We had a ladies hat day and a sweep, in order to make up the 24 Julie canvassed other campers and as you would expect the first prize was won by an Italian couple who were not Grey Nomads, but they joined us in happy hours and gave some stewing meat to Patty for the dog who also benefited from the cook which we enjoyed for a couple of days.
Wednesday and we had a bonus when one of our new friends found wood left on the foreshore by departed campers. Julie and I went down to check it out and stayed guard whilst Brandt brought down his vehicle and made 2 loads filling his roof rack twice. He enthusiastically split the red gum logs and we got a large wood pile reminiscent of the Tasmanians back yard.
Later that day Brandt got out his 9 quart camp oven and created a mouth watering stew whilst Lorraine produced a fine pavlova and trifle, all of us dined royally that night thanks to Lorraine and Brandt. We sat around a fine campfire and I was too full to get out the jaffle iron so that is an indication of the amount of food on offer.
Thursday and I had a busy day, Billeee went to Shepparton and left his collapsible ladder and I got enthusiastic and cleaned the solar panels, did some washing and had a shower. Too much for one day and very little happened other than an extended happy hour till around 10pm. Friday was about the same but did get round to having the jaffles for tea, one of those small tins of chicken and sweet chilli just fill the middle of the jaffle iron followed by the customary banana, brown sugar and cinnamon.
We have had comings and goings all week and Brian arrived in his Grand Villa 36ft bus matching Alice and Keiths so there was much to be discussed between Keith and Brian and so the day rolled on with me being invited for dinner with Ted and Robyn followed by another extended happy hour round an open fire.
Sunday and I was invited out by Ted to visit the markets at Girgarre and the garage sales at Stanhope so an enjoyable morning followed by a quiet afternoon when I cooked another damper. Turned out well without burning the top or bottom but could have been improved by spreading the mixture across the bottom of the camp oven and making it flatter to avoid a doughy part in the middle.