free camp

Sometimes my kids get along beautifully and I find them doing things like this.  Playing peacefully and joyfully together.  Other times, not so much. We stayed in this free camp in Scottsdale.  There was a small lake on one side and a busy highway on the other.  We were constantly chasing TurboBug since he loved pushing his pram up and down the road in the camp.  He loved this spot because of all the big trucks that drove by on … Read More

More from our travels in December… We stayed a couple of nights at a free camp in Dartmoor, known for its wood carvings.  These war memorial carvings appear on their main street. This quite large one is located near the playground.  It features nursery rhyme characters. Another nearby had some animals, loved this platypus. Insert random pictures of kids… I wasn’t letting my kids climb on all of them, but this one was obviously made for posing for pictures. We … Read More

From our travels in December… Such a great spot in the forest.  This free camp is just outside Heywood, Victoria.  It’s a busy place, and you can see why, barely off the main road and you feel like you’re miles from everything.  There was an awesome thunderstorm there our first night that came in as the sun was setting.  The result was a lovely orange colour in the sky, everything looked like it was glowing.  Beautiful.  We miss those Arkansas … Read More

After we had our van fixed in Melbourne we drove to a free camp at Lake Colac.  It was a nice camp right on the edge of the lake. The first of many beautiful sunsets we’ll see on the road! The lake edge was full of tall grasses and I was warned there had been a snake sighting.  So to get to the water the kids rode their scooters down to the boat ramp and played there. We found this … Read More