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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Thawed on October 08, 2013, 10:36:03 AM
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Hey all,
Whilst having a beer the other night I recalled to a make some funny antics at campsites which I call the "Twilight Divorce".
You know the one as we have all been there at one stage.
Get away late, delayed by whatever or just want to push on to a favoured spot to camp and the day is ending fast and you are both tired. Then, the inevitable happens with set up and cook up coinciding coupled with darkness to create a 'charged atmosphere'. You look up and the whole campsite is watching your sh1tfight and secretly thanking the gods that they are not you.
The circus is damn funny from the other side tho.
Sitting down with a beer, barbie cooking away, kids washed etc and watching the 'twilight divorcees' arrive is a most interesting and enlightening thing.
I recall at a central oz site (you know the one with the ropes and designated spaces) where the combatants arrived and the ensuing kaos involved jack knifing the camper, a badly stubbed toe on a tent peg, an empty gas bottle and much tension. Poor buggers.
We ended up feeding their couple of kids some snag sangas with ours and having them join us for a barby and a few beers.
Do you have a story to tell? Of yourself or a 'mate'?
Cheers
Steve
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Alice springs after a 10 hour drive me and the missus wernt getting along she threw a shoe at me i ducked and it smaked into the camper trailer next to us with a huge noise
Quietened us down real quick when the guy came out to see what was going on
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I particularly love Easter time.
We have the ability to set up 1 to 2 weeks before Easter and am usually very relaxed by the time Easter Thurs and Friday rocks along.
We camp with a fairly large group on the Murray River and 'circle the wagons' so to speak leaving enough room for our stragglers.
Nothing more entertaining than sitting around a fire with a tinny in hand and watch the shennanigans of Easter Eve set up on the river beach.
We're more than happy to wander over and hold up a pole or two, but it's after this that the fun begins when people realise they've forgotten food, tent poles/ropes, bbq hoses, bedding, pillows and clothes.
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Nothing like a borrowed tent thats got half the gear missing, first timers camping and a bloke who knows it all and cant be told, Ohh and add a grumpy missus, two hungry kids darkness and rain ... Set the tone for the week on a Moreton island trip when friends tagged along with us ..
Asked him if he wanted to borrow my snorkle and flippers as he was that deep in the Shite ... ;D
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l watched a family arrive lateish arvo to set a tent that was brand new in the box . As Dad opened the box the kids decended onto the contents ,like flys on a Pav . Pulling all the gags out & emptying the contents on the ground . Then 1 kid pinched the instruction book & shot through with it ,after the fight to get the pages that weren't ripped back things settled . Mum lost her cool & the kids started to yell & dad just stood there trying to find part B to insert it into part A . This all went down in about 15 mins , they fumbled about till a few of us ask if we could help . Job done in 20 mins . NooooooSpeaksss for the rest of the night . Only took 10 mins to deset , stuff in boot of car & go the next day . Early :cheers:
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l watched a family arrive lateish arvo to set a tent that was brand new in the box . As Dad opened the box the kids decended onto the contents ,like flys on a Pav . Pulling all the gags out & emptying the contents on the ground . Then 1 kid pinched the instruction book & shot through with it ,after the fight to get the pages that weren't ripped back things settled . Mum lost her cool & the kids started to yell & dad just stood there trying to find part B to insert it into part A . This all went down in about 15 mins , they fumbled about till a few of us ask if we could help . Job done in 20 mins . NooooooSpeaksss for the rest of the night . Only took 10 mins to deset , stuff in boot of car & go the next day . Early :cheers:
was that your 1st tent Jamie ? ;D
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Mrs T spent an entertaining afternoon on Saturday at Undara, watching with a few other folk, a couple try to reverse park their camper for 29 minutes before driving away to find/be allocated another spot. Reports are that the bloke driving kept repeating what he was doing, and thus repeated the results, which were unacceptable. 8)
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06, Ruby Gap East of Alice Springs. Looong days drive, get to the entry (the dry river bed) right on dark and feeling really tired and emotional! Plow through the sand looking for somewhere decent to camp, while being guided (arguing) with the missus. Find somewhere and start setting up, in the process while getting the tent off the roof I fall off the roof which really puts my angry head on!
