Campfire Cook Up and Star Gazing

Bring the Warmth to Winter and Enjoy the Night Sky.

Brooklyn has a long history with the TLCCQLD and anyone who has visited knows this is a great place to relax and unwind. Star Gazing – There is very little light pollution which gives black night skies and very bright and clear stars. Hopefully we will get a clear winter sky, and the moon will be at a ‘waning crescent’ phase, which is good for looking at the stars. I don’t have a telescope, but I have some gear for taking photographs of the stars – astrophotography. I will bring along a number of tripods and two camera mounts for anyone who wants to have a try. The best view is usually leaning back in your camp chair, around the fire. Kyran Sinden (Tims son) will also have his telescope and computer set up for Deep Space imaging. Campfire Cook Up. Breakfast, lunch or dinner always taste better with friends around the campfire. This is a social weekend where you can relax and breathe in the fresh air, (unless you’re the one the campfire smoke always follows). We will collect wood for the fire Saturday morning to make sure we have plenty of coals for cooking in the afternoon and the usual Brooklyn Camp Fire after dinner. Bring a bag of firewood for the Friday night. If you have never cooked around the fire before, don’t worry. This is a great opportunity to experiment or learn. Camp ovens, Biji, Braai, Potjie or a frypan, let’s share our favorite foods with friends. I plan to have the campfire going all day Saturday, so boil the Billy for your morning cuppa, toast your sandwich of jaffle for lunch or just chill out until communal dinner cook up. If you have dietary requirements, let’s have a chat so you can still join in. We might even cook some deserts on the fire. No camp oven? No problem. Some of us have some spare cooking gear so just ask. Let’s make this another fun social weekend around a winter camp fire.

Cost is $10/vehicle/night for camping to be paid on the weekend in cash.