Camper Van - Day 2 (Rain, rain, rain)
Jackamy
Paul & Derry Harper
Fri 8 Oct 2010 02:20
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Friday 8th October
Day 2 - Muirella Park
 Before hitting the road we came
across a termite mound higher than Amy
 Once on the road we needed to
re-fuel but Paul went the wrong side of the pump so the hose was fed through the
window and door - a very comical moment!
Tonights campsite was Muriella
Park which had unpowered sites and BBQ's that required us to collect firewood as
we entered the site. We took a step back in standards but it was a lot of fun!
True to form the rain started as we parked up so we arranged the vans in a
circle so as to get as much coverage with the awnings all together. And before
long all the men were settled down with a can of beer and their cool boxes at
arms length!
 We soon had a visit from
Andy, the site owner, and his daughter Katherine. He was a real story teller and
told a few good tales, one in particular about a girl who was killed by a
crocodile in the creek next to the site two years ago. Brian filmed the story
for his blog so you'll have to keep an eye open for it on www.rock2rock.co.uk. It's worth a
watch!
 Everyone sitting round
listening to Andy's stories
 Paul cooked the dinner whilst
the girls roasted marshmallows
 The rain was in for the night
and the kids loved it. Annie spent hours filling up anything she can find with
water to throw on the others.
It was raining so much than the
containers were filling up in seconds. We were assured by Andy though that it
was merely a shower. During the wet season the site would completely disappear
and even the shower block would be fully submerged as the water can rise
up to 4 metres!
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