Camping

Well being the true kiwi that I am no summer is complete without a camping trip. Michael's grandma had given us some money for christmas so we chose to put this towards a tent and some of the other essential camping equipment and organised a weekend away camping. After a bit of a process finding a camping ground with sites available we lucked upon a fantastic wee spot down the coast in Bulli. It had all the things we were looking for, a fantastic surf beach, a little cafe with great coffee and melting moments and a grave yard next door.

We were fortunate enough that Michael had the day off on friday so he drove down with a car load and I caught the train (1 1/2 hr trip) after work. Michael picked me up from the train station and we got busy errecting the tent whilst there was still some day light. Marco, Brent, Jay and Kirsten all had to work Friday as well so it was dark by the time they arrived and we all had a bit of fun putting up the other two tents in the dark.

The weekend consisted of relaxing, drinking, eating, swimming and a nice evening run on the beach. The water was so warm it was very easy to spend an hour in the water at a time. The camping ground was came complete with some tame wildlife consisting of rabits and lorikeets. The weather was very kind to us and it did not start to rain until Sunday morning when we had almost completed pack up. Pack up introduced some challenges of it's own with a lost set of truck keys requiring an unload and search in the rain. They were eventually found and we checked out and headed to the cafe for a nice cooked breakfast and great coffee. The camping trip as a whole was enjoyed by all and they are busy trying to find a site available to go again for easter weekend.