Meantime a fellow solo traveler pulls up right next to use and this peeves me off big time! In fairness to the bloke he's probably had a day like ours, is knackered, sees a bit of light and goes to the easiest place to set up. I found this to be the case the following day, the missus spoke briefly with him that night.
Unfortunately in my 'mood' I didn't see it that way and from the snide remarks I kept making to the missus, he probably figured that out too! Anyway, get setup, have a fed, a beer, relax, calm down and and go to bed.
Wake up in the morning in a better state and realise I was probably a bit of a pr!ck to our neighbour, so decide when I get up to go and apologize to the bloke. 5 minutes later I hear his car start up and take off (6am), stick my head out of the tent to see him head off down the river still whith his rooftop tent setup! Don't really blame him for wanting to bail so early.
So the the bloke at Ruby Gap in the Landcruiser with the rooftop tent...Sorry.
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Our fights always start over religion.....
I always think i'm God and see doesn't.
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You're a perverted evil lot, nothing like that happens when I'm around :angel:
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I got to a camp site after a big day in the saddle absolutely tonging for a coldy to find that my beer had been removed from the fridge to cool some salad!!! Instead of being p!ssed I ended up p!ssed off. No one ounce of humour as the beer was in the sun and really really hot. So hot even a pommy would have baulked.
Steve
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was that your 1st tent Jamie ? ;D
Not me l was ensconced in a caravan in a park had been for 3 months or so . l overlooked the tent area as sport , certainly beat TV . :cheers:
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We setup at home first so that we know there are no missing bits ;D. Doesn't help if I forget the hammer for the pegs :cheers:
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We setup at home first so that we know there are no missing bits ;D. Doesn't help if I forget the hammer for the pegs :cheers:
Or if you leave the hitch clip thingy on the towbar after you've set up and drive off huh.
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i love this thread...makes al n i seem normal! lol
though to be honest, i just haven't thrown anything at him...yet! ;D
jan
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Watched a bloke trying to back his van into a spot at Streaky Bay a couple of weeks ago. His misses was yelling at him to go this way and that, along comes a friendly neighbor to offer some advice and he gets yelled at and told to butt out because, in her words "it's hard enough having me yell at him, let alone you as well"
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Alice springs after a 10 hour drive me and the missus wernt getting along she threw a shoe at me i ducked and it smaked into the camper trailer next to us with a huge noise
Quietened us down real quick when the guy came out to see what was going on
:cup: :D Drop Bear? :cheers:
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Not camping related....................
Was having a bbq on Sunday at the river.
Guy and his Mrs rock up in a new jimny with a new Seadoo jet boat behind it.
Guy pulls into the carpark and reverses straight down onto the ramp.
I was thinking this guy must know what he is doing...............wrong.
Undoes the winch and safety shackles and proceeds to try and push the boat off for about 10mins........someone walks past and tells him to undo the back strap on the boat.
Gets the boat into the water and tries to start for about half an hour......................dealer turns up with a can of go juice and hes away.
Not quite a twilight divorce but the same message......................
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Well there was this one incident where a bloke went on a myswag meet one long weekend and had told the missus he was going out 4WDing for a couple of hours and when he returns would pack up and head off home. That couple of hours turned out to be a little bit more and when he returned to the campsite to pack it was mostly done. Lets just say the trip home was very quite.
Swannie
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That couple of hours turned out to be a little bit more and when he returned to the campsite to pack it was mostly done. Lets just say the trip home was very quiet.
rewarded for spending time away with his mates...what a nice misses he must have ;D ;D
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Well there was this one incident where a bloke went on a myswag meet one long weekend and had told the missus he was going out 4WDing for a couple of hours and when he returns would pack up and head off home. That couple of hours turned out to be a little bit more and when he returned to the campsite to pack it was mostly done. Lets just say the trip home was very quite.
Swannie
;D I don't blame her, if my memory serves me right the husband in question was a chauvinistic self centred selfish prick ;D
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Ah yes the afternoon at any camp ground or CP is entertaining watching people trying to reverse into spots and set up.
There was this one time when a Mate and I were watching a bloke and we were making s few quiet remarks a little too loud when he said well if you can do better. So we did. He thanked us for the help and had a good weekend.
