Camping at Myall Lakes 2010

Myall Lake

Date: 06/03/2010
Leader: Greg and Di Hamilton
Attendees: David, Liz, Rhys, Effie, Rebecca, Andrew, Kye, Amy, James, Wally, Alicia, Danielle, Nick, Matt, Mel, Lachlan, Laura, Dazza, Kazza, Noah, Cameron, Heather, Micky K, William.

With bad on the radar we were not even sure we wanted to get away. We decided to risk it but to take the Rodeo and small tent just in case. It had started raining even before I got the car packed and it continued and continued. I picked James up from work and we hit the road. Traffic was ok and within an hour we were on the highway and yup the rain continued and it only got worse the further we went. Visibility was poor but the traffic flowed. As we pulled into Wyong to fuel up the car and us we saw Wally and Alicia behind us and we had received a call from Dave and Liz and they were with Rhys and Effie looking for a good place to camp.
With full tummies and cars we hit the road together, and through the rain we pushed. Effie had said she had seen blue patches of sky so we held hope though it was fading. We pulled into camp and found the others easily at about 9pm. We set up and joined the mosquito’s and killer ants. We had missed the worst of the mozzies but they were still around and the killer ants really didn’t get going till the next day. The rain had eased but it was very misty and all night we could hear it raining on the roof of the tent and it didn’t stop.
We woke late to see patches of blue and held hope that it would continue to clear and by 10am it had cleared. It was a very relaxing morning with some people heading back into town for a few things and other just lazing around. By 11am the rest of the group had joined us and began setting up their campsites. We decided to migrate to the lake as it was much cooler sitting by the water.
Liz had packed her surf ski which was alot of fun for the big and little kids. Alot of us had a swim or 2 and some went for the rainforest walk and others just sat and chilled out. We spent the whole rest of the day by the water it was far too still and hot at camp though it was only a few hundred meters away. Later in the afternoon Dazza, Kazza and Noah showed up and then early evening Micky K and William graced us with their company.
We then had a celebrate the clubs birthday with pavlova and Liz pulled out 2 HUGE pavs to feed us all. Most of it was eaten but the last 3rd was just too much for anyone to fit in. We all had a fairly quiet early night.
Sunday saw another great looking day and seemed even warmer. We got to packing early and decided it would be good to be home early so we said our farewells and hit the road before lunch time. We got home early afternoon and had an easy unpack and were sitting with cool drink in hand with plenty of afternoon still to enjoy.
We are so glad we decided to go and really enjoyed the company of the 20 or so other campers. The only downside was not being able to camp with our car but we would go again to the same place to enjoy the lake and maybe even make it over to the beach, it was a very relaxing place that was great for couples and families.

Us2martins Camping with the Zook club at Myall Lakes
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