Wee Jasper camping trip — June 2026

Over this weekend Clare and I took a short camping trip down to Micalong Creek — a place dear to her and full of memories of camping trips with her family.So first of all, it was an incredible privilege to share time at a place that means so much and holds some fond memories!We arrived early on Sunday evening after a short ~1.5hr drive out of Canberra. The roads up were pretty devoid of traffic — which is to be expected on a school night (and in the middle of winter, and on the winter solstice). But offered some incredible views over the landscapes which often surprised us as we came around a corner to a vast, verdant and undulating vista that took off in to the horizon.Once we checked in, we got to unloading while the dogs waiting in the car (much to their dismay!). The first thing I noticed is that tent technology has come a long way since the manual build-and-thread-each-pole days of yore. We had this thing up and habitable in less than 15 minutes — including blowing up the…