AUSTRALIA'S ORIGINAL AND BEST CAMP OVEN AND OUTDOOR COOKING CAMPING AND LIFESTYLE FORUM - Trip From Qld Heading South

Reply #40 - Aug 23^rd, 2014 at 10:43pm

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This would be more like the two lovebirds

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Reply #41 - Aug 25^th, 2014 at 3:41am

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Been out of internet for a few days. A bonus!!!!!

Stayed a night at a great camp site alongside the Tumut River at Jones Bridge on Tumut Plains Road.

No facilities at all and for self contained so need to take grey water with you.

One of the photos shows my portable grey water tank in use

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Reply #42 - Aug 25^th, 2014 at 3:48am

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Last night at Yarrangobilly Camp Ground alongside the Snowy Mountains Highway between Tumut and Kiandra.

Great camp ground with heaps of room but be careful on the lower sections if it has been raining.

Long drop toilet, water in the creek, BBQ's, fires allowed.

Freezing bloody cold in winter. Was one degree in the van when we woke up but the diesel heater had us sitting on 20 degrees within an hour.

On the photo taken through the window before I was game to walk outside you can see the ice crystals.

We found snow not that further up the mountain and it can snow here as well.

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Reply #43 - Aug 25^th, 2014 at 3:55am

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While camped in the Snowy Mountains it was time for a warming stew

Shin Beef
Carrots
Parsnips
Swede
Onion
Potato
Pumpkin
Thyme
Port
Extra liquid (water)

All in the camp oven and simmer on the Ozpig for two hours. Thickened with plain flour

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Reply #44 - Aug 25^th, 2014 at 8:24am

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Looks good Derek, one question though.
Do you brown the meat/veg. mix before you add the liquid?

My method is to start with a small amount of very hot olive oil, sizzle the mix in this adding port in drizzles to cook off leaving a "port residue" which caramilises the mix.
Then the flour cooked in before more liquid etc.

I have also been using chunks of beef brisket which breaks down beautifully in a slow cooked stew.

Mike

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Reply #45 - Aug 25^th, 2014 at 8:35am

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No, I don't brown the meat or veggies any more. That does sound good though.

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Reply #46 - Aug 25^th, 2014 at 10:02am

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Livin' the dream Derek & Maggie!!!

Thanks for the update.

Jeff

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Reply #47 - Aug 25^th, 2014 at 3:22pm

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Home for the next three nights. Jindabyne Holiday Park.

Costs are a premium at $55 a night but free and low cost camps are just a bit hard around here.

However in saying that the view over Lake Jindabyne from the front of the van is priceless.

It isn't always about free and low cost. As my realestate agent would say, location, location, location.

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Reply #48 - Aug 25^th, 2014 at 8:07pm

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Looks like there is plenty of water down there, has any start to the thaw set in?
As a young bloke spent a lot of time in the area fly fishing.
Once the dams start to rise, a big black beetle wet fly can be a killer on browns fished in close to the bank as the water level floods the hatching beetles out.
You sure are having a good winter trip with the weather holding. Grin

Mike

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Reply #49 - Aug 26^th, 2014 at 9:23am

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Looks like you and Maggie are well prepared for the cold weather. You must the only caravan that is NOT in Qld at the moment. We've just had a month in Qld's outback and there are thousands of caravans, camper trailers and motorhomes everywhere. It was a very enjoyable trip, although the whole area was in severe drought.
On a couple of stretches of gravel road, we managed to get quite a lot of dust into the motorhome through the fridge and gas vents, settled mostly in the drawers. The motorhome is definitely not designed for outback dust, but still a very good trip.
Travel safe all those travelling.

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