“Travel is like
love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are
mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That
is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.”
Anzac
weekend we headed away with a Social Camping and 4wd Group to The Gorge Camping
Reserve
The
Gorge Camping Reserve is near Lake Moggerah, which is located within the Scenic
Rim region of south-east Queensland and is one of those places that you hear
about via word-of-mouth. It is a privately owned camping reserve and is
really only a ‘bush camping’ reserve although there are a couple of toilets up
near the entrance and a couple of bush showers there as well. The owners
limit the number of campers allowed at any one time so you can be guaranteed to
set up in your own little piece of paradise with little interruption from other
people.
The
Gorge is located right on Reynolds Creek and is the perfect spot for swimming
or canoeing. The track into the bottom
camping section is probably only suitable for 4WD especially if it happened
to be wet, although we did see a couple of people come down in cars and one
group even towed a caravan in, albeit with a 4WD. We picked a spot and
positioned our tent so we had a lovely view of the creek and there was also a
spot for a camp fire, but didn’t use it because we used the main fire. Once
setup we walked around catching up with everyone and did a bit of exploring.
After lunch we then
jumped into the car and took a drive down to Lake Moogerah. Lake Moogerah is a
picturesque destination, popular with locals and tourists to the area. It is
popular with boating, water skiing and jet skiing enthusiasts. Public access to
enter Mt Edwards National Park and beautification of the picnic areas around
the lake have added to its appeal as a tourist attraction. We checked out the
Dam wall and gave Shari (our dog) a run around in the park. We have already
penciled in camping at Camp Moogerah in the future. We headed back to the camp
site and headed to the main fire for some yarns and drinks.
The next day we were up and early for a trip to
Stanthorpe. Our first stop was Vincenzo’s, which was twenty
kilometres short of Stanthorpe on the New England Highway. It’s a wonderful
delicatessen, café and wine store owned and run by a fantastically, quirky
Italian man. His shop stocks everything from olives to salami and macadamias to
merlot. My personal favourite was his homemade tomato relish with chilli. On
the move again we hit the Markets in the Mountains at the showgrounds. Kim went
in while I took Shari for a walk around the grounds. We then headed to the town
centre and walked around and checked out a couple of shops that were open. We
then stumbled across a car and boot market at Woolworths. Getting towards lunch
we decided to head back. On the way back we took a detour at Vincenzo’s to
Castle Glen.
Castle Glen Australia started its life in 1990 when the vines
Chardonnay, Semillon, White Muscat, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot and many
alternative varieties. Traditional English style Liqueurs and the 'World First'
Crème Liqueurs followed to become a large part of the business through the late
1990's and early 2000's and now boasts a range of 500 plus truly unique
products. In 1994, Cedric designed and built "The Castle" - an iconic
building sitting in the heart of the Granite Belt. Kim picked up her favourite
Musk Liqueur and a Green Splice.
Back to camp we headed back to the fire for some more yarns
and drinks and the next day packed up and headed home. Looking for the next
trip.
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