We have had trouble the last few years with the local possums eating the veggies that we planted. And before this it was a bush turkey scratching everything up so he could build his lady love one fine nest. The bush turkey has finally gotten the hint that he is not welcome and moved on.… Continue reading How to possum proof a garden
We went camping to Neurum Creek Bush Retreat again. One of my cousins had asked just before our last trip if we wanted to go for a weekend in August, and since we could only stay for one night last time, we decided to go back – and this time, to try for three nights.… Continue reading Neurum Creek camping (again!)
Never afraid to be the last to embrace a trend, we have started painting and decorating rocks to hide in local parks. We were in Hervey Bay for the school holidays a few weeks ago when we noticed that at all the local parks there were kids with rocks. Rocks in baskets so colourful they… Continue reading Rock hunting
Recently we got a book out from the library called “Perfect” by Danny Parker. It’s all about the simple things that make up a perfect day. The one that I liked was “some shoes and some places to walk to”.
We’ve been trying to evaluate recently what makes a good place for us to get away to – after every camping trip we ask what made this a good trip? What would have made it better?
We headed to Neurum Creek Bush Retreat recently for the weekend. A friend of ours organises a weekend there each year for his birthday and invited us along this year. I’d heard a lot about it from friends and family who had been camping there before and was really looking forward to seeing it. I… Continue reading Neurum Creek Bush Retreat
I always like to google camping spots before we go to see what they’ll be like, and blog reviews are the best of all, so here is my contribution. (As an example, The Fealy Family had a good post on Flanagan Reserve) Flanagan Reserve is just over an hour and a half from Brisbane, although it… Continue reading Flanagan Reserve camping
We celebrated our first school holidays by taking some time out to go to Somerset Dam. We decided in stay in a house rather than camp, mostly to make it easier to take the boat. We arrived at the house, unpacked, the children marvelled at the number of toilets, and then we decided to go… Continue reading Somerset Dam in April
