Granite Creek is 63km north of Gin Gin and although is advertised in camps 4 as a 20 hour stopover it is actually signed at the location as being for a maximum stay of 48 hours. It does have toilets and drinking water. It is only about 100m off the highway but surprisingly quiet after several beers and a set of ear plugs (not that bad).
On the day we stayed (28th July 08) it had about 10 campers in through the afternoon with seven of these staying overnight. All that seem to stay at these overnight free stops are very sociable and this even crosses between the motorhome and caravan syndrome (all get on well).
I would suggest we picked a bad day for free camping with the south westerly winds making it very cold come late afternoon; we could have fired the generator up but opted for a heat bead fire which was warm but the sparks landing on your feet was a little annoying. Linda did have a smile on her face as below but it was soon removed as the winds got worse and numbness set in.
The next morning the winds were no better nor was the temperature; on my way to the toilet the wind and cold was so bad I had no need to shave, the hairs on my face were all frozen so a quick rub removed the lot (Gillette & Schick have nothing on this type of shave).
Sanity may prevent free camps such as this in the worst period of winter.
Post again soon -David & Linda – The DavLin Rig.
