Bunya Mountains National Park...Camping

We went camping again over the weekend. We left on Friday and came back yesterday. Getting there took us about 4 hours with traffic. The drive there was really nice, at least what we saw before it got dark. It was chilly when we arrived. I was freezing the first night in our tent!!

Our campsite. Campsites in Australia seem to be very open, so if other people are camping, you'd all be hanging out together. Since we're camping in the winter, there's never anyone else close to us, but I can see how it would be up close and personal with strangers if there were others around.

On Saturday morning there was frost on the ground. I'm not sure what the temp was overnight but one of the men at the general store in the park said that it had been getting down to -3 degrees. It was really cold!

Saturday morning sunrise...

Me waiting for a hot tea early Saturday morning. Thank goodness I bought a warm coat!

Steve making us a warm fire...

Getting ready to make brekky...Steve and I made Saturday's breakfast...bacon, eggs and toast.

The Purdys brought lunch that day...sandwiches to take with us on our hike...

We did a 6 km hike through the rain forest on the edge of a hill...

We stopped to eat our lunch at a lookoff...

Steve came across this guy causing trouble...gotta watch those cacti!

These are bunya trees...the whole point of the park...cool looking trees.

We also did a second short hike on Saturday. We were told it was worth the walk to watch the sunset...

It was a nice hike with very pretty views...

We had some snacks and took some pictures at the top, while we waited for the sun to set.

Our camera doesn't take very good pictures when the sun is around but this one came out kind of cool!

It's beginning to go down...

Dan enjoying the zen moment...

Bye sun...heading to Canada as someone said;)

Saturday night was chilly but not nearly as cold as the first night. We had chili and corn bread for dinner, compliments of Rej and Clo.

Rej and Clo also brought glow sticks and we brought sparklers. Made for a little childish fun!

The actual kids liked them too!

Sunday morning we had pancakes, with all the fancy trimmings for breakfast. Dan and Amy made this meal. They were yummy and a definite camping treat! We then packed up the stuff and headed to Kingaroy, a little town close to where we had camped. We went to a winery, tasted some wine, bought some wine and then had some lunch in a park with Darryl, Stacey and the kids. We then made our way home to pick up Jesse at the kennel (dogs aren't allowed in National parks in Australia) and enjoyed the best shower ever! It's amazing how good a shower feels after 3 days of not having one! Oh yeah, I also found what we think was a tick on me! Steve put an antiseptic on it and took it out with tweezers. It was really small though, so we're not 100% sure it was a tick but we didn't take any chances, since ticks are quite bad in the area where we camped and the park's website warns you to check yourself carefully.
And that was camping trip number 2!