October Long Weekend: Friday 3rd to Monday 6th October
Where do I start? I love Madness and I love Camp Happy. I look forward to it every year.
Friday
Soong and I left home about 8am, picked Bryce up, and started the drive down to Burrill Pines. Maccas breakfast on the way at Albion Park (sausage and egg mcmuffin!), a quick stop off at a Nowra music store, and then to Burrill!
It didn't take long to set up tents and go shopping for food and ice. We thought we were going to be camping with power, but then it turns out we ended up having an unpowered site. We survived! Soong brought a hammock along and that was heaps of fun for the kids and most adults.
We sat around the bonfire on Friday night just chatting and relaxing.
Satuday
Woke up early and prepared breakfast for everyone on Saturday morning. We made three different kinds of pancakes. Afterwards we headed down to the beach and took the kids to play in the sand. The boys played frisbee on the beach. We went for a long walk around the rock pools and explored. Then we spent Saturday arvo relaxing. I spent a bit of time writing which was nice.
Bonfire again on Saturday night. We played Taboo around the fire and chatted about life, enjoyed a few drinks. Weather was amazing. Ended up staying up heaps late to chat with Ez after everyone else had gone to bed. Was fantastic.
Sunday
Woke up and had a big breakfast this morning. Went to Ulladulla Anglican Church and heard a great sermon on Mark 4, Jesus calms the storm. Had pies in Ulladulla and did some grocery shopping. Spent time at the beach that afternoon, wandering rock pools again, trying to go swimming and playing in the sand. Had chicken wraps for dinner, and then spent the night around the bonfire again eating marshmallows and chocolate and playing Mafia. Mafia is SO MUCH FUN with Madness.
Monday
Packup day. Usually stressful. This one was no change. But we had some fun taking group photos and climbing trees. Then we had ice creams by the bay at Ulladulla and played in the grass. We also spent time at Funland - the land of Fun! The drive home was only 3 hours so we must have picked a good time of the afternoon to do the drive.
Pat is going to upload photos soon. Can't wait.
