Monday 31 October 2016

Running Creek Reserve, Howqua Vic



Back to Running Creek Reserve for our 3rd “Mel Cup” weekend with Myswag.org friends we have met over the year’s. Arrived before lunch on the Friday to see the camp area quit full a different picture to previous years. The main river crossing joining a number of camp grounds along this part of the river had a “Road closed” sign which stopped everyone from crossing and packing into this area, while full was not that  bad and all our group managed to camp close by

During the evening a number of Police, Ambulance and SES vehicles drove into camp where a “camper” had done some damage to his knee some distance along a track and was assisted out buy around 14 of the search party needing to cross the river with knee deep freezing water the entire exercise lasted around 4/5 hrs few drinks around the fire and off to bed

Saturday into Mansfield for the morning coffee and cake at the bakery before home for an early start with a few drinks before dinner, camp fire with more laughs and drinks and in bed around midnight


Sunday the others decided to take a drive up the “high country” as this is the first weekend that this areas is open post winter we decided to have a lazy day around camp and ventured into Jamieson for lunch and a drive around some other camp areas further away. Back to camp to get the “pig” ready for a dinner of a mini-roast and vegies early night in bed by 9:30ish up to the sound of rain!!! 

We waited for the camper to dry before packing up so that we did not have to muck around unpacking when we go home. Linda managed to catch up after 3 days without internet coverage once she was contented she managed to sleep all the way home with a lunch stop in between