Twilight Divorce

[DannyG]

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!

[Mobi]

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
 

[DannyG]

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?


I am getting slow in my old age!

[fishfinder]

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

[fishfinder]

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

[deepop]

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!

[speewa158]

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 ,,,,,

[JCOJ]

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.

[scarps]

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

[deepop]

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.

[scarps]

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

[Thawed]

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

[GUEY]

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.

[scarps]

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:-)