Thursday, Aug 02, 2007 at 02:06
The area is a State Forest where camping is allowed in part of it all year round. The area behind the stage area where we will be camped is called Poulsons paddock and that area was opened up today.
As of today people who have purchased a season ticket can go there and rope off an area for their van or camp to be set up on. The roped off area has to have a tent on it and you have to pay $4.50 per day Park camping fees on it up until the 17th of August when it is handed over to the Muster Committee and the money paid for the season ticket covers the camping.
In the past we have attended about 2 weeks prior and put up a $20 tent on our site and then return with the caravan at the beginning of the week that the Muster starts. The week before still has lots of good camping sites and most people (Including BTi's Tracy) arrive on the Friday afternoon and evening, and anyone arriving without a pegged out site still gets a site without any problems.
There is a small general store operating and numerous food stalls. There are pit toilets as well as semi trailers with showers and toilets set up on them. Water is available from tanks and water tankers keep filling them during the week. Saw Mill timber off cuts are supplied but they are usually a bit green so if you can find some firewood before hand to bring in it will burn better.
In front of the main stage area there is a hill that makes it like an amphitheatre where people sit to watch the shows. At 6.00am each day the security open the gates to the entertainment area and you can then go and peg out a tarp or leave your chairs so that you have reserved your spot for the days entertainment. We have found that a blue tarp with your name sprayed on it works well, and no-one interfers with it.
The area that we will be can be found by going straight ahead from the entry gate, when you come to the falk to the right keep going straight ahead and over a concrete culvert across the creek. Soon after this there will be a track to the right where the Trailer toilets and water tank is usually placed. Go past this and continue up the hill to the end of the row of trees where you can turn right again into the large open paddock. Hopefully we will be on a flat area near there.
When selecting a site it is best to have the van facing down hill, in case it rains, (which it often does during the Muster week) as starting off up hill in soft soil with the van on can be a bit hard to get moving without a tow. (Been there and done that.)
See you there.
Brian
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