollars of American military hardware to find a Tupperware container hidden in the bush.

A geocache is a container containing a log book and depending on size a collection of cheap "swaps."

The challenge is to locate the container with your GPSr, record your visit in the cache log, swap something in and out and then record your visit on line at the geocaching web site. The site has help pages for newcomers to the sport.

There are over caches 3,000 in SA alone with more being placed all the time. I would not be surprised if you could find at least one within 500m of your driveway - there are 15 within 2 km of mine. I have sent you an email with a file and some instructions to display the caches near you.

It is an interesting pass time and it has taken us to places we would never have found otherwise. A lot of caches are placed on a point that the owner has found interesting for various reasons.

We have only visited 247 over NSW, VIC, TAS, NT and SA but there are Australian geocachers who have visited over 4,000. We have only gone on one dedicated geocaching trip - last weekend. Usually we just stop and visit a few if we are passing them close by.

Looking at your rig profile you have everything you need to get going. A laptop/PDA with OziExplorer makes it easy. A handheld GPS makes finding the final location easier.

Hope this helps.

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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:00

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 10:00
Hi Pete

Thanks for the Email , It sound Like a lot of fun,as I travel by myself mostly.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 18:37

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 18:37
There is a Australian geocaching site as well

geocaching.com.au/

Read why it was created by disgruntled geocaching.com members here

virtual-cyberspace.com/

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Greg
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Reply By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 09:59

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 09:59
I spent Easter sitting on my butt at home feeling sorry for the poor buggers getting rained on in their tents .

Why the hell does it always rain at Easter round Sydney ?
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Follow Up By: Member - bushfix - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:05

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:05
G'day Willie,

perfect weather further south, we could even see Kosciuszko from Mt Tingaringy. Yeah then got home to find the water tank full (3300 gall.)
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Follow Up By: Member -Signman - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:36

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:36
Hey Willie
You still looking for Aboriginal stone carving and the like??
There's some interesting areas in the Yengo N/P, around Devils Rock (Burragurra) and Finchley. Some good 4WDing too !!
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Follow Up By: Member - Willie , Epping .Syd. - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 17:47

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 17:47
Thanks Signman ,
I just Googled Burragurra and it said that it was closed off to vehicles and you walked in . I have not found out how far the walk is yet .
Anyway this year I am definitely going to Yengo .
Thanks ,
Willie .

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Follow Up By: Gronk - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 17:55

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 17:55
Devils rock is approx a 5 to 10 min walk !! All uphill but very easy going though !!
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Follow Up By: Redback - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 20:02

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 20:02
Willie how did you go with Ryde TAFE for the Aboriginal carvings.
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Reply By: Trevor R (QLD) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:08

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:08
Hi Jo,

Went to Inskip (with about 3000 other camps :-((( and it rained and blew constantly. So much so we come home 2 days prior to our intended departure. Had half of campers up there cheering when I decided to leave as the Nissan and Van were very much in the soft stuff and it took all of the mighty Nissan's 125kw to get it out. The van's door sill was only a couple of inches from the sand (normally a good foot or so) but still didn't need a tow to my surprise.

Good to hear you had a car to go and enjoy Easter somewhere out of the city.

Regards, Trevor.
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:59

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:59
G Day Trev.
Yep we only had the car to go away with thanks to our super mechanic!
It wasn't the fuel pump at all, It was the computer that had burned out.
So in with a new computer, hand over cash, lets blow this joint...
Sorry to hear the weather wasn't on your side tis trip.. just as well you did take the van and not tent it hey!
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Follow Up By: Member - Robyn J (QLD) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:08

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:08
We had the wind on Straddie but were lucky with the rain only light spits occasionly and one real heavy one driving back to camp on main beach, couldnt see a thing in front and thought how was camp going to be and it was still dry. We did have one heavy one at camp on Sunday night but we put the tarp up over the fire so we continued cooking tea and sampling the red.
We watched the grey skies out to sea on many occasions and wondered where they were going to hit, I thought it would have been top of Moreton but they must have gone further north and hit you as well.
Was glad we were camping back well behind the beach as the trees protected us from the wind just made it impossible to fish on the weekend.
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Reply By: Member - MrBitchi (QLD) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:14

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:14
Spent 5 days on Fraser, went up on April 1 and came back on Good Friday so missed the crowds.
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Reply By: pepper2 - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:34

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 10:34
Went to favorite remote spot on shoalhaven river only to be driven mad by a group camped a kilometer away that rode trail bikes and quad bikes to within 3 feet of my camp.not happy.Hope i dont see them next time.
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Follow Up By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:15

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:15
It gets so tempting to string a "washing line" near your camp when they do that.

