Karumba - Thursday 3rd May - Sunday 6th May 2012

As you might have noticed by the photos the weather was bright and sunny at Stanage Bay.  We had a lovely relaxed bacon, scrambled eggs and toast breakfast this morning.  Craig's brother Donny should be arriving around lunchtime today.  In the meantime, we met some of our neighbours and spent time chatting with them, Craig went out fishing with the fellow camped near by in a bus yesterday arvo, alas they returned with no fish (just as well we had some in the freezer for dinner last night!).  We just basically relaxed today around camp, watching the comings and goings of other campers arriving and finding a spot to setup.  Craig went off fishing again with our neighbour from the bus - he mightn't catch much, but he enjoys it.

 There isn't any internet or mobile phone coverage at Stanage Bay, unless you stand underneath the overhead wires next to the Coast Guard building apparently  - hmmm, let me see, no we weren't that desperate to make a phone call or get internet.

Craig and I walked up to the Plumtree Store/Pub for an afternoon drink while we waited for Donny to arrive.  Lovely pub and very relaxing sitting outside watching the world go by.  They do lunch at the pub and evening meals on Friday & Saturday nights, otherwise you can get takeaway meals from the store.  We decided on spag bol for dinner tonight, done over the campfire of course - that way if Donny was late it could just urgle away until he arrives - yes we're talking about dinner, so Donny is already late!  He finally arrived about 6pm I think (it was dark anyway), after hellos and discussions about where to put up tents, we finally sat down for dinner.  Frances and the kids weren't arriving until Saturday, so Craig and I decided we'd stay an extra night to catchup with Frances again.

Friday morning and we were up fairly early and the boys went out fishing on the beach for a bit.  We went for a drive around the area - along the track off the left from the boat ramp, where there are more camping spots along the creek (no facilities). then through the townships on the bay - just a beautiful spot.
 Fishing and boating are the main activities at Stanage Bay, although it is a great place to sit around relaxing.  We met some lovely fellow campers while staying at Stanage Bay and enjoyed our stay immensely. 

We headed for home on Sunday about 11am and Craig decided we'd drive straight through to home, so eventually we arrived safe and sound about 8pm.






Stay tuned, hopefully we shall get away for a couple of self proclaimed long weekends and maybe even a week between now and Christmas, see how we go!