Holidays part 2

During the break we packed up and headed for Dungog at the foot of the Barrington Tops wilderness area and national parks. We stayed in a fantastic log cabin at the "Carawirry Cabins and Wildlife Refuge"for three nights.

There are only two seperate cabins located right in the rainforest. They were spotless, well appointed, private, great for a Family and fantastic fun to stay in. Guys if you have a chance check these cabins out we thought they were great and hope to return soon.


The Managers own happy, friendly children guided (bare foot) our kids through the rainforest pointing out vines and rainforest trees. They took us to a beautiful swimming hole and water fall. We were even shown where to check out the glow worms once it was dark.

