13/07/2025
Well what can I say? The photos speak for themselves. This was our first Hipcamp. We stayed at Rangetop Farm at Ocean View. Basically Northwest of Brisbane. The host was great and so was the property.
What a beautiful place, with amazing views!
Very peaceful and quiet which is exactly what I have been searching for 😊.
Although the weather did give us an absolute hiding come nightfall!
It was quite windy and cool when we arrived, and by dusk the wind had died down. By the time we got to bed, the wind picked up and it got worse and worse until it became wild! It was howling like a ghost and our tents were being thrashed violently for the entire night! The wind was bitter cold also.
These are just weather events that can quickly turn any great getaway into a total disaster and make it very dangerous if you are not prepared or tie down items properly. It all looks like happy fun at the calm and sunny camping expo shows, but once the weather turns, its game on!
Gazebos, awnings, solar panels, camp chairs, etc can become flying missiles. Even our tent felt like it was starting to lift off the ground with some of the strong wind gusts.
Luckily I had double pegged it to the ground with extra heavy guy ropes earlier in the day just as a precaution.
Anyway we were all safe with minimum damage to our camp gear👍
