Hi All,

Winter is officially over!!!  Roll on Spring, a great time to come and camp here.  Not too hot during the day but great at night in front of the camp fire with a "coldy".  For 4-5 days in August we had the best rainfall for a long time.  Not the 800 mls that some areas of the Sunshine Coast got but  a respectable 70mls.  This has settled the dust and allowed some of our grass to regrow and go green!  We needed it and hope that we are going to get some more.

Ladies Pamper Day

We held our first Pamper day on the 18th August.  I had originally offered Toni that I go and chaperone all the girls for the day, but I was politely told that it was perhaps my "job" to look after the Park!  Toni takes up the story from here....

"The bus appeared promptly at 9.20 am ready for a 9.30 departure.  Panic started as only myself and one other was at the office.  Suddenly, a bunch of cars could be seen coming down from the campsite.  Relief....everyone's here!  After some very brief introductions we all boarded the bus ready to sample the Granite Belt's finest wines!  Frank, the Italian bus driver introduced himself, with the unforgettable words..."I'm Frank your driver for today, but if you can't remember my name just think of me as the Italian stallion!"  Within 20 minutes we arrived at the first winery, Heritage and after a couple of quick early morning wines one of the girls Ally, was bashing out a tune on the pianola!

From the Heritage we went onto the Summit Winery, then to the College of Wine at Stanthorpe.  By this time everyone in the group knew each other and spirits were high.  The bus was also becoming heavier and heavier as bottle after bottle of wine was purchased.  Frank joked to me that he was like an airline and that excess baggage would be charged for!  What an incentive to have a drink!  We ended up at the Old Caves winery at Stanthorpe where a life saving lunch was provided!  But it didn't stop there...we then moved onto Vincenzos where we just had to savour some shooters! We then went back to the Springs, with the volume of noise in the bus being considerably higher than when we left.

The Body Shop lady was ready and waiting at the office and there was a definite spring to everyone that came off the bus!  It took some 10 minutes to unload and with a cheery wave, Frank was off.  Five minutes later everyone was seated and listening.  Tanya, whose birthday it was, had the fun of having a facial and everyone was able to have a look at the all Body Shop products and goodies.  More money was spent on all those things us ladies love!

The boys joined the group and we all then got into a BBQ and should I say it?  More wine!"

Of course whilst the girls were having fun, us boys were being very responsible....Looking after kids, no wheeling, no drinking etc....

Our next pamper day is to be held on the 29th September, get your wife, girlfriend, partner booked in now!  The half day tour costs $55.00 per person, followed by Body Shop and UndercoverWear and finishing the night with a camp fire and BBQ at the house.  If you've got kids then they are more than welcome to join in on our daughter's birthday...

EFS 2007 Logan Challenge

Don't forget to come and watch the Challenge on the 19-21st October.   Make sure you book your campsite early.   Information on the competition, camp fees and entry can be found on the website or by clicking here

New Addition

We have a new addition to our motley collection of animals.  One of the dogs found him and brought him back to the house and left him just by our front door.  Albert the "goat"  was probably only a few hours old when they found him.  We have been hand feeding him and now Toni has a new baby to look after!  He (Albert), has now had a change of name to Abbey the goat as we have now found out he is a she!  One very lucky goat!

That's all for now folks.  Thanks to everyone who visited us this month.

Hope to see you here soon.

Cheers