Oh the views...

Spring Creek Cafe View :)

Like this view also... Tasted great :)

View behind the camper. :)

Top view of Queen Mary Falls :)

View down to the bottom of the Falls...

When we were camping, I organised the boys to look after the kids and my sister and sister-in-law and I took off on the Sunday afternoon and had afternoon tea at the Spring Creek Cafe... Oh what a view. It was beautiful also were we were staying... here are some photos to show what I mean. Not that they do justice to the actual view... But you get the idea. :)

Cheers Damaris

Camping... Finally...

Our camper trailer...

My Nephew Alexander slipped over in the mud and didn't mind. lol

My brother Markus, sister Tina and I at Queen Mary Falls...

Timothy and his mud ball :)

Timothy feeding the local wild life...

Joshua tried to get around and still managed to have allot of fun :)

There were even hanging plants in the showers. :)

Glowsticks were a hit. Joshua's smiley face on the right was cool. :)

Loved the heat from the fires...

Last weekend we finally got to try out the new camper trailer. It never happened in the summer holidays as it poured raining too much but this time we had a little drizzle on the first afternoon and then just pure sunshine...

They had had rain there at Queen Mary Falls Caravan and Camping Park for the last two weeks. It stopped when we got there. There was mud everywhere I must say but that didn't deter us from having a great time. Greg one of the owners towed us in there as our I30 would have just gotten bogged...

We set everything up and so did Tina and her family and then later came Markus and his family. In all there were six adults and seven kids. Man did we have a great time. :)

The bonfires each night were great too. Marshmallows and glow sticks completed the experience. Timothy loved building his mud balls and made a couple of young friends. He loved playing in the creek and going for the bush walk to the Falls...

It was such a precious time to spend with my brother and sister and their families. I treasure it so much... I hope next time all five siblings can be there... I really hope so. :)

All in all the camper did really well. We are so happy with it. Though I think Russell wants to get the foam mattress changed over to an innerspring... Wuss I say... I reckon in another couple of trips we will have it all under control and will have everything set up the way we like it. Getting to be a great routine. :)

Cheers Damaris

Look at the little cuties...

Babies hitching a ride on top of Mum...

The three babies on their own...

When we were camping last weekend, Joshua found a Cunningham's Skink and her three babies... They got carried around for a while and lots of photos where taken... Then they were put back to where they came from. Very tolerant they were. :)

Cheers Damaris

Our Camping Trip (Not)

Lots of German Rummy was played :)

Markus and his beloved Mustang...

Timothy feeding banana skins to a baby goat. :)

Lots of room for everyone. :)

Marshmallow time :)

We were all geared up and ready to go. It was 1.1.11 and we were on our way. Animals at home were kindly looked after by our lovely neighbour Garry...

We got through Brisbane and as soon as we hit the Bruce Highway to get to our camp site, it started pouring. This had been going on since 6am that morning, not that we knew as at home it was warm and sunny.

We went where the GPS told us to go, which ended up being the back way. Had no luck getting in there as there was a road closed due to flooding. We had allot of trouble backing up the trailer and car back up a hill so that we could turn around at a flat area and then go back. By this time my brother called and said that they had been to the campsite and it was way too boggy. The creek was way too swollen and there was debris coming down it. Way too dangerous for kids. All the sites were slippery as well.

He had been in contact with the park management for days prior and all was apparently fine up until the day that we were to arrive. Needless to say due to us cancelling on the day we didn't get a cent back. Keeping the 50% deposit was fine. I understand that they are running a business but for them to not even offer the other half for a future trip there was terrible. They end up making 100% of our money and then just resell the site. When I asked about the chance of getting the balance for a future visit I was chuckled at... Not nice. :(

The boys were so disappointed and needless to say I will not be attempting to go there again. Shame as apparently if dry it is a great site. My brother and his band of at least six families will not be back either. Shame on them...

Anyway a good outcome was had though as my brother and his lovely wife offered for us to backtrack to their place about 45 mins and stay with them for the time instead. We had a ball. They have a pool so that is where you mostly found the boys. All five of them. :) We went to a local waterhole as well. All the boys went to Redcliffe to a seaside pool on one of the days and my SIL, little sister and I went and visited my other sister in Hospital. Everyone had a great time and everyone flung themselves happily and tiredly into bed each night.

It was so nice to know that the boys had grown enough to not have to be supervised every two minutes as well. Gave us adults more room and a great time of relaxation...

We made our trip home on Tuesday and just missed another shower. Since last night though it has set in once again. One of our exits was still not crossable yesterday so will be up again now, well and truly. Won't take much for the other two exits to be under either...

We did get into Warwick yesterday to stock up on bread as well as milk and fruit so we are fine till we go in again on Tuesday hopefully. Russell's car is in for a service and a movie will be caught while we wait.

Cheers Damaris