Karen and Steven picked me up in their 4x4 and we head off to their flat near Lamcy Plaza. After a couple of hours rest and a shower, we got ready, packed up the car (two tents, two airbeds, four chairs, ice boxes, water, beer etc etc etc) and went to meet some of Karen and Steven’s friends to go camping in the desert.
I really enjoyed the journey to the desert. I’ve been to the Australian desert before but never to a proper desert with massive sand dunes, camels and goats (!).
While looking for a campsite we managed to get close to some friendly camels, and watching loads of quad bikers flying up and down the dunes. Eventually we all agreed on a campsite and pitched our tents. I’m ashamed to say I had never pitched a tent before (I think it’s to do with being a culchie – we don’t find camping in the country a very exciting thing to do!) but you learn something new every day and with Karen and Steven’s help I worked it out. After that we got the fire started and relaxed as it got dark. Us girls let the boys do the cooking, but it was very tasty indeed. Then it was time to get the guitar out for a bit of a sing song round the campfire until the early hours of the morning, and when I eventually went to bed I slept very well for my first night in a tent – but then I was completely exhausted after travelling all night the night before.It was an incredibly clear night with a beautiful full moon – it was bright enough to wander away from the campfire without a torch – I’m just gutted I didn’t take my good camera and tripod with me to get some good photos of it!
