We all know frogs go la di da di da

Well the Atkinson dam was nothing to write home about. Pretty boring and none of the amenities at the camp site were available. The next day we pushed on towards Lake Boondooma. We stopped overnight at Benarkin at a nice little camp site which we had all to ourselves. Damage from the recent floods was quite evident as were the cane toads. Must be time to purchase a golf club! Onwards the following day and we stopped for a cuppa at Nanango. Whilst we were pulled over we fired up the laptop and booked ourselves a 19 day campervanning trip around the south island of NZ. That's right, we're going trout fishing! All this is due to commence on the 18th of this month. As we were enjoying our cuppa, Rob and June Hooker passed us on their way to the lake. Small world eh? We eventually arrived at Lake Boondooma despite some terrible directions from our navman (Bronson wanted to throw it out the window!) with Rob and June hot on our tails. They had also brought another couple, John and Judy from Maclean with them. We stayed here for 3 nights catching red claw crayfish and swimming in the lake (along with lots of turtles). Had a great time in spite of the poor weather. Once again the cane toads were out in force but so too were the big green tree frogs in the amenities block. We counted nearly 30 hanging around the showers! We parted company with our fellow campers on Sunday and started heading back towards Brisvegas. We planned on setting up camp at Amamoor only to be told the camp site was closed due to the road being severely damaged by floods. We already knew this as we had ignored several road closed signs to get there. In places 3/4 of the road had collapsed but we still managed to get through. We decided not to risk staying the night in case road works prevented us from getting back out (and getting in trouble!) and made our way to Charlie Moreton camp just outside of Kenilworth. We fell asleep to the chorus of a large contingent of Great Banded Frogs loudly calling throughout the night. That was last night and today we find ourselves in the Beerburrum State Forest. We plan to stay a night or two and check out the Glasshouse Mountains area tomorrow. We considered going to Australia Zoo but $60 a ticket is a little steep in our opinion. By wednesday we should be back in Bris ready for Erin's wedding and preparing ourselves for New Zealand. We need to get some more flies tied and a few more mud crabs from Jacobs Well would go down pretty well too. Tonight though we'll be feasting on Red Claws! Ciao peoples!