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Reply By: Member -Signman - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:30

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:30
Yengo N/P, Howes Valley - then Stockton Beach
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Reply By: live4theweekends - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:07

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:07
Sounds like some of you should have been down here on the NW coast of Tassie. Sunshine, gentle breeze...perfect! Shame I was just at home tidying up our neglected garden and not off camping!
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Follow Up By: Member - MrBitchi (QLD) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:25

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:25
"Gentle breeze" on the NW coast equates to "howling gale" anywhere else ;-))
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Reply By: Member - Noldi (WA) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:51

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 12:51
Spent 3 great nights on the Holland Track, plenty of food and coldies, strictly inforced the 4 O'clock rule. Rained Saturday night, made the track nice and slippy for Sunday morning. Come to the conclusion that Mr Holland must have been
p$%^ed when he made the track.

Looking forward to doing some more in the area.

Bu@#er 12 months to go
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Reply By: ZukScooterX90 (QLD)Member - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 16:32

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 16:32
Hey Jo/Mark.Went to Eulo,Currawinya NP.Not many peoples, no traffic no idiots clear blue skies, moonlite nights, stars, why would you stay on the coast.Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhheaven.
Bob.
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:27

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:27
Yep.. seeing all the stars with no light pollution.. thats what we'd been wanting!
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Reply By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 18:05

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 18:05
Jo,

Didn't know you were going there..... We pulled into the Mann River Nature Reserve on Friday afternoon about or 2 o'clock!!!!!! Had a look about then headed further down the Old Grafton Rd to Dalmorton where there was less crowd..... was busy as along that road eh?? Stayed at Dalmorton Friday and Saturday, had a look through parts of the Guy Fawkes and Chaelundi National Parks, fish and chips at Yamba on the way home Sunday. Was a great trip!

Cheers

Brian
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:49

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 12:49
Hey Brian..
Our plan was to actually ead up to a friends property at Amamoor and camp on there by the creek with no one else around on the friday. We didn't end up getting on the road on friday we decided we'll leave saturday, but on the friday night we decided we wanted to go south so I had a look through a thread about where others were going, I saw Vinces post and that was how I heard of Mann River. We left saturday and spent sat night a Kings Plains and headed to Mann River on the sunday morning. Got the perfect spot there because someone else had not long left. It wasn't until camp was set up that we drove further down the road and saw all the camping along there. I really liked it down there. We left on monday arvo around 4pm, stopped at Glenn Innes etc and actually hit the road to drive home at 6pm. I hated having to come home! I don't want to be here stuck in the suburbs!!!!!!!!!
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Reply By: Member - Vince B (NSW) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 19:20

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 19:20
Hi Mark & Jo.
We camped at Cangai on the Mann River> Called & had a look at the nature reserve on sat afternoon on our way back from Glen Innes.
Have you tried camping on the Mann river at Cangai? Not as crowded as the nature reserve.
We had a great time, pity about the traffic problems south of Brunswick Heads this afternoon.
Regards.
Vince
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Follow Up By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 02:51

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 02:51
Vince.... looked at your rig page and see you drive a Pajero.... wouldn't be green would it? On our way east along the Old Grafton Rd on Sunday we passed 3 green Pajero's heading west, all near the "Y" in the road...........

Was one of them you?

