Campo's Bulls Party

A few weeks ago Andy Camp (Campo) and Philippa tied the knot. The nice thing about weddings is that a raucous bulls party usually precedes the main event, and this wedding was no different. Rich Webb had arranged a spectacular weekend away at a place called Highover, which is quite close to Richmond.

After arriving at various times throughout Friday afternoon and evening, your basic bulls party unfolded and was met with great excitement. There were some overseas visitors in attendance, and their presence certainly gave the weekend an air of significance. Bon-fires, music, beers, and previously untold stories of Campo at his finest (or not so finest) set the scene for a great weekend away.


Saturday morning was spent tubing down the freezing waters of the nearby river as well as attempting to master the rickety foofie slide, which I think we eventually sent into retirement. Those with wetsuits definitely had the upper hand. Cruising down the river and taking on the rapids was an unexpected highlight of the weekend. After the tubing, it was a mad rush to get to the owner’s house for some Tri-Nations rugby. We shared what must have been the biggest bag of biltong any of us had ever seen and had it not been for the one Aussie in our midst, I dare say it might have been a perfect day out. Saturday night was spent around the fire again and plenty laughs and loud music were the order of the day. It was quite apparent that everyone had had a superb time away. Well done Rich for organizing such a unique and awesome weekend away.

It’s also worth mentioning that a Bulls party is not a Bulls party without it’s one incident that takes it to the next level. And that incident had to be when Philippa’s Dad’s mate did a drunken free fall onto the bonfire. Had it not been for Porker’s cheetah-like reactionary senses, he very well may have been left there to burn for the night. It was the flames from the jacket and the smell of burning flesh that alerted Porker to the scene and once he had rolled the guy off the fire, things returned to normal.