Andrew Drynan Park 20-11-20

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Andrew Drynan Park, near Rathdowney.


Headed south after work on Friday taking the Lions road turn off before Rathdowney and arrived at Andrew Drynan park under 2 hours later.
The park already had several camps set up so luckily i can camp comfortably on a side slope.


the fire was soon lit and i settled down to watch the darkness decend as the sun was setting behind me on the other side of the hill.

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My bed was facing away from the sun so i stayed in bed for a couple of hours after sunup until my body ran out of coffee and i had to get up and make room for more.
I set up the awning for a bit of protection from the heat of the sun but its a Kings brand and UV rays go straight through it so i soon got a bit red and had to chuck a shirt on.
Set up the fire in case i decided to have a cooked lunch.


A coffee van turned up at about 8am and parked beside the new flushing dunnies.


i walked up to the top of the park where there is some great camp spots but its been roped off probably because of the fenced grey water sprays.

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Up at the eastern end of the park i found a track down to the water and wandered down for a swim.






I tracked down Running Creek to the picnic spot across from the park.

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I headed back to camp and relaxed until Jeff arrived and we soon headed across the road for a soak and a chat in the creek ... magic water temp was perfect.



i pissed myself laughing when Jeff discovered he had forgotten to pack his comfy chain then found he had forgotten to pack the pasta for his pasta salad ...

until i found i had forgotten to pack my Sausages for dinner

oh well ... there are sausages in it

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I was up at first light for a coffee while i watched the sun make a lazy appearance.


The golden hour lights up the camp


After breakfast Jeff headed off and i relaxed for a while under the shade of the awning.... until i started turning a lovely shade of red
Damn that useless piece of Kings crap .... only bought it because no one else made a sailtrack awning and i'm regretting it now.

i decided to pack up and head home before i started glowing.