One more stop over from our days in & out of driving and then we would finally arrive to the East Coast. After a good few hours of driving, we spent the night at ...
Site : Bedrock Village, Mt Surprise
Rating : 11 / 20
Facilities : Immaculately clean bathrooms. Great camp kitchen facilities, I went nuts on the communal herb garden! Swimming pool. Nice shady sites.
Rating : 11 / 20
Facilities : Immaculately clean bathrooms. Great camp kitchen facilities, I went nuts on the communal herb garden! Swimming pool. Nice shady sites.
One of the things I liked the most about Bedrock Village was the fact that they don’t have “No” signs or rules plastered everywhere. Infact, rather than broadcasting their rules and regulations on the back of the toilet doors, this caravan park took a refreshingly different approach. They displayed different poems on the back of the doors. The first one I read stood out as my favourite. So, I thought I’d share it with one and all... It’s called “Caravan Bliss”
There was movement on the station,
So wrote the famous man,
But how did Banjo know this?
Had he towed a caravan?
So wrote the famous man,
But how did Banjo know this?
Had he towed a caravan?
Perhaps Banjo had been woken
In a van park from his sleep,
Some two hours before sunrise
By strange noises from the deep.
In a van park from his sleep,
Some two hours before sunrise
By strange noises from the deep.
The eerk, eerk, eerk of van legs
Being wound up in the dark,
As the nocturnal traveller
Start to wake the sleeping park.
Being wound up in the dark,
As the nocturnal traveller
Start to wake the sleeping park.
Then just like some feral mating call
Some others answer back
With their eerk, eerk flaming chorus,
As the first starts down the track.
Some others answer back
With their eerk, eerk flaming chorus,
As the first starts down the track.
Everything they pack is metallic,
And it clatters, bangs and dongs,
As they bark out loud instructions
Amid the hollow clack of thongs.
And it clatters, bangs and dongs,
As they bark out loud instructions
Amid the hollow clack of thongs.
And now it’s best to warm the motor,
If you’re leaving in the dark.
Especially if it’s diesel -
Why not wake the whole damn park!
If you’re leaving in the dark.
Especially if it’s diesel -
Why not wake the whole damn park!
When it comes time to hook on
You hear the circus start
More left, not right, I said this way
You brainless old fart
You hear the circus start
More left, not right, I said this way
You brainless old fart
How dare you call me brainless,
You ungrateful, senile drone.
If you don’t want my directions,
Do it on your bloody own.
You ungrateful, senile drone.
If you don’t want my directions,
Do it on your bloody own.
By now the doors are slamming,
Just to finish off the show,
You sure you turned off the gas?
She yells “just bloody go go go”
Just to finish off the show,
You sure you turned off the gas?
She yells “just bloody go go go”
Now it’s almost daylight
And the camp picks up the pace,
As these grey nomad gypsies
Begin their morning race.
And the camp picks up the pace,
As these grey nomad gypsies
Begin their morning race.
For the next park is their target
Where like metallic ants they flock,
For the first in gets the best shade
And the nearest to the toilet block.
Where like metallic ants they flock,
For the first in gets the best shade
And the nearest to the toilet block.
There’re miles of zippers zinging
As the tents fold up to go.
And the campervan doors are grinding
As they whiz bang to and fro.
As the tents fold up to go.
And the campervan doors are grinding
As they whiz bang to and fro.
Now in the park it’s show time,
Magic moments all can share
You prepare for the entertainment
As you grab your beer and chair
Magic moments all can share
You prepare for the entertainment
As you grab your beer and chair
For here comes the new arrivals
With their wives all looking terse
If you thought leaving was a hassle
Well arriving is ten times worse!
With their wives all looking terse
If you thought leaving was a hassle
Well arriving is ten times worse!
Cause hand waving female logic
With male thing/king don’t compute
So a jackknife on a van site
Soon erupts in hot dispute
With male thing/king don’t compute
So a jackknife on a van site
Soon erupts in hot dispute
It’s as good as any circus
Wives and husbands on attack
As spectators in their deck chairs
Watch the rigs shunt up and back.
Wives and husbands on attack
As spectators in their deck chairs
Watch the rigs shunt up and back.
There’re trees and shrubs to back thru,
And water taps of course,
Then the happy couple go inside
To contemplate divorce.
And water taps of course,
Then the happy couple go inside
To contemplate divorce.
It’s 7pm cheap phone calls
It’s a rush for all to get through,
Three phones for ninety people
And you’re the last one in the queue
It’s a rush for all to get through,
Three phones for ninety people
And you’re the last one in the queue
The callers are always yelling,
Because their are far away,
Forcing half the park to eavesdrop
On every word they have to say.
Because their are far away,
Forcing half the park to eavesdrop
On every word they have to say.
You drift off in peaceful slumber,
Sweet dreams flit through your brain,
Till 5 o’clock in the morning
Eerk, eerk – here we go again!
Sweet dreams flit through your brain,
Till 5 o’clock in the morning
Eerk, eerk – here we go again!
Ah well you might as well as get up
For you feel your bladder screaming
You rush up to the toilet block
Oh no! It’s closed for cleaning!
For you feel your bladder screaming
You rush up to the toilet block
Oh no! It’s closed for cleaning!
So if you reach the caravan park
And things are quite amiss
Don’t worry it will all come good
It’s part of Caravan Bliss!!!
And things are quite amiss
Don’t worry it will all come good
It’s part of Caravan Bliss!!!
Author : Unknown (obviously an experience Caravaner!)
It was just one of those poems that made me sit there and giggle out loud.. until I realised there were others in the bathrooms no doubt directing strange looks towards my cubicle. I particularly liked the bit about contemplating divorce & how the callers are always yelling!
We found my favourite snake!!! A dead brown snake...
Check out the close up of it's evil face!!
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