What a great peaceful setting beside the dam. We booked for 2 nights originally but decided to stay for 8 as we will then take our time going into Gympie where the truck and rig are booked for a service. Want to get things checked out by the experts to make sure all is OK and get another spare spring "just in case".
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These are the unpowered sites, 20 powered sites further up the hill above the store.
Great large sites to pull up here and have met and made friends from Phillip Island and Golburn. Each night we spend a couple of hours around the fire with our drinks for a laugh and chat. Saturday night we all contributed and had "Banquet Night". Yum! I tried the Golden Syrup Damper in our camp oven which took a little longer as the coals got too cold too soon but it was beautiful with whipped cream and a drizzle of golden syrup over.
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No boat or kayak to go out on the lake to catch fish or red claw but we got on our bikes and rode around to have a good look. Barry and Rhondda took the kilometre reading and it was 5 kms to the Dam Wall. Well we managed it!! Mostly up hill all the was with a big dip where I started to get the "wobbles on", half way up the steep hill was changing down gears and chucked the bloody chain. Well do you think we could get it unstuck!! No so had to go and ask a driver of a water truck if he had any tools to shift it from the guard. Finally fixed, we rode on to the Dam wall and surrounding views. Wayne was instructing me how to ride and not chuck off chains when it happened to him. Haha. He did the very same thing riding back so I cracked up laughing. I found a sturdy stick and heavy rock - bashed the s....er and got the chain freed before we headed off back to camp for lunch. 10 km ride done! Feeling good for our bodies but not going so far the next couple of days. Plenty of walks to do around the camp.
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| Lake Boondooma Dam Wall |
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| Fantastic sunsets every night with Pluto and Jupiter shining close together |
So relaxing here watching the birds in the grevillia's and currawong's chasing the kookaburras, koala with baby on her back, wallabies or kangaroos feeding, pelicans, ducks and shags in the lake. Oh and of course the squawking crows all day long!!!
