nugget
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Got away again recently to Mt Moffatt National Pk which has some 4WD access only areas, great camping and interesting history.
This is sand belt country so you get some interesting formations caused by erosion and is also pretty rugged mountainous bush country. The main camp area is about 800 meters above sea level and part of the range which is in the 4WD access area is over 1100m.
The road in had been graded after recent rains which was a pity but it did make it dusty! For the photographers, I was on my own this trip and took this shot by remote with the camera on a tripod on the side of the road and the trusty remote in my hand….works upto 100meters (109 yds)!
Camp area was really nice and the bush walkers in the back ground were on a 5 day 86km trek. The youngest was 50 and the trek leader was a 72yo woman!
You don’t need Macca’s in the bush when you camp with nugget. Low tech hamburgers….everything touches the hot plate here!
Wash this lot down with a XXXX or 5 and the night is roll’n
Got a bit chilly over night! That is -21 in your currency and I was pretty glad I had thrown an extra blanket in the swag.
Everything was covered in a frost/ice….even the edge of the blue sleeping bag in the swag . This was at 6.30am so it would have been a couple of degrees C colder at 3.30/4.00am!
One of the hikers left some water out in a pot and bingo..instant ice! He recorded -2C in his tent.
Cannot sit around all day trying to unfreeze the goolies so it was time to hit the trail…..actually I remembered that the H3 had heated seats!!!! This is the site of an infamous episode in Aussie bush ranger (outlaw) history. 2 crooks who had been stealing cattle from the local station (ranch) killed the local copper (policeman/sheriff) and the station manager and proceeded to try to burn the evidence here at what has subsequently been known as the Incineration Site! These guys were Australia’s last bush rangers. One was hanged and the other jailed in 1901.
This is sand belt country so you get some interesting formations caused by erosion and is also pretty rugged mountainous bush country. The main camp area is about 800 meters above sea level and part of the range which is in the 4WD access area is over 1100m.
The road in had been graded after recent rains which was a pity but it did make it dusty! For the photographers, I was on my own this trip and took this shot by remote with the camera on a tripod on the side of the road and the trusty remote in my hand….works upto 100meters (109 yds)!
Camp area was really nice and the bush walkers in the back ground were on a 5 day 86km trek. The youngest was 50 and the trek leader was a 72yo woman!
You don’t need Macca’s in the bush when you camp with nugget. Low tech hamburgers….everything touches the hot plate here!
Wash this lot down with a XXXX or 5 and the night is roll’n
Got a bit chilly over night! That is -21 in your currency and I was pretty glad I had thrown an extra blanket in the swag.
Everything was covered in a frost/ice….even the edge of the blue sleeping bag in the swag . This was at 6.30am so it would have been a couple of degrees C colder at 3.30/4.00am!
One of the hikers left some water out in a pot and bingo..instant ice! He recorded -2C in his tent.
Cannot sit around all day trying to unfreeze the goolies so it was time to hit the trail…..actually I remembered that the H3 had heated seats!!!! This is the site of an infamous episode in Aussie bush ranger (outlaw) history. 2 crooks who had been stealing cattle from the local station (ranch) killed the local copper (policeman/sheriff) and the station manager and proceeded to try to burn the evidence here at what has subsequently been known as the Incineration Site! These guys were Australia’s last bush rangers. One was hanged and the other jailed in 1901.