Monday 19 Feb, 2024
While at Granny Flat reserve, we spent the morning doing laundry and some schoolwork with the kids. Then we had lunch and went for a swim in the river. We went for a short walk along the trails there as well. Darren got under the caravan and took off the axel in order to turn it around. When he put it back on, the caravan was lifted up higher. This was so we can go through some more rough spots in our travels. Boy and I played a card game called battleship and after dinner we had a small fire and then went to bed. While getting ready for bed, we saw a pair of Australian wood ducks walk by.
Tuesday 20 Feb, 2024
I really enjoyed Granny Flat reserve. It was very peaceful, and quiet. The river was warm and the camping spot was in a little valley with greenery on every side. In the morning we went for another longer walk and saw a Cockatoo, and a grey fantail. Then we packed up and left for Mansfield.
In Mansfield we got some groceries and then headed to our next spot which was not too far away called Carters Mill Reserve. The river was not as close as in Granny Flat, but Darren drove the kids to the river for a swim while I had a nap. They then came and got me and we swam a little more. Then we went on an adventure up Plain Creek Track to look for Tomahawk Hut. We were almost there and had to turn back because of a log in the middle of the track. While there we picked the best blackberries we had seen in a while. Yum! Then we went back to camp for the night.
Wednesday 21 Feb, 2024
The next day we left the caravan behind and took the Prado up to Mount Stirling to see Craig’s Hut. Craig’s Hut is not a real hut, but is a famous one built soley for the set of the movie called, ‘Man from Snowy River’ which was filmed back in the 1980s. The hut has since burned down twice but it has been rebuilt each time because it is such a neat spot and people love to come visit it to see the views from the mountain from this place. I think people also really like the movie. I haven’t seen it, but maybe I will. It’s a romance movie about horses and the pioneer days in Australia. While at the hut, Girl accidentally stepped on a little skink as it scurried under her feet. It didn’t end up surviving, but it was really neat to see up close even if it didn’t make it.
On our way down we took some of the four-wheel drive tracks down past Bindaree waterfall. Then went up to Mount Buller Ski Village, and then back to our campsite. Before stopping there, we went up a different track to Tomahawk Hut which is a more traditional Australian hut and is still used by hikers today and people needing shelter while in the bush.
Then we went back to camp and made dinner. After dinner a pair of King Parrots came to visit us. We fed them sunflower seeds.
Thursday 22 Feb, 2024
In the morning, they came back after our breakfast and brought some of their friends. They flew up on our hands to eat more seeds! What a neat experience! It makes me think how wonderful heaven will be to have all the birds come to visit us and to not be afraid. They will live in nature and also be our friends. We got a neat taste of that here.
We did some more schoolwork, then went for a walk by the creek to an unnamed waterfall. Then after lunch we decided to head back to Granny Flat Reserve for the night to be there for Friday and
Sabbath.
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