2nd October 2013
And so we're off to Imbil. It's school
holidays, Gabby and Emma are eager to check out the caravan and
spend a couple of days camping. All packed up, hooked up and we hit
the road at 9 a.m. It's about a two hour drive to Imbil, we travel
via Bribie Island Road and onto the Bruce Highway until we
hit the little country town of Imbil which isn't far from Gympie and arrive at Island Reach Resort. There's plenty of folks here but camping grounds are large enough for us to be able to select wherever we want to make camp. We find a
quiet-ish shady spot, erect the van and the annexe and settle in.
Imbil
is perched on the banks of Yabba Creek which
is a tributary of the Mary River. It's a milling town and investment
in sawmills, forestry and trucking assures the town's employment.
We have lunch and me and the girls go along to check out the creek and have a look around. Before long they are
joining lots of youngsters who are enjoying the water, climbing the
mini clay mountain and jumping in from various heights and making
slippery slides into the water. I find a shady spot to sit and read
a book while keeping an eye on what's going on in the water.
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Fun on the Clay Mountain (Clayfield)
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A Snippet written by Emma
My favourite bit when we went to Imbil
is when Grandpa, Nanny and I went down to the rock pools. We had to
walk through the bush and carefully duck under an electric fence on
our way to the pools. Grandpa was fishing and Nanny and I went for a
swim in the pools, there was a little waterfall there too. We had to
climb onto some rough rocks to get to the other side, when we were on
the rocks there was some loose gravel and it hurt our feet. So when
we came back we went for a cool off in the creek. Later that
afternoon when we were having some nibbles and drinks outside I
tripped over an insect stick burner and burnt my foot. So I had to
put my foot in a bucket with ice and cold water until the bucket got
a crack in it and then I had to put my foot in a saucepan filled with ice.
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| At the rock pools by the waterfall |
Gabby's Snippet
On the second day we went into Imbil
town, it was very small, it only had 10 shops in the town, there was
a butcher, post office, hardware store, salvos, little clothes shop,
bowls club, news agent, small supermarket and a real estate agent.
Once we got back from town, Emma and I hired a canoe, we rowed up the
creek and back, when we got back Nanny and Grandpa had a paddle in
the canoe while Emma and I had a swim in the creek. In the middle of
the creek there is a big clay mountain, it was pretty big. I decided
to call the clay mountain Clayfield. On Clayfield I went up to the
top and jumped from the top of Clayfield, it was really fun. Emma
jumped from the lower area because she was a little bit scared.
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| Gab and Emma Canoeing |
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| It's Our Turn |
Back to Nanny's Report
We enjoyed our mini adventure here, the place was buzzing with lots of campers in tents and vans being school holidays. As well as the van we took our little tent with us, as the van only sleeps three so Richard slept in the tent. Gabby made good friends with Lilly who is also 11 and they spent a lot of time together. All too soon it was time to pack up and return home. I think we all enjoyed our little holiday.
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| Time for Bed |
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The Girls Bedroom
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The Boy's Room
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| Anyone for Pancakes |
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Breakfast Time
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