Friday, September 3, 2010

Week 6 - Gipp River Rd - Mt Hart Wilderness Lodge

Feel the wind and dust passing?
Bread making at camp

The set up for two nights - computer charging in car.






Girls in water hole at Mt Hart





The perfect camp oven bread!

Mount Hart Wilderness Lodge – two night stay

Started the day by passing a few road trains – very dusty – it is the beef road!

We had a great trip to Mt Hart with the road having minimal corrugations. Gavin loved this road – a few water crossings.


In the morning we all went on a walk to Mt Matthew gorge with the Barker River flowing through it. Back at the camp ground there was an excellent swimming hole with a canoe for free use. The kids had a fantastic time and spent hours out there.


Next morning, I tried my had at making camp oven bread. Turned out to be the perfect loaf with a little help from Roni’s camp oven and Gavin’s multimeter with thermocouple temperature probe! Very technical! Hot coals courtesy of departing campers.


The Lodge had a good camping ground with new facilities built by the eccentric owners Kim and Taffy. She is a good 30 yrs younger than Taffy. The bar and restaurant were amazing with a Danish Chef in residence (on holidays for a couple of months travelling Aus). We had a three course dinner on the second night, with buffet mains and desserts (9 of these including home-made ice-cream). The kids were in heaven. Sarah wasn’t keen on the Dingos that Kim and Taffy raised from pups after they were orphaned.

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