Well Mark and I aren't ones to sit around and let an opportunity pass us by...so we were at the store Thursday night and out the door by 6 am the next morning. Off to the great Innes National Park for a weekend of camping. We had heard rumors that last year it took some over 10 hours to complete what is typically a 3.5 hour drive. Much to our amazement it only took us the expected 3.5 hours so we were hoping we had beaten everyone...
Then we go to the self-registration post and turned out that 6 out of the 7 or so sites were already full!?!? Yep, full by Thursday at 11:00 pm. Well I guess good for them - would not want to set up our tent in the dark, but I guess these people are pros. We still managed to get a good spot - about 10 meters from the sea. The only downside was that it was a bit further away from where the hiking started, but that didn't bother us - we were up to make the hikes a bit longer anyway.
The weekend was very relaxing (I mean very relaxing). There was still a fire ban so we couldn't have any fires, which made the nights a bit longer. So we went to bed rather early - and as as mindfully kept our tent in the shade were able to escape the morning sun and sleep in a bit longer. Then of course (since our hikes were a bit longer than the typical person would walk) we had to take a nap (or two). Add it all up and I'm pretty sure I slept more that weekend then the entire month of March.
Well a camping trip is not a real camping trip unless you see wild life (birds are excluded). Luckily we did. Saw a few kangaroos on one of our hikes and some emu just searching through the campsites for some food.
Well, all in all it was a great weekend. Next up a three day weekend for ANZAC Day (Australian New Zealand Army Corp Day)...hopefully we can find something to do...
