August 27th - 29th - our 2nd vsit in 2 weeks
Hervey Bay to Gympir 116km
Accommodation: Chevallan Archery Park
Our Rating: 5/5
Cost: $25.00 Pn Unpowered Site
Camp Fires: Allowed
Image Gallery for: Chevallan Archery Park Travelling with: Fiona Ellis, Dave Sarah Rodwell
The accommodation
Chevallan Archery Park is located 18 km east of Gympie at Wilsons Pocket, the property is 30 acres in total area with 750 meters of Tinana Creek frontage on two boundaries. The property is mostly flat with a gentle slope to the rear and creek area. It is all mowed and landscaped and provides a perfect location for camping with easy access to all the local attractions in Gympie, the Cooloola Coast and the Sunshine Coast regions.
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Our 2nd visit in as many weeks, and still not dissappointed at all.
We all arrived just on dusk on the Friday, Fiona and us from Hervey Bay,and the Rodwells from Brisbane.
A Quick set up, crank the fire up, crack open a drink, put some dinner on, and than a night of non stop laughter and stories. Its been a while since we have had the last ctach up, and the 3 of us had done our western trip, so plenty of stores to be told, Next thing we hear Kat saying its 11pm Im going to bed, and next thing it was just Dave and I left, and Midnight turned up, and I had t go....
Saturday morning, started with a Bacon and Egg Flan, 1st time Kat and done this, and if she says we having it again, I will not complain.
SO after breakfast, we wandered up to the ofice and met up with Garry, to pay for the weekend, and to arrange our Bows and Arrows, he mmet us down at the archery range to give tio give Fiona and the Rodweels some lesson, as Kat and I were experts from the last weekend...
Once again, this is just so much fun, shooting at these targets, Cats, Foxes, Deers, Straw bails.
After a hour of shotting we headed back up to camp, and than wandered off to
Cooloola Berries
for some lunch, not as busy here on a Saturday, as it was the previous Sunday, I think they are known for their paella Sunday sessions, and live music, If you havent been. this is another must do place.
Back up to camp after lunch, back into another sessions of Archery until about 4pm and than wandered back to get dinner on,
Tonights dinner was a Lemon Chicken and a Sour Dough pull apart
Folloed by Desert, which was a a 2 flaming marshmello between a Tim Tam and a Mint Slice, if you have not tried this, JUST DO IT....Sunday, we woke up to overcast and a wet morning, just a slight drizzel, which lasted until about 8:30am, before we could head on down to the arcgery field, for our final shoot.
Dave deceided we needed oranges to make this a little more interesting, late yesterday Dave took a onion down when he and Sarah went for a shoot by themselves, Sarah, came back with the winning shot, i think they used the onion for dinner.
So off we went for the Orange Arhcery Cahaalenge Championships. 2 oranges, in front of the fox.
Dave, Sarah Fiona and I were in the shoot out, Kat was resting.
We lined up the orages in front of the fox, and started shoting, I managed to score the first hit, dead centre in the middle, and I than scored the 2nd hit, just on the side of the orange, and than Fiona managed to score the third hit with a side penetration of the orange. But we all realised that our shoooting was getting better, as we managed to get 20 arrows in the bail of hay around the fox, with out overshooting .
Serious amaounts of fun was had, Put this place on your bucket list
