A couple days ago, I went camping with a couple friends from school. We all went up to Bunyip state park, (that's just past Gembrook) and stayed the night. Plan A was to stay for 3 nights, but not alot of people could make it if we stayed that long, so we ended up staying just the one night. It was alot of fun, and it was good to get into the outdoors with friends.
Our little sleepover ended up being more adventurous than I anticipated. Chris had planned to come up later because he was in the city with friends. He was the only one coming up by himself. Somehow he took a wrong turn and ended up on one of the tracks that had big speed hump things across it. I think they are to help the water drain away, but they were most un-helpful if you are in a car. Chris' car got stuck on one of the humps, and he tried to push it off for about an hour before deciding he was well and truely stuck and should try and find our camp on foot. Using just the light of his phone, and the map I had photocopied him, he managed to find our camp! (I think maybe we were being a little loud) We got into Camerons car and raced off to try and save Chris' car before a 4WD plowed into it! We tried everything, but the wheels couldnt get any traction, the car was balancing on it's underbelly with the back 2 wheels off the ground! In the end we managed to free his car, with 4 people pushing it, but I think maybe the underside is a little scratched.
The next morning I took another look at the map, the track where the car got stuck wasnt marked as a 4WD track, meaning it was supposed to be ok for cars. I think maybe I should write to Parks Victoria and ask them to review their maps, or to review how high they make the drainage bumps.
So that was the highlight of the camping trip, not to mention that we enjoyed perfect weather and a wonderful campfire.