We are on the road about 15 minutes behind schedule. The day is extremely foggy, due to a day or two of rain, but soon turns into a glorious morning.
Showing posts with label Gatton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gatton. Show all posts
28.03.13 Fordsdale Farmstay
So Easter is here again. It means a long weekend with no packing up
for 3 whole days which we both think is divine! I had made plans to head to
Yandilla … even went so far as to make a booking, but David said it would be
busy and we might not get our favourite spot … especially now there is water in
Kilcoy Creek.
So Glenn has chosen Fordsdale for our long weekend, as
we know it won’t be crowded. We have the
most ideal spot in mind as well. I
couldn’t get a hold of David by phone to cancel, so sent him an email via his
website. I hope he’s not too upset that
we won’t be attending.
26.12.12 Fordsdale Farmstay
We are on the road late again for this trip, not
actually leaving home till 0900. We are
taking the Kid with us and have to organise our things around him which takes a
bit of time. It means taking less of our
things to get in more of his – tent, guitar, extra tarps and ropes, bedding,
mattress, clothes, extra food, etc. Alas
we have not made provisions in our usual organising of things for his stuff as
well, but we make do. He is a bit
crowded in the back seat. Our chairs
have been mounted on the trailer top and strapped down, so hoping it doesn’t
rain on them too much.
28.09.12 Fordsdale Farmstay
We were lucky enough to have a second Queen’s Birthday
public holiday this year thanks to the Lovely Anna Bligh (former Qld State
Premier). We decided that we’d make it a
4 day trip instead simply because we could.
Having ourselves organised early Friday morning, we
were on the road by 0810. The forecast
for the 4 day break was occasional showers and storms for Saturday and Sunday,
but we weren’t worried … they did say “occasional”. Traffic was minimal, so we made good time to
site, arriving around 0945.
15.09.12 Fordsdale Farmstay
This weekend we were off to Fordsdale Farmstay once more. I had a few other suggestions up my sleeve
for new places to go, but the one we wanted won’t answer the phone when I call
or return my messages alas. So it was up
for discussion. Glenn suggested heading
back to Murphy’s Creek and when I threw in Fordsdale and their bush camping
area up the creek, he said why not. It
hasn’t been raining for awhile, so we should be able to get there. With this in mind, I made our booking.
27.04.12 Fordsdale Farmstay ... Pups on the Farm
Manage to sneak in another long weekend, so we looked around for somewhere we haven’t been before, that promises peace, quiet and tranquillity. Fordsdale Farmstay at Fordsdale promises to be what we were looking for.
We are on the road by 0815 and the weather is forecast for wet, wet with a little bit more wet thrown in for good measure and it’s raining as we leave. Perfect for camping!
29.10.11 Heifer Creek Rest Area (with the puppies)
Glenn went to buy a roof rack for his ute as he’s found a shop that has an opening special that would save him $60. Why wouldn’t you give that saving a thumbs up? This means we don’t end up leaving home till 0930, and the day is overcast. Hopefully no rain to come. Bureau says fine, fine, fine … let’s hope so.
Just as we make it to the highway, we pass about a zillion trucks all flashing their lights and driving very slowly ... must be some fund raising event. Wish we knew what for.
11.06.11 Glen Rock via Centenary (Thornton) Park Laidley and home via Atkinson Dam
Queens birthday long weekend and the weather prediction is rain, rain, and more rain. Perfect weekend for camping? Maybe … We are heading to Centenary Park or Thornton Park as it’s right in Thornton. It’s in the middle of nowhere, but still manages to have 2 road frontage.
From Laidley continue south till you reach the Ipswich Rosewood road, and take a right. Continue to follow the signs to Mulgowie, specifically the pub which I believe does a great meal, then Thorton. It’s not hard to find, but comes up on you suddenly none the less. It’s between the Mt Mistake and Little Liverpool ranges, and Castle Mountain very noticable on the drive down. My grandfather used to own Mt Mistake and grazed cattle there. Now it’s a national park. Dad remembers it being very scrubby and only good for horses to access to gather the wild cattle that it ran.
24.04.11 Glen Rock Regional Park
So it's 145k from home and we were aghast at the changes the council are making to the creek ... right from the start of the Tenthill Valley. Every single crossing has had major works done to it. I'm not really surprised as they had a few weeks where the Tenthill Creek on www.BOM.gov.au was around 6 metres or so before it started falling.
We also passed some soft floor campers and a roof top camper on the way out, so hoped we'd have our favourite spot. So we pulled into the campground, to find our favourite spot vacant!
26.02.11 Heifer Creek
This week we headed to Heifer Creek which is a rest area and 48 hour roadside stop, 39k's from Gatton and about 27k's down the Clifton - Gatton Road. We noted that after all the flooding in the area, it's really hard to tell where it occurred ... if at all ... but the place is wonderfully green. I'm sure the locals are still living with thoughts of it ... but have picked up the pieces and are putting things back together with surprising resiliance. I made some calls to Main Roads before leaving to ensure we could make it to the site and that the site was still in good condition. The Engineer for this road gave it the Thumbs Up but did warn us that the onsite toilet hadn't been tended to in a while (I'm sure they meant the compost pit cleaning and not the physical toilet itself).