Our first camping trip...

I have been desperate to go camping for ages so when a friend suggested a weekend camping trip I jumped at the chance. We went to The Gorge which is less than 10 minutes from Aratula, South East Queensland. Leon and I could only stay 1 night but the rest of the group had 2 nights at the camp site. It is such a beautiful place to camp. There is a flowing creek that you can swim in or kayak on. You can set up your tent right on the bank of the creek. Our site was a little way back from the creek as we had children with us.

Leon and I bought a marvelous tent about 5 years ago and we finally got to use it!! Upon using it for the first time, we decided that a smaller tent would be good for weekend camping trips as our big 2 room tent was too big for overnighters. We also discovered that even though we have never been camping as a couple before, we are remarkably well prepared when it comes to camp equipment.

We all had so much fun swimming in the creek, sitting around the camp fire chatting and eating really yummy camp food.
On the way home we went to Moogerah Dam and went for a swim and cooked up all of our left over food for lunch.

Such a lovely weekend...

Mel