A Weeks R&R

We finally left home on Sunday morning around 10am and arrived at Peach Trees around 3pm, which was just late enough in the afternoon to work out which way the sun was going to set so that we got the most out of the solar panel. Sunday night there were 3 camps set up in the grounds, no noise and the stars looked like you just had to reach out to touch them.

Monday morning DB Ken and DSIL Lyn arrived early-ish 9.30am with Ian and I greeting them in our pj's. We were sitting in the sun getting warm - it was very chilly up there. The night before we kept stealing each others blankets to keep warm, well that's my story. Ian probably would tell you something totally different - like I always steal the blankets.

Being on a camping holiday is great, no pressure, no having to do anything, no having to be anywhere at a certain time so Ian started in on decorating Ken and Lyn's van. This is what their back tow bar looked like after a few days of relaxing -

... and this was our campsite. As you can see we were definitely crowded in by nature.

Each afternoon the local inhabitants would come around the camp to nibble on the short green grass, though one little one was still drinking on Mum, he/she must have been very thirsty cause he/she was suckling for close on a ½hour. During the day the wallabies would be closer to the entrance of the grounds and at noon would be sunning or sleeping under one of the many trees that are through the parkgrounds.

If you're into camping and in the SE corner of Qld this is one of the most delightful spots. On Wednesday we went for a drive and went down the mountain via Sunday Creek Road to Kenilworth through Charlie Moreland campgrounds. This is a photo of the view halfway down the mountain. The forestry rangers had not long planted the mountainside, the pine trees were about 3' high. I wonder if they plant them all by hand, it seems to steep for machinery to me.

We also had a good look through the binoculars and there were little farmsteads in the distance. People trying to get away from the rat race. I can understand that!

On Tuesday night we started watching the eclipse, but decided to go to bed instead. Seen one you've seen them all. Plus too, you've got to remember we had been hard at work resting all day - we were buggered. So this photo is the only one I got to take.

On Saturday Ken and Lyn's two daughters Lisa and Belinda with David my other brother's youngest son came up to visit us. Now does that explanation have you scratching your head? How's this then - the quilt for Trev's 50th birthday? Trevor is my younger brother well his youngest son, who just coincidentally has found out that he has a daughter. He was told when the baby was 6weeks old. Chelsea is her name and David was slapping himself because he left the photos home on the kitchen table. Anyway back to the original story, Belinda is pregnant with Ken and Lyn's very first grandchild who everyone is calling Charlie until he is born. Yep it's a boy, apparently the scan shows him in all his glory. That's the pround grandfather in the background. He's already trying to work out how he can alter the van so that he can take Charlie away on holidays.

and of course DH Ian couldn't let Belinda be the only pregnant one there!!! He's due as soon as I belt him - just kidding!!! Maybe??

did I tell you guys how gorgeous the camping grounds were - well here's proof. That's us on the right.
and looking to our left -

and that's not all of it. Follow the road up over the hill and there's more camping sites to the right on the bank of the creek, which I might add was up over the entrance bridge the week before we were there and now the rain has started again, we have had two lovely days of it so far.

Now congratulations if you have persevered this far, there is only one more thing I would like to add to this posting. I finished the binding, embroidering the label and sewing it onto my 'Round the World with Diamonds' quilt so it is well and truly finished.