The Darling Downs.

Our campsite beside the Condamine River comes with a couple of added bonuses. We discovered that we can get normal TV reception, with good picture quality on four channels, plus we have a reasonable mobile signal and therefore have been able to update this blog via my mobile in "free time" between 7 and 8 pm.
I took a torch and went to check the shrimp and yabbie traps, only to discover that the shrimp trap had wedged itself under a submerged log. Must have been dragged under by an oversized cod.... ha ha. The tethering string broke as I tried to drag it free, net result, one lost shrimp trap.
We had a very quiet and restful night, awoke Monday morning to the various birdcalls as they all went about getting a drink from the river. I put on bathers after breakfast and ventured into the river. Luck was on my side as I was able to recover the lost shrimp trap - complete with shrimps captured overnight. Rods were re-assembled, baited up and placed in the river directly below us. As you will have gathered by now, we are staying another night at least at this great camp site. Ran the generator for a few hours to give the car batteries a break from the Engel freezer and also run the caravan fridge on 240 volts in lieu of gas, as well as charging other essential items such as the PC batteries, iPod etc. The weather continues to be beautiful, clear skies, lovely sunshine and about 25-27 degrees each day.

Kevin H.