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Gariwerd (Grampians) Holiday

We're going on a little holiday, and I'm stoked about it. Just like last year, we are going to Halls Gap for the Grampians Music Festival. This year we decides to roll a hike into our trip. 
We are taking public transport up there - a tram, a train and two busses, camping in town for the first night, camping in the bush for two nights, returning to town (and a cabin, oh the luxury) and then two nights camping in a friend's field. 


 It made packing a bit strange - we're sending some bags up for after the hike with Skip and Bee, and leaving a small amount of stuff with our friends while we hike. Still, I love camping, and hiking and hanging out with friends. I know I should say I love music festivals, and this is certainly a chilled out one, lots of sitting around, listening to music, chatting with my friends, a bit of drinking.

 Just like last year, I'm knitting Leon's Winter Set Scarf, and have brought the wool for the matching socks. I have enough yarn left for  30 repeats. Each repeat takes me about half an hour, so I might actually get the whole scarf finished by the time we get back.

 And finally, I leave you with the yarn and various other goodies that Stranded in Oz sent me:
So stunning. So glad I joined this club.
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  1. Jeannie Gray Knits01 March, 2020

    Hope you have fun on your hike. While I love the idea of camping, at heart I'm an indoor girl and like my flush toilets.

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