To market to market to buy a loaf of bread….

Superman writes….

We needed a loaf of bread so Murray suggested a trip to a country town and lunch at the oldest hotel in the Southern Flinders and a look at Murray Town – the round trip approximately 125kms from our campsite.

Wilmington – our first stop; the general store was closed (completely!), so we popped into the toy museum-this is mentioned as a must see – if only for the cobwebs and dust! So0000000 dusty-$4 entry to look at a collection of spiders and dust – there were toys somewhere…… so I believe-Julia found a clean bus…

No bread at Wilmington so another 30kms and we came to Melrose – lunch at the oldest hotel. Another couple were also waiting for lunch – they told us the barmaid had gone to ask the cook if there was any food to cook!  Nothing on the menu that day. Off we headed to Murray Town to buy a pie.

Now there should be a sign on the main road to say this town is closed! Yes the butcher, the post office, general store, garage were boarded up, closed no sign of any life here.

Fortunately we had some nuts and muesli bars to eat.

We arrived back to our campsite to find Muldoon climbing the tree.

Muz and I met some lovely campers Mayan and Tuval from Israel. Mayan has just completed her masters in winemaking-they are doing a quick trip to WA, then flying to NZ to work at Martinborough for the vintage season, returning to Israel next winter.

Muz and I have been observing children and camping. When is the best time to introduce children to camping?

Do you send the dads out with 2 toddlers, new tents, rum and coke for the dads, bottles for the toddlers, 2 tents – one for the kids and 1 for the dads, the kids cry and cry, they are hungry, thirsty wet and cold. Not to worry a bit of the old rum and coke into their bottle and they are quiet in no time, they wake crying again at 4am, when Muz and I woke at 8am they had gone home!

Or how about the family – 10mth old girl and 4 yr old boy – not a sound from either – a bouncy swing for the little girl, a bath of toys, bubbles and a scooter for the boy.

Or the campers who bury disposable nappies in the bush – Muz and I see them….. or the kids who take a short cut through our site…..

Overall we love camping with the kids, babies, everyone loves us and we love the attention-children come by looking for us and play with us, including us in their hut building...