Camping!

Finally! Camping! We headed up to Porpoise Bay on the Sunshine Coast for a long-planned camping trip with some friends a couple of weekends ago, and it was so good, we have already declared it the first annual trip to this very spot.


Porpoise Bay is such a great spot for families because the sites are big and widely spaced, there is a playground, a long sandy beach, and lots of trails to meander through. Anna had such a great time wandering between the four side-by-side campsites that our group had, visiting her friends in each. She would be off with a "I'm going to see my Tanya-friend", or "I'm going to see my Bobby-friend", and we wouldn't see her for a while.




We were Sholto, Berit and Finn (who turned one on this camping trip!), Tanya, Tyler and Charlie (his first camping trip), and Bobby and Jen (who camped in their VW van, which Anna LOVED).





We spent the day down at the beach, and the evenings over dinner and a campfire. Our one bit of excitement was that we had a bear in our campsite for a good half hour in the middle of the first night. There's nothing like a piece of fabric between you and a big bear, in the pitch dark, to leave you feeling a little vulnerable. But hey, here we are telling the tale and having learned the lesson to put the cooler in the truck the next time. Doh!


Happy birthday Finn!