With the Covid-19 restrictions on camping finally lifted, we decided to head off camping with some friends to Woodhouse.
Woodhouse is a scout-run camp and adventure park located near Mount Lofty. The weather wasn't the best, with rain predicted for most of the weekend and temperatures around 8 degrees C, but a fire and good company made up for that.
We headed off after work on Friday and arrived around 5:30pm. It was just starting to get dark, but we managed to get our camper (The Adeline) set up and then we relaxed around the campfire for a dinner of Tacos.
Our friends had picked a campsite that was pretty far back and with the weather it was only us. We had a 'base camp' consisting on a toilet block and a large shed that provided cover and somewhere to cook. We both had camp kitchens, but the BBQs in the base camp were bigger. We also had a nice fire pit.
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| The Map - We were at Brownsea Base Camp in the South East |
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| Our campsite |
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| Basecamp and the firepit |
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| Alana up a tree |
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| Basecamp |
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| Cameron going for a hike |
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| Our Fire |
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| Relaxing in the Adeline |
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| Kids in the Adeline |
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| Kristine the Fire Boss |
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| The campers |
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| Brownsea Base camp - from the campers |
We had a slow start to the second day (well mostly due to a late night around the fire the night before) and a breakfast of bacon and egg croissants, before heading out the activities.
The kids were super keen to try to tube slide, but it was closed due to the weather - so we instead went to Challenge Hill. Before tackling the hill we checked out the play area and Labyrinth:
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| Tunnels in the Play Area |
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| Play Fort |
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| Facts about the Labyrinth |
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| Top tier of the labyrinth - it had two levels connected by slides and stairs |
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| The Labyrinth tiers connected by the slide |
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| Heading down to the lower part |
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| The Dead-Ends all had riddles. We made a goal to find all 17 of them |
After the labyrinth we headed to Challenge Hill. The Hill is a teamwork activity consisting of thirty challenges. The boys all raced off ahead, so I didnt get too many pictures of them until the end.
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| The Start |
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| The first challenge was the Swing & Climb - Swing on a rope and then climb a vertical cargo net |
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| Kristine clears the cargo net |
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| Challenge 2 was the Log Wall - climbing over a wall of logs |
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| Cameron climbs the Log Wall |
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| Challenge 3 - Tower Climb -. Climbing up a ladder, crossing a platform and climbing down |
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| Cam about to climb |
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| Tomas climbing |
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| Alana at the top |
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| Challenge 4 was Lava Crossing - Stepping across rope platforms to the other side |
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| Cam takes a dive into the lava |
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| Up the hill was the Challenge 5 - Monkey Bars |
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| Going Up |
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| Kris cheated on this one |
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| Challenge 6 Elephant Graveyard - Crawling through pipes resembling elephant bones |
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| Alana starts |
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| A tight fit |
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| Challenge 7 Boulder-Dash - Wall climbing around a building |
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| Challenge 8 was a ladder - Simple climb up and over |
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| Challenge 9 Tyre Climb - Climb up and over a tyre ramp |
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| Challenge 10 Plank Walk - Walking over plank bridges |
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| Challenge 11 Commando Climb - A wall climb |
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| Onward and Upwards |
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| Challenge 13 Teepee Tree -Climb up and down using a rope |
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| Challenge 13 Mousetraps was closed - in this you crawl through a series of tunnels in a buidling |
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| This tower obstacle was also closed - not sure exactly what it used to be |
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| Challenge 14 Pipe Crawl - As the name says - Crawling through concrete pipes |
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| Challenge 15 Sydney Harbour Bridge - Cross a rope bridge |
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| Challenge 16 Swinging Buoys - Swinging through tyres |
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| Challenge 17 Piranha Swamp - Step on stumps to keep off the ground |
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| Challenge 18 Cargo Net - Climb up the net, walk across it and fireman pole down |
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| Challenge 19 Log Balance - Cross log bridge using a rope |
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| Challenge 20 The Big Slide was closed |
We were starting to near the end, 2/3rds of the way through, but now we caught up with the boys and the water challenges. The sane adults decided to give these a miss as it was about 10 degrees C, but of course trying to keep kids out of water is almost impossible.
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| Challenge 21 Rope Swing Crossing - Use the ropes to cross the creek |
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| Challenge 22 Wade & Climb - Wade through the creek and climb the wall |
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| Tom climbs the wall |
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| They got a little wet... |
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| Challenge 23 Chain Bridge - Crossing a chain bridge between trees |
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| Challenge 24 was a Flying Fox |
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| Challenge 25 Log Walk - Walk up the hill along a log |
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| Challenge 26 Chain Walk - A Chain bridge between trees |
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| Challenge 27 Vertical Net - Climb over a cargo net |
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| Challenge 28 Viewing Deck - Climb the ladder, walk over platform, fireman pole and rope |
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| Cam slips over |
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| Viewing Platform |
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| Challenge 29 Lower Deck - Another platform, climb the rope, slide down the fireman pole |
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| Tom looks worried |
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| Challenge 30 Commando Crawl - the final challenge was a crawl through tyres and under a net |
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| Victory! |
After finishing at Challenge Hill, we (well the kids mostly) needed showers, so we headed back to camp and cleaned up. We had a roast dinner around the fire. It started to rain about 10:30pm so we called it an early night.
On Sunday we had another slow start - we had no rush to pack up and leave as we had access to the park all day. We had breakfast and started to pack down our camp. Around 11am we went for a walk to see if the tube slide was open. It was:
After sliding for an hour or so, we decided to try the last activity that remained - disc golf. Like a game of golf only throwing a frisbee instead of hitting a ball. The kids were sure they wouldn't like it but we all had a ball (well a disc...) and it was a great activity to finish the trip:
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| The map |
The end scores were pretty close (of course I won, or else I wouldn't be putting the scores up...):
There were 9 holes each with a par 3, so the par was 27.
Keir - Red Frisbee: 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 = 35
Elise - Purple: 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 = 36
Daniel - Pink: 4, 4, 5, 6, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4 = 36
Kris - White: 4, 7, 8, 6, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5 = 48
Sally - Yellow: 4, 5, 7, 6, 5, 5, 5 ,6, 6 = 49
Alana - Cyan: 4, 6, 9, 7, 5, 4, 10, 4, 4 = 53
Tomas - Blue: 5, 6, 9, 7, 6, 5, 6, 5, 6 = 55
Cameron - Orange: 7, 5, 6, 9, 5, 5, 7, 5, 6 = 55
Logan - White: 6, 7, 7, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 10 = 55
Despite the weather, it was a fun trip with good company. Fun to get out and about again and get the Adeline back into action.
