GIRRAWEEN National Park in the rain
Or: When the Bureau of Meteorology says it ‘might’ rain it probably will!!
Girraween in the rain – Rear view from the Tarago
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Bald Rock Creek in minor flood the next morning
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Camping in the rain at Girraween
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We shouldn’t have – but – we did . . .
We were celebrating our sabbatical
Girraween our place for such rituals
So we put the tent up, set up the camp and fire
And settled in for a quiet night in the bush.
A couple of raindrops signaled what was to come.
As it gradually increased to a steady drizzle
We retreated to the car.
Our Tarago has sheltered and transported us for over 550,000kms
Through droughted landscapes of searing heat and bull dust
In driving rain and along flooded roadsides
Across vast and lonely country roads
The car is our inspiration, our ‘think-tank’ even our camera.
It has dodged kangaroos by travelling at snails pace
Avoided destination fixated drivers and their death defying maneuvers
Now again we are avoiding the soaking rain in the warm and comfort of this legendary vehicle
From the car we planned and prepared our evening meal
Doug tends the fire in the rain in preparation for the cooking of a roast chicken dinner in a Bedourie Oven
Vicky prepares the spuds and leeks at the rear of the Tarago
Adding the spuds and leeks to the chicken in the Bedourie Oven – Yep! It’s raining…
Doug started the fire in the rain
A job he has done more than once
And we put our chicken in the Bedourie oven to slowly roast
Added leeks and potatoes a little later
We watched the fire cook from the car
The rain still steadily increasing
Watching the cooking from the driest space – the Tarago
A camper’s roast dinner prepared and eaten in the Tarago
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Finally our dinner was ready
A bottle of celebratory Brown Brothers Patricia
In our dry and warm car
Life is pretty good …
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We’re excited, a toast (Brown Brothers Bubbly) to the roast dinner – cooked in the rain ….
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Words: Victoria Cooper ….≥≥………Images: Doug Spowart
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wotwedid 
Love the ordinariness of everything.
peteskibreen
March 1, 2013 at 7:32 pm
You two do it in your own unique Spowart/Cooper style wherever you go. Love it. Wished I was there then we could have done some rain dancing too.
jan ramsay
March 6, 2013 at 2:05 am