Glendon Campgrounds - 25th,26th and 27th of Jan

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Glendon Campgrounds - 25th,26th and 27th of Jan

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Four groups (Dalmatian, Capella_Ben, cuboid, and Dave) turned up for this trip to Glendon Campgrounds. Two arrived Friday, and the other two Saturday morning. Though Friday night and Saturday morning was a little wet, the rest of the weekend was dry. The campgrounds remained reasonably dry too.

The scenery from the main hill was nice ... but dry.
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We had a section of the campground all to ourselves.
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But one of the highlights of the trip was the chimney log fire. The log was just over a metre long. It wasn't long before the inside of the log was well alight.
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And the log kept burning, and the flames were spectacular.
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On Sunday there were hills climbs, dodging trees while randomly driving through the forest, and some driving through a small swamp.
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Dodging the trees, the smaller Prado had a much easier time.
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And what creature is trying to escape that swamp?
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The mud hole had far less water than our trip in March 2013.
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There were bush speed bumps everywhere.
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Two vehicles lining up in their lanes ready for a race???
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That race must have been thirty work, so they had a drink from the local pond.
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The weather was reasonably good for the long weekend, and everyone found something to challenge them. And it only took around 2 and half hours for Dave to clean the car. The car was very muddy, but still far cleaner than the trip to Levuka.
A very nice camping / driving weekend.

BTW - I almost forgot to mention. We did have a funny event. While a person in a short wheel-based vehicle manoeuvred their vehicle to drop over a log on a sideways incline, the engine stalled and the vehicle just 'fell' over the edge of the log. In the end the alignment saved the situation, but a lot of people were laughing very nervously. :o
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Re: Glendon Campgrounds - 25th,26th and 27th of Jan

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Nice trip report Dave. I didn't take too many photos, mainly video.

The afternoon swim was popular with the kids.
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The Dam height was down a little this time, so the kids had a swim instead of the cars.

You still need coffee when you are camping!
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The first chimney fire worked so well we had to cut another. The wood was pretty hard, it was a team effort to get through it. If only they allowed mechanical sawing tools.....
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Will post a video later.
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Oh and one more photo turned up. ;)

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Look who really did all the work....
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Good on you Jane!! Lucky you went, otherwise there wouldn't have been a fire. GIRL POWER!!
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