From the
horrendously expensive Denham, we headed to a freecamp at Gladstone. It
actually cost us $5.50 per adult per night, but that was NOTHING compared to
$42 for the same thing – a (large) patch of dirt to park the bus on. Check out
time from caravan parks is 10am, and we are usually off the site by then.
Rarely out of the park though, usually there is dumping or loading of Baby
Bertha to do. For the first time, we actually had someone come and check up on
us at 10.10am. I’m sure he was going to tell us to
come and pay for the next night, but he saw we were out of the spot and loading
the car and turned around and left. Sheesh!
So we were
happy to be ‘freeee’ in Gladstone. We were slightly concerned because there had been some
rain and the comments in wikicamps said to get out of Gladstone quick if it
rains. But the unmade road in was ok and there were only a few cut up parts.
The rest was lightly corrugated, but it only went for 6km so Bertha handled it
fine. The campground there was fabulous and the mother with the 6 kids from
Monkey Mia was there with her brood for the kids to play with. We parked with a
perfect view of the sea and a falling down jetty and we were set for a few
days.
I needed to
rest my foot for a bit. The day in the car to Steep Point was great as it wasn’t weight bearing at all, but we had been busy
since then. The kids had a ball playing with their new friends and I was kept
busier than expected feeding and entertaining them! We had some lovely adult
conversations over the campfire at night too. All the kids managed to pile into
Bertha and amuse themselves making loom bands while we had very deep and meaningful
philosophical and political discussions over the campfire. A bit of space from
the kids is great at times!
Dunc used
our quiet time to “do a bit of housework” and clean the solar panels on the roof. Of
course this made for a PERFECT photo opportunity! If only I was the sort to
have a fancy flowing dress. Or a gigantic silver shoe…
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