friday
A
lovely sunny day greeted the campers. We arrived early at 10am, only to be
temporarily prevented entry to the site on account of road works in
progress. A short time later Clive & Sharon, then Russell & Jill arrived..
We set up on the southern grassy area with great views out to sea, the
surfers and the fishermen. Later Rob & Carol arrived and by the end of the
day a total of 9 campers were set up. At 4.30pm we had our happy hour and
after dinner we gathered around a great beach fire.
saturday
The
day started off overcast and it started to rain mid morning, continuing all
day and night. The wind picked up from the south west and the temperature
plummeted. A temporary shelter was set up with a tarp over two gazebos.
Clive got out his brazier and demonstrated how to light a fire using damp
wood in the rain.
During the day the rest of the campers turned up, making a total of 11.
Mical & Sonja took over Bob & Lesley’s place. A few members dropped in
during the day:- Ken, Ed/Trish, Phil/Sandra, Dave/Kerrie, Ian/Anne,
Rod/Wendy & Ian/Edythe.
We
had happy hour again at 4.30pm under the gazebos. Few campers got much sleep
on saturday night as the wind blew fiercely all through the night, testing
out some annexes.
sunday
Campers woke up to another cold and windy day, but the sun made an
appearance. A sudden gust of wind sent one of the gazebos air born and
unfortunately it scratched a couple of cars before it was contained.
A
few of the members departed on Sunday leaving six campers who departed on
the Monday. At happy hour, both Clive’s and Kev’s braziers were bought into
action with Kev’s fire judged as being the quickest to start, with the help
of a 8 fire starters! We all sat around the fires until about 8pm until the
cold winds drove us into our warm beds.
Seven camper trailers and four caravans attended the weekend camp over. Most
campers were locals and a few travelled from Newcastle. We all agreed that
Coledale Beach is a lovely camping spot and we are looking forward to host
another weekend meet sometime in the future.
attendees
Kev
& Carolyn, Clive & Sharon, Russel & Jill, Rob & Carol, Ken & Maree, Gary &
Francine, Doug & Diane, Chris & Gary, Mick & Narelle, Tony & Sam, Mical &
Sonja.
