20. Camping at Butterfly Creek by James Curtis
One Saturday, David, Tom Owers and I decided to go camping for a night at Butterfly Creek. David and Tom would have been at primary school still and I had probably started at Petone College.
Tom’s father Bill decided to walk over the hill with us, as he liked walking anyway. We had a three-person tent and backpacks laden with beer and some food. Unfortunately, the beer started to leak and we worried Bill would notice and might take it from us. Anyway, fortunately he didn’t notice and he left us in the late afternoon to set up camp.
We pitched the tent, made a campfire, ate the baked beans and drank all the beer. It was a great place to go camping, so close to home but you really felt away from it all in the bush as the darkness fell. I also remember going camping over there when I was at Muritai School.
One Saturday, David, Tom Owers and I decided to go camping for a night at Butterfly Creek. David and Tom would have been at primary school still and I had probably started at Petone College.
We pitched the tent, made a campfire, ate the baked beans and drank all the beer. It was a great place to go camping, so close to home but you really felt away from it all in the bush as the darkness fell. I also remember going camping over there when I was at Muritai School.
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