It’s 5 am Friday morning and once again I am woken up by my alarm clock, but this time I’m happy to get up. Yes it is still a work day …. for most, not me! I took the Friday off before cup week end so we could get the camp site that we wanted. Unfortunately that didn’t happen. It looked like someone had also thought ahead and took off 2 days so they could get this awesome spot. Not to worry tho we found a spot that was just as good and had a ball. Firstly I met Dan and Paul at Dan’s house in Lilydale and then we traveled up to Mansfield where we met Gary and Toni. From here it was the no stop ride into Wonnangatta which took us approximately 6 hours. There was a few brief stops with kids throwing ups (That’s you Mitchel) and refill stops (Goes without saying I guess). With all the bouncing around and excitement we arrived in Wonnangatta just as it started to storm. Lighting, thunder and rain for all of 2 hours and then it dried up again and stayed that way for the rest of the weekend. We had a nice river side campsite, which was awesome. Dan got the fire place sorted straight away while the others set up there living arrangements for the next few days. On the second day we all piled into the troopy and took off to have a quick look at the cemetery again, but other than that this trip was all about kicking back and relaxin’. The next day Paul, Gary and Toni left, so Dan and I went on a walk to see if the other campsite was still taken. To our shock and amazement the occupants had left, awesome! So we hurriedly and drunkardly ran back to camp to pack up our stuff and head back to our favourite site. With that all done and campfire already burning again we could get back to drinking and listening to music in the great outdoors. Some other weird things happened here which led to our short stay, which will be talked about in
‘Wonnangatta – Part 2’. With another day up our sleeve we decided to head out the Myrtleford way. I thought this part of the trip was awesome, the scenery just seemed so much more greener and looked like there was some awesome campsites to be claimed. Once on bitchumen it was a longer trip home but the sunny weather made the driving a little more easier. Over all this was a very cool trip and I am hanging for the next.