Regards
Crispy
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Not camping related....................
Was having a bbq on Sunday at the river.
Guy and his Mrs rock up in a new jimny with a new Seadoo jet boat behind it.
Guy pulls into the carpark and reverses straight down onto the ramp.
I was thinking this guy must know what he is doing...............wrong.
Undoes the winch and safety shackles and proceeds to try and push the boat off for about 10mins........someone walks past and tells him to undo the back strap on the boat.
Gets the boat into the water and tries to start for about half an hour......................dealer turns up with a can of go juice and hes away.
Not quite a twilight divorce but the same message......................
The Yeppoon water police got a new boat a few years back, yep same trick with the back straps.
Not too many willing helpers unfortunately.
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Hubby and I were signing the divorce papers last Easter at Straddie. We had 8 days there, with two overnight storms and a storm on the day we were due to go home. The weather had been so un-predictable during our stay, so the day before we were due to leave, I asked hubby to check the weather forecast for pack-up day. Most of the campground had packed up and left- got me thinking what they knew that we didn't! Forecast said rain overnight and rain again later the next day. So we figure the tent will dry if we leave it out as long as possible, then make sure we're packed up and gone for the 12pm ferry. Funny thing was, all the rain/storms had just been over our campground. You could have driven 5 minutes down the road and it would have been sunny, blue skies. So we decided to pack away as much in the CT as we could the night before, so it's less wet/dirty stuff to deal with in the morning.
We get up the next day and sure enough everything is wet but the sun is out and everything is drying nicely. We've done as much as we can by 10am and decide to go to the Straddie Hotel for a coffee, to give the CT more time to dry. At this stage we only have the annex to take down, tent to fold up and ground sheet to pack away- no stress. Yeah right........!
We're sitting in the hotel watching the thunder clouds roll in, so drop everything to jump back in the car.........drive back to camp just in time for the downpour. Hubby and I get out of the car and start pulling it all down absolutely soaking wet, inside and out, all the while swearing and shouting at each other. After 3 attempts to get the tonneau on, because it wouldn't zip up (hubby forgot to take out a roof support pole in his rush) and we had decided to leave the windows closed so less rain would get in (bad move as tent just filled up with air), I look over and see all the people who have miraculously appeared from their cabins to watch the show and shi**ing themselves laughing all the while thinking "now that's why we don't have a camper trailer!". Must admit the cabins looked really appealing just then LOL.
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Or if you leave the hitch clip thingy on the towbar after you've set up and drive off huh.
Well, on the upside we now have a spare hitch clip thingy. So we will never, ever, lose another one. ;D
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Related but I remember one spectacular camp packup where one of the parties decided that to illustrate the point, she would slam the rear door. While stuff was still poking out. That just gave more fodder to the "discussion.
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There is always the story of a Swagger that turned up to a High country catch up late on Friday night . He had been cautioned of the step in the rocky approach to the river crossing . The 1st rig came through , the 2nd a van mostly came through , Alas Capt Crunch earned his name by blocking the river crossing with his spare wheel carrier frame & tyre from the van . All we heard was a Ripper CRUNCH & some words in the dark . A HUGE cheer went up when he wader in to retrieve the spare parts
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Ahh this is gold! Reminds me alot of not just camping stories of the missus and I but many other situations. Good to see it is common amongst swaggers!
Not a camping story but similar, getting organised to go to an Apex function, get home,missus had all morning te be ready,she wasn't . Driving out driveway she tells me she forgot Something else - turned out to be a very quiet drive apart from the rugrats Saying 'are we going back to pick up mummy?'>:D
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There is always the story of a Swagger that turned up to a High country catch up late on Friday night . He had been cautioned of the step in the rocky approach to the river crossing . The 1st rig came through , the 2nd a van mostly came through , Alas Capt Crunch earned his name by blocking the river crossing with his spare wheel carrier frame & tyre from the van . All we heard was a Ripper CRUNCH & some words in the dark . A HUGE cheer went up when he wader in to retrieve the spare parts
:cup: :cheers:
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:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Don't you just hate it when some mongrel has a camera to record your screw ups?
Worse still;
Don't you just hate it when some mongrel distributes the evidence?
