Australia Day weekend 2014 in pics

[Rumpig]

Last weekend was a long weekend for us folk here in Australia for the celebration of our National Day (26TH OF January), we did what many others did and went camping for the 3 days. Plan A was to head away with our 4wd club to a dam on the Friday afternoon after work finished, but we ditched that plan at lunch time on Friday and decided to go somewhere else with a mate and his family where we hoped there'd be a lot less people...and thankfully there was.

SATURDAY MORNING AND WEATHER NOT SO GOOD AS WE HEAD OFF









THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A MILITARY MEET UP HAPPENING SOMEWHERE...SPOTTED THESE ON THE WAY







STOPPED AND HELPED A BIKE RIDER THAT HAD CRASHED...HE WAS MOSTLY OK BUT NEEDED AN AMBULANCE....can see him sitting up on the ground infront of a bike (excuse the pic quality, didn't want to upset them by taking the pic too obviously, so snapped it from inside the vehicle looking through my weathershield and door mirror as we were leaving...the ambulance was on it's way and we couldn't do anymore for them then what we'd done)



WE EVENTUALLY TURNED OFF THE HIGHWAY ONTO SMALLER ROADS







WENT TO SET UP CAMP HERE BUT DECIDED TO MOVE INCASE MATES DOG UPSET THE HORSES



ENDED UP SETTING UP HERE INSTEAD





COLLECTED SOME FIREWOOD FOR THE CAMP FIRES WE HAD BOTH NIGHTS

 

[Rumpig]

AUSTRALIA DAY DAWNED AND WE ALL DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION





WE DIDN'T DO MUCH ALL DAY, SWAM IN THE RIVER AND TOOK SOME PICS OF OUR SURRONDS











IN THE AFTERNOON THE HORSES CAME FOR A VISIT TO CAMP









MONDAY DAWNED AND IT WAS TIME TO HEAD HOME, STOPPED OFF FOR A FEW PICS ALONG THE WAY THOUGH







AND OUR FINAL STOP WAS AT THE URBENVILLE PUB FOR LUNCH BEFORE HEADING HOME TO UNPACK

 

[roverrocks]

Your Aussie tree squirrels look a lot different than American tree squirrels. Yours are totally bald and grumpy looking. Ours are hairy little half-mad chattering nut devils.

 

[Rumpig]

Your Aussie tree squirrels look a lot different than American tree squirrels. Yours are totally bald and grumpy looking. Ours are hairy little half-mad chattering nut devils.

i don't reckon you want one of those guys getting a hold of your nuts with the claws they have...lol

 

[Tappet]

Thanks for pics and write up Rumpig.