Twilight Divorce

[Thawed]

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

[chester ver2.0]

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

[scarps]

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.

[edz]

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 ...

[speewa158]

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 

[MarkGU]

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 

was that your 1st tent Jamie ?   

[TOPNDR]

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.   

[kylarama]

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.

[Jeepers Creepers]

Our fights always start over religion.....

I always think i'm God and see doesn't.

[xcvator]

You're a perverted evil lot, nothing like that happens when I'm around 

[Thawed]

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

[speewa158]

was that your 1st tent Jamie ?   
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 . 

[Mobi]

We setup at home first so that we know there are no missing bits . Doesn't help if I forget the hammer for the pegs   

[Jeepers Creepers]

We setup at home first so that we know there are no missing bits . Doesn't help if I forget the hammer for the pegs   

Or if you leave the hitch clip thingy on the towbar after you've set up and drive off huh.

[alnjan]

i love this thread...makes al n i seem normal!  lol

though to be honest, i just haven't thrown anything at him...yet! 

jan
xxxx

[Big Tread]

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"

[Black Diamond]

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

Drop Bear? 

[Nomad]

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......................

[Swannie]

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

[Rumpig]

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 

[Black Diamond]

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

I don't blame her, if my memory serves me right the husband in question was a chauvinistic self centred selfish prick

[Crisp Image]

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

[Ynot]

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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[kiwi_camper]

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.

[Redcherokee]

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.