We're the boys from the bush

We're the boys from the bush and we're back in town
We get high when the sun goes down
We're life members of the outback club
We're the boys from the bush come in from the scrub

Yep, we're back from the bush, and we survived. It wasn't like survivor or anything because we had the luxury of the toilet blocks! It was a great weekend though, we arrived in the flinders around lunch time and began to set up camp. Well as anyone would know, trying to assemble anything with someone else always ends up in an argument, and today was no exception. We had to assemble 2 tents the Leyland Brothers would have been proud of (straight from the 70's) and together with the scorching sun, 2 overtired, overexcited two-year-olds, and 1,000,000,000,000,000 flies per limb it was a little surly to say the least. May I point out at that right now I have my DICK HEAD husband in my ear trying to say it was all my fault, which of course we all know isn't true. Anyway the tents eventually went up and we unpacked the ute. We had to wait for Jodi's husband Phil to arrive from Adelaide, so we went into town for some lunch. We sat around till about 6, then went to the pub for tea. The thing I love about country pubs is that it's completely normal for little kids and babies to be in the front bar, so I had NO problem letting Darcy roam around the pub whilst we waited for our meals. He even had a go at the newest game they had recenlty installed for the kids to play with..."The Skill Tester...". It tested my skill, and my skill was crap! We headed back for the tent and got the boys ready for bed. Phil didn't arrive until 8.30 so we had a few beers then and went to bad. 1 day down, 1.5 to go.


Day 2.
Today started nice and early with Darcy crawling all over us being a little excited about waking up in a tent. We got organised and headed out to Kent's farm (Kent is Adam's best mate who died in a farming accident on this property in June 02). We had a look around and then headed back to the c/park for some hotdogs for lunch. We followed this with a snooze in the fly infested tent, and then it was time for Jodi and Phil to leave us with the terrible two and head off for a wedding. That's when the fun began. Looking after two 2 year olds in the scorching sun with millions and millions of flies around us was so GOD DAMN HARD!!! It was so hard. We decided to take the boys down to see the old steam train that comes in, and we waited and waited for it to leave so we could take the boys back. The boys were happily waving at the train when all of a sudden the whistle blew. Adam and I stained our pants so you can imagine the state of the kids, no shit (well actually there was shit) the kids just lost it. They were screaming and clawing away at us both, what a site we were. I wanted to assure everyone that the kids didnt have terets, but we just high tailed it out of there. We fed and bathed the kids and put them to bed, only to follow about 20 mins later......we were stuffed!!

Day 3. Jodi and Phil arrived home the night before, only to tell us they had been rear ended in the parking lot. Pretty easy to happend considering the main street is 20 metres wide, why wouldn't you hit it??? Anyway, we packed up and ate breakfast in the local fish n chip shop, then we left. Jodi, myslef and the two kiddies drove the entire 4 hours with no airconditioning and I sure felt it, not because of the heat, but because of Jodi whinging ALL THE WAY HOME about the no aircon. (Jodi if you are reading this, you are a whinger! ;)...) But we made it home safe and sound, and KNACKERED!

We are now planning our next camping trip.......in cabins.

Alpha.