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Gold.
Steve
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Yes Thawed There are some nasty people in the ranks , with camera , videos & long memoirs . Usually the worse trouble your in the more are there to watch , not kind caring supportive types . & again & again the topic will return years after .
to too many cases to start now ,,, but parked in a chair at a campfire with a :cheers: could be different :cheers:
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Sometimes it is just like watching a train crash in slow motion.
You know what is gunna happen, and you don't want to make it too obvious, BUT you have to watch!!!
I must say that there was very little "divorce-ums" at Nymboida.
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Morag and I were like that every time we set up or tore down our first camper.
It would ruin our trips away.
Thank goodness those days are over.
Bill
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We dont have these issues setting up camp or in life in general luckily :)
Closest we would have came to putting on a show even slightly amusing would have been the one and only time we had to set up in the dark. There was no room to put the camper where we needed it to unfold it, so we unhitched the trailer so we could spin it around into position. Got half way and it sunk into some really soft sand, there was no way me and my wife could move it by hand and we could no longer get the Patrol to it so we were both having a giggle as that pretty much decided where we were setting up!
Luckily no one was spectating because it was obvious that it wasnt how we were intending to leave it.
I dont gawk at people when they are setting up by the way, i dont like to make people uncomfortable. But I guess I am guilty of keeping a sly eye on proceedings just incase there is a flare up ;D
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Our divorce moment was not with a camper trailer but a massive 16 person tent.
First time we had set it up, arrived late with not only our own kids but an extra. I had put a ding in the back of the Cruiser with the draw bar of the trailer (from memory I had taken the trailer off the car, then LB decided we should camp somewhere else so I was being an idiot putting the trailer back on the car). What a wonderful start to the weekend.
Tent had basically two domes and what we didn't realise was that there was two lengths of shorter poles.
We ended up giving up on the second dome and slept all of us in half the tent with the other half of the tent just sort of hanging. Would have been very amuzing to those that were watching in the evening, and even funnier when they got up in the morning and realised we had totally failed.
Glad to be rid of that tent, it took longer to setup than a softfloor camper, then we had the dining fly, kitchen etc... to setup as well. Whole setup took close to 2 hours but it got us started on camping so not a bad thing in the long run.
Bunyip
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We are usually the no fight done in no time sort of campers and same in life as general but there is always that one late night set up.
Turned up at Newnes late one evening 7 pm mrs says set up here and I say no here after much reversing and disagreement over where to set up 30 mins we pull the cover off camper and realise it is going to fold over fire pit. Oops. So rehitch trailer and go through process again. Finally setup and realise fridge has Shit itself. Turn it to emergency override. Get cold beer and then put up with the ribbing from our mates. Next day car has electrical fault and catches fire.
Won't forget that trip in a hurry.
Eddy
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I thought it was part of camping is the s##t fight during set up and packing - without fail every set up and pack up to the onlookers we must look like a couple of ferral red necks - so this Tassie meet coming up if you want a bit of entertainment i will place a cap on the ground about 6 mtrs from where we are setting up only gold coins are accepted ;D
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I thought it was part of camping is the s##t fight during set up and packing - without fail every set up and pack up to the onlookers we must look like a couple of ferral red necks - so this Tassie meet coming up if you want a bit of entertainment i will place a cap on the ground about 6 mtrs from where we are setting up only gold coins are accepted ;D
Please video
Swannie
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I thought it was part of camping is the s##t fight during set up and packing - without fail every set up and pack up to the onlookers we must look like a couple of ferral red necks - so this Tassie meet coming up if you want a bit of entertainment i will place a cap on the ground about 6 mtrs from where we are setting up only gold coins are accepted ;D
Nope I've seen you setup and pack up. You sit in your chair with a beer and watch :)
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Nope I've seen you setup and pack up. You sit in your chair with a beer and watch :)
hence the s**t fight :cheers: --- on a previous post you mentioned you dont gawk at people ???
