Hutchessons Camp... Day 2

Sunday 27 May, 2018

We had a great, cozy sleep in Pearl and woke to another overcast day, but it wasn't cold...

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We lit the pig again...

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Camp breakfast of eggs and bacon...

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...and toast with marmalade and jam to finish off...

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Gus got Bob the boat pumped up and ready for a choof down the river...

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This is the best way to see the river and

 the beautiful cliffs and bird life...

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Mirror flat!

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We got back from our little tootle along the river to find that we had visitors at our camp.  We found it rather rude that they would just pull up right near our camper and proceed to set up their barbecue lunch and light a fire in the camp fireplace...too bad if we had the same idea.  Remember, we paid $25 a night to stay here...

We didn't say much because we sort of knew the people but....rude!

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Anyway, after letting them use our axe to chop their big bits of wood, let them have some kindling and firelighters, they finally had their fire sorted.

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Gus cooked our shaslicks on the BabyQ and I cooked a packet rice on the camper stove and made a nice salad.

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It was lovely sitting out eating our lunch...

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...until the peace was broken by the sound of our toughened glass sink cover exploding into a million pieces!

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I'm glad we were outside otherwise I'd probably never go back in there again!  The biggest mystery is why it did it.  The stove has the same cover which was upright and I'd finished cooking about 10 minutes before (and was letting the rice just steam to finish).  The sink hadn't had anything hot near it and it was also upright...total mystery!

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It took a while to clean up all the shards of glass but luckily there were no scratches in our bench top.  Now we need to sort out a replacement cover...

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We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing by the fire and packing up Bob.  Things are rather muddy!

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Dinner Sunday night was a simple steak and a braise of onion, mushroom, tomato, garlic and olive to top the steak and a baked spud.

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It rained overnight so we had to pack Pearl up a bit damp...

We will have to return again one day, this is a lovely spot for a camp and hopefully next time we'll catch some fish!

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A quick breakfast before packing up - banana and peanut butter on sourdough...

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Home we go, down another bush track...

Cheers - Joolz xx

Hutchessons Camp...

Saturday 26 May, 2018

We decided to have a two night camp at Hutchessons Camp, Lower Glenelg National Park, just over the Victorian border...

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It is about a 90 km drive from Millicent, through Mount Gambier then out of town and down some pine tracks...

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We had booked camp spot online and soon had Pearl set up.  We bought last nights left over, homemade pizza with us and heated it up in the BabyQ...just as tasty as last night!

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The long drop amenities are pretty good but I'm always scared I'll come across a huntsman...

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The Glenelg river was mirror flat which made for some nice photos...

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Our camp looking from camp spot 1

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We threw our lines in but weren't successful at all!

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Birdsong is about all you can hear.  I think we only had 3 boats go past - very peaceful.

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We can't believe how still and mild the weather is, considering how cold it has been.

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We lit the OzPig and she kept us warm and toasty...

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Dinner was marinated chicken thighs by Gus and I did the soba noodles with wilted spinach and a soy dressing...Weight Watchers approved.

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We had a glass or two of white muscat then it was time to turn in.

- Joolz xx

K.I...Time to go home!

Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 

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We were up early to pack everything up and I caught the sunrise...

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Quite beautiful...very peaceful.

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Do we have to leave?

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We left Snelling Beach and made our way to catch the 10.30 ferry at Penneshaw.  We had another smooth crossing - we cannot believe our luck with the weather!  Farewell, KI, we'll certainly return for more camping and exploring sometime!

Cheers - Joolz xx