Burleigh Head

Day 1 – Tony & Deb’s Pub Crawl

Another stormy night over we got up to a bit more wind and rain which wasn’t great  as we were due to leave Sue’s house and get back in Muriel.

So we took our time packing up slowly and caught up on a bit of the Olympic’s on TV.  We also decided that we should block the front of the Chimnia up with a cardboard box as Sue’s cat was thinking about setting up home in it, we did not want her coming home to her cat crushed underneath it if she tipped it over!!

We were just about to lock up when Carolyn arrived back from the stables, so we said our goodbyes to her and then jumped back into Muriel and went to the shops for supplies before heading to Burleigh Head.

The reason we were heading back on ourselves a bit was that we had arranged to meet Tony & Deb (Brisbane) again as they had a unit down in Burleigh that they used for little breaks as this was their favourite place to go for a night out.

It only took around an hour to get there and we were soon checking in to a campground that was right on the creek that led to the beach, which sounded nice. It might have been nice but we were  given a plot right next to the main highway, so we had a nice view of a busy road.  As the campsite looked full and we knew we were in for a heavy night we thought there was little point in trying to get moved.

After the usual scout about the campground, setting up Muriel for the night and our customary after set-up drinks it was nearly time for Tony to pick us up.

Tony and deb arrived around 4.00 and they drove us to their unit where they got changed and freshened up (Oh the luxury of having a change of clothes!!).  Tony then called a cab and we headed into town, the driver recounting some story of a newly found famous family tree or some such thing.

So we were on Tony’s famous pub crawl and we stopped at the first pub for a pint and he introduced us to a drinking game that involved repeating, 1 Fat Hen, Couple of Duck’s, 3 Brown Bears,  4 Females Fixing for a Fight, 5 Scillion Sailors Sailing the Seven Sea’s (although I’m crap at this game and  never managed this stage).

A quick look at the beach and a few photo’s later we then hit another open air pub where we sank a few more, which meant me getting even worse at the Fat Hen game before moving on to another pub.

We stayed at the next pub for a few more and then hit another bar before deciding we should get something to eat at a nearby Thai restaurant before it took last orders.  After purchasing a few bottles of Red at a nearby Bottelo we sat down to eat, although for the life of me I can’t remember what we did eat….a couple of ducks???

I’m pretty sure after dinner we all headed back to the campsite where after getting a bit lost trying to find Muriel, Tony and Deb joined us for one final nightcap outside the van before they headed off to their cosy (not by the highway) unit for the night.

Thanks Tony and Deb for a great night, hopefully it won’t be another 4 years until we see you again (not if Deb has anything to do with it anyway).

Day 2 – Write Off

Due to the heavy night the previous evening neither of us were feeling too clever so the day was spent hanging round the van, doing some research, watching a bit of TV and then bed again.

I did manage to take a little walk around to find the creek and the beach if only to get a picture for the Blog!!

Normal service will be resumed tomorrow!!