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Years ago we were camped at Gloucester tops, over Xmas New Years and late one afternoon a couple turned up in their hatch, and began to unload, everything was brand new in the box. Well they eventually got the tent up and by this time it was getting dark, he started to put the stove, lights and a few other things together while she went to get firewood now there wasn't to much arguing and she looked very high maintenance but she was out there having a go, my FIL was taking the piss out of them until I reminded him at least they were out there having a crack. Well the amount and type of firewood that was collected struggled to even get a fire started and she was back up in the bush with dolphin torch and axe determined to have a fire. We were leaving the next morning and had heaps of firewood left so I snuck up and had a quiet word to the bloke took a heap of wood up and got the fire going for them, silly bugger dobbed me in instead of taking the credit, she came down later and said thanks and I reminded her that we all had to start somewhere and to get out as often as they could. Wonder if they're still camping?
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Morag and I were like that every time we set up or tore down our first camper.
It would ruin our trips away.
Thank goodness those days are over.
Bill
Have you killed her , or has she necked you ;D ;D
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Heading to Kroombit Tops last year the "Nav" tells me to take the "Raspberry Rd-Clewlies Gap" route.
"I don't think so dear!" was my reply.
"Take it"
"Yes Light of My Life"
It was what you would call overgrown in places & somewhat steep in others. I stopped in one particular position that had us both thankful for the DO35 hitch, as the camper was passed the 90° left axis while the tug was about the same on the right.
I suggested that this might be a photo moment but the Disco was on such a lean wifey couldn't get her door open, which was a pity really, as I'd made my mind up that when she was out I would drive to the top of the track & make her walk.
In hindsight, I was probably lucky ;D
Things got more frosty as, when setting up, I noticed that the gas bottle adaptor for our stove was missing!
"Excuse me, Precious but when you did the swap & go at Samford this morning did you happen to remove the adaptor, by any chance?"
"I thought you had, pillock!!!"
"Yes, Sybil"
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Was sitting having a tinnie at Caloundra last xmas when old mate rolls in about an hour b4 dark as he was unhooking his level riders there was a slip and a lot of swearing. On closer inspection there was a bit of clarret coming out his foot but nothing major. He continued to limp around and set up and came over 4 a beer later on.
Fast forward to the morning and he has had a midnight run to the emergency ward in extreem pain, and now has 2 broken bones in his foot along with 19 stiches. More damage done than we thought. :cheers:
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There is always the story of a Swagger that turned up to a High country catch up late on Friday night . He had been cautioned of the step in the rocky approach to the river crossing . The 1st rig came through , the 2nd a van mostly came through , Alas Capt Crunch earned his name by blocking the river crossing with his spare wheel carrier frame & tyre from the van . All we heard was a Ripper CRUNCH & some words in the dark . A HUGE cheer went up when he wader in to retrieve the spare parts
:cup: :cheers:
Should never follow the line of a Patrol and an off road camper >:D
On another note, dont forget your Doona in the desert in Winter, still owe GURich a few ales :cheers:
GG
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watched gomez, mortisha and their kids set up once - they did tell me their names but was too late as i already had names for them
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watched gomez, mortisha and their kids set up once - they did tell me their names but was too late as i already had names for them
Looking forward to Bangor for a chance to Meet them! Do they have a "thing", or is that the Nissan?
Will have to make sure we get there early as I have been known to get a bit out of order if any smart assed comments are sent in my direction. Only one way to put up our ct, my way or the highway!
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Well, on the upside we now have a spare hitch clip thingy. So we will never, ever, lose another one. ;D
You too..... i was pulling the piss outta Mobi when he did it in 1770 a few months back.
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watched gomez, mortisha and their kids set up once - they did tell me their names but was too late as i already had names for them
:) :D
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Our 'event' occurred on a Fraser trip. We arrived at Inskip only to find half of our only water, the 20lt jerry, had emptied itself in the 2nd row footwell in the old Pathy. Turns out I shouldn't have put the tap in before we get to Fraser. All good, there's 10lt in the container that we can still use. Dummy spit #1
Saved another issue by letting the tyres down before heading for the barge. Merely put off next issue though as tide was high and the issue became have we got enough fuel to get to Eurong as 2nd gear was the best we could do in the soft stuff. Spit #2
Setting up the 2man tent and the heavens open up. Bedding got wet as we finished the set up in failing light. #3 spit
Went to go fishing and found the fishing knife had gone through the wash up tub. #4
We go fishing and while I'm cleaning up her catch she casts back out and catches another. #5!!!
