Camping at Kenilworth

We have just spent 4 nights camping at beautiful, green Kenilworth, about 40 minutes drive inland from Maleny. We camped in the grounds of the Kenilworth Hall, so had access to toilets and showers and it is dog friendly so we could have the poodle with us.

With Simon's food intollerances, we had to cook everything from scratch and not use anything tinned or processed. As we had access to the butcher and grocer in the township, we were able to buy fresh groceries as we needed them. I took lots of cooking equipment, herbs from our garden at home and I typed up a few pages of recipes that I knew would work whilst camping. The photo above is the pantry.

 Simon looks out towards the Mary River.

 Sitting down to Thai basil chicken with stir fried vegetables and rice.

My kitchen! We set up camp beside a little shed so we were able to use its bench as an area for our gas cookers.

We had happy hour each afternoon before dinner, I made avocado dip, tomato salsa and cucumber tzatziki. For beverages, the best one was a pile of freshly squeezed oranges, a squeezed lemon, with half a pineapple that I juiced by pushing it through a colander. I sugared the rims of our glasses and we drank our fresh fruit cocktails whilst eating these dips.

The township of Kenilworth was built in the 1920s, so has a lovely vintage feel.