Cheers

Brian
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Follow Up By: Member - Vince B (NSW) - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 07:26

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 07:26
Hi Brian.
No. My pajero is white. Must place some photos on my profile.
Vince
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 13:38

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 13:38
Hi Vince, never heard of Cangai. I replied to Brian above, we pulled into Mann River and found a great spot cause someone had left, we went for a drive after camp was set up and saw you could camp further up the road. Is that where you were? When we left monday night we drove home the way we came in, through Glenn Innes, Tenterfield, Stanthorpe, Ipswich etc so we wouldn't get caught in any traffic, and knowing that all it would take is one accident to stop the highway. We never saw one EO sticker anywhere on our travels. On our way home we stopped for a coffee and fuel up and ran into a family with their patrol that had broken down. The water pump went. They weren't going anywhere! Had a chat with them and we moved on, but I felt bad that there wasn't anything we could do to help them, they were all in good spirits tho.
Cheers
Jo
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Follow Up By: Member - Vince B (NSW) - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 18:16

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 18:16
Hi Jo.
Cangai is on the Gwider highway, approx 63 nw of grafton & 96km east of Glen Innes.
If you drove via Glen Innes, you would have turned off well before Cangai. If you are going back that way again, try Cangai. There are two areas where you can camp(totally self sufficient bush camping) & they are beside the Mann River.
If you have a copy of Camps Australia Wide, it is shown as no.234 in the Grafton to Walgett section.
Regards.
Vince
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Follow Up By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 18:28

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2007 at 18:28
Jo... did you go to the Standing Stones at Glenn Innes???
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Follow Up By: Mark & Jo, S/side, Bris - Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 at 04:24

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 at 04:24
Thanks Vince, I am yet to get around to buying myself that, sick of the weekends of lets go camping.. where? and you end up at your usual spots.

Yeh we did Brian, on the sunday morn on our way to Mann River we stopped at the street market in Glenn Innes, went to camp, and stopped at the standing stones when we left on monday arvo. we got there around 5pm as the sun was setting, got some photos on my phone, transfered them to the computer but for some reason all the photos are a shade or two darker than what they are on my phone, so those photos plus others I took off an aold corrogated shack in the middle of a paddock at Kings Plains look good on my phone but not so good on the computer. Bugga! I'm going to send an email out to a few with pics I took so I'll add you on. (You would have gotten them anyway!) And of course Mark made me pretend to try and get the dodgy looking excalibur sword out of the stone for a photo!!!
Will do that email now.
Cheers
Jo
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Follow Up By: Member - Brian (Gold Coast) - Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 at 06:13

Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 at 06:13
Jo
Thanks for the email, I enjoyed your pics! I agree with you, it's a beautiful area down there with so much to see! And don't worry about the "dodgy looking excalibur sword out of the stone" pic..... we've got them as well!!! LOL...... When you go down next time, have a look at the camp area behind the old town of Dalmorton. It's quite nice thee.

Cheers

Brian
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Reply By: Redback - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 20:06

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 20:06
We spent the weekend at Shooters Hill on a property with members of the LROC Sydney, very relaxing drives to Dingo Dell, Kanangra, Jenolan AND many other places, also some fine ales, wine, whiskey and food around the fire.

Baz.
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Reply By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 20:44

Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 at 20:44
We, the Yorke Peninsula 4WD club, which included Roaches, Pud & Barb, and Muddy Doe, from this site, with other members as well, spent Thursday night at our favourite site 30 k south of Pimba.
Friday we headed for Woomera, for the 60th anniversary celebrations and set up camp in the detention centre, an overflow site for the busy weekend they had organised, quite a novelty in itself camping in a detention centre, behind a very heavy security fence and sighting some of the wasteage that took place there.
They are in the throws of dismantling some of it and turning it back into a army base as we speak. It hasnt been used since 2002.
Spent Friday arvo and Saturday touring all the stuff that was on and looking around.
Sunday we decided to head off and take the senic route home, so headed for Andamooka via Roxby Downs, where we purchased permits to travel the Lake Torrens track to Farina.
Spent a great night in the middle of the scrub on Sunday night, and finished our trip Monday arvo at Farina, where, with GREAT regret we said goodbye to the Roaches and Pud & Barb who are off to Dalhousie and beyond for the next 2 weeks.
Alas we had to head for home and work, and arrived home about 10.30 at night.
We had fantastic weather and perfect balmy nights with a fire to gaze into several nights.
Yes I have evidence of the Roach Chev in detention along with its owner Haha

Cheers Pesty
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