Drive to Lake MacKenzie and the constant bouncy ride causes #6
Whilst eating lunch the kookaburras fly down and steal the salami from between the bread as I take a bite. The wildlife here is feral!#7
Nearly 15 yers ago but we still remeber it with a laugh :)
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watched gomez, mortisha and their kids set up once - they did tell me their names but was too late as i already had names for them
Lol I think I know who your talking about now you people are so nasty to me!
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Or if you leave the hitch clip thingy on the towbar after you've set up and drive off huh.
True but SWMBO was not with me so this stuff up doesn't belong in this thread ;D
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watched gomez, mortisha and their kids set up once - they did tell me their names but was too late as i already had names for them
Your not talking about this weird couple are you?
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I am getting slow in my old age!
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Looking forward to Bangor for a chance to Meet them! Do they have a "thing", or is that the Nissan?
Will have to make sure we get there early as I have been known to get a bit out of order if any smart assed comments are sent in my direction. Only one way to put up our ct, my way or the highway!
Did not think to ask that question but no they did not have a Nissan
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Lol I think I know who your talking about now you people are so nasty to me!
no mate not you will tell you after you tell me what really happened on your trip
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I particularly love Easter time.
We have the ability to set up 1 to 2 weeks before Easter and am usually very relaxed by the time Easter Thurs and Friday rocks along.
We camp with a fairly large group on the Murray River and 'circle the wagons' so to speak leaving enough room for our stragglers.
Nothing more entertaining than sitting around a fire with a tinny in hand and watch the shennanigans of Easter Eve set up on the river beach.
We're more than happy to wander over and hold up a pole or two, but it's after this that the fun begins when people realise they've forgotten food, tent poles/ropes, bbq hoses, bedding, pillows and clothes.
Where do you camp Scarps?
We do a similar thing near Barooga. Do love the camp set up antics once I'm done with mine though.
Have been known to place a chair and esky in optimal viewing position and settle in! As has been said, nothing beats a live show!
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l always try to get to camp early set up when nobody's there so l can stuff up alone . Not that l would or have ,,,,, :cheers:
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Not at camp, but on the way home from one:
One time my mrs was super stroppy as they forgot to put sugar in her takeaway latte (we were already on the move before she had a taste). Her being stroppy just makes me laugh which proceeded to piss her off even more.
I just couldn't stop laughing so she grabbed my hot chocolate, wound down her window and proceeded to throw it out, only it was still full and she squeezed it a bit too hard and most of it ended up on the inside of her side of the windscreen and on her door.
That just got me laughing harder, so much so that I got a stitch.
A short while later I did the gentlemanly thing, pulled over, cleaned up her side of the car and got her some sugar out of the camper trailer so she could then enjoy her latte.
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Where do you camp Scarps?
We do a similar thing near Barooga. Do love the camp set up antics once I'm done with mine though.
Have been known to place a chair and esky in optimal viewing position and settle in! As has been said, nothing beats a live show!
near Koonamoo sth of Tocumwal
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near Koonamoo sth of Tocumwal
HMMM!! very clever - not too far from the Toke Bakery then! You'd have to walk there if you went for breakfast of a morning.
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HMMM!! very clever - not too far from the Toke Bakery then! You'd have to walk there if you went for breakfast of a morning.
or swim down the river
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Wazza,
Ah Fraser, a place of great amazement.
Pre kids about 1990ish the bride and I spent 3 weeks there and on the first night discovered our new but very second hand tent (a gift) was one that let in more water than it could let out. Spending the night literally floating on an air mattress within the tent with sopping wet sleeping bags was not much fun but then using a body bag (mate is an undertaker) helped out a little. In the morning there was no evidence of rainfall other than the full to the brim 9 inch billy at our camp. Of course the "just a spring shower mate" comment from an old fisho was enough for me.
Cheers Steve
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About 5 years ago a lovely couple (who from now on will be known as couple A)headed off to Landcruiser park with some friends (couple B) on a Friday afternoon in winter for a relaxing weekend of 4x4 and camping.
Things started of well with a cruisy trip up the highway to Kilcoy and this is where it started to go wrong.
Male from couple A (the lovely couple) anounced it was only another 20mins up the road as couple B where getting a bit shirty with how long it was going to take to get there as their kids were playing up. Male A hadn't been there for a few years and had forgotten how much longer it would take.
An hour and a bit later they arrived at the office at LP with female B cranky and not talking after letting male A have it over the CB for the last half an hour.
With fees paid they set of to the camp ground to find couple C who where already there.
Half way to the campground couple B's independent suspension on their flash as camper decided it had had enough and bailed out dropping the camper hard onto the tyre. Male A found this somewhat amusing as his 20yr old box trailer was holding up well. Female B really not happy now as the young kiddies are fed up, the camper is stuffed and apparently she didn't want to come in the first place.
Anyway got stuck in bastardising other bolts from the campers handbrake and so on to get it movable.
Another couple hundred meters and it lets go again. I guess take it easy doesn't compute when your misses is going off.
Nothing else we can do at this point but skull drag the camper the rest of the way to site stuffing the tyre and burning the paint job from heat and look at it in the morning. By this stage daylight is dissappearing rapidly.
This is when it starts turning pear shaped for couple A. Tarp gets pulled out and erected without any dramas. Next comes the cabin tent. Tent gets laid out and pegged down. Male A goes to get the tent poles.....no tent poles and 3hrs from home.
Managed to scrounge enough tarp poles and ropes to hold it up. Only problem was having to do the limbo to get in and out of the tent all weekend.
Needless to say it was a frosty winter night indeed for couples A and B while male from couple C found great delight in the shenanigans.
Must add that I still believe to this day male A was extremely ingenious in the way he was able to set up the tent.
Shame Female A wasn't impressed at the time.
This wasn't the end of the fun for the weekend either... there is still the story of the air lockers failing on the side of a cliff, males ABC trying to cut firewood at 3 in the morning to stay warm, the lost number plate and the rock stuck in the brakes episode.
Stories for another time.
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About 5 years ago a lovely couple (who from now on will be known as couple A)headed off to Landcruiser park with some friends (couple B) on a Friday afternoon in winter for a relaxing weekend of 4x4 and camping.
Things started of well with a cruisy trip up the highway to Kilcoy and this is where it started to go wrong.
Male from couple A (the lovely couple) anounced it was only another 20mins up the road as couple B where getting a bit shirty with how long it was going to take to get there as their kids were playing up. Male A hadn't been there for a few years and had forgotten how much longer it would take.
An hour and a bit later they arrived at the office at LP with female B cranky and not talking after letting male A have it over the CB for the last half an hour.
With fees paid they set of to the camp ground to find couple C who where already there.
Half way to the campground couple B's independent suspension on their flash as camper decided it had had enough and bailed out dropping the camper hard onto the tyre. Male A found this somewhat amusing as his 20yr old box trailer was holding up well. Female B really not happy now as the young kiddies are fed up, the camper is stuffed and apparently she didn't want to come in the first place.
Anyway got stuck in bastardising other bolts from the campers handbrake and so on to get it movable.
Another couple hundred meters and it lets go again. I guess take it easy doesn't compute when your misses is going off.
Nothing else we can do at this point but skull drag the camper the rest of the way to site stuffing the tyre and burning the paint job from heat and look at it in the morning. By this stage daylight is dissappearing rapidly.
This is when it starts turning pear shaped for couple A. Tarp gets pulled out and erected without any dramas. Next comes the cabin tent. Tent gets laid out and pegged down. Male A goes to get the tent poles.....no tent poles and 3hrs from home.
Managed to scrounge enough tarp poles and ropes to hold it up. Only problem was having to do the limbo to get in and out of the tent all weekend.
Needless to say it was a frosty winter night indeed for couples A and B while male from couple C found great delight in the shenanigans.
Must add that I still believe to this day male A was extremely ingenious in the way he was able to set up the tent.
Shame Female A wasn't impressed at the time.
This wasn't the end of the fun for the weekend either... there is still the story of the air lockers failing on the side of a cliff, males ABC trying to cut firewood at 3 in the morning to stay warm, the lost number plate and the rock stuck in the brakes episode.
Stories for another time.
Sounds like a normal weekend away:-)