All posts by Angela

Ah, that’s better! A power point and full reception! You Beauty! As I mentioned in our last post, we had decided to make camp in the Byfield National Park, along 9 Mile Beach. That is if you can really call it a beach. We met a few locals while we were camped and they each [...]

That was the main advertisement for Lake Awoonga Caravan Park, which as mentioned by Brendan was where we made our home for the next week of our trip. Brendan was a bit hesitant at first, I mean who wants to pay $18 a night for a caravan park with hot showers, flushing toilets, tap water [...]

Well after spending a nice relaxing week with family on the Gold Coast we decided it was time to get our butts off the couch and back out into the wild. Our destination – Fraser Island! Isolated showers and morning drizzle with a chance of thunder in the evening and high winds. That basically summed [...]

There really is nothing quite like a freshly prepared hot meal at the end of a long hard day (even if that long day was spent relaxing in the bush with no chores to complete or errands to run!!)  🙂 For a bit of fun we thought we would share some of our camp recipes, let you try them out [...]

Some of you may be wondering what has happened to those crazy Batty kids since our last post which was just under a week before our predicted departure date. Well the good news is we actually managed to leave on the 27th as planned! Mind you we didnt do it until 5pm but hey, a [...]

That’s right folks.  As of 21 April 2011 I will be officially entering the world of unemployment … and beginning to live the dream! After only returning from maternity leave in January it will be sad to leave for good this time.  I will miss my colleagues and the interesting stories we get to share.  But I am excited about [...]

Woo Hoo! Just received the latest edition of Camps Australia Wide in the post. A great investment for those looking to camp on a budget. It lists free camps, rest areas, national parks, state forrests, public dump points, pet friendly areas as well as detailing amenities, phone service, boat ramps and much much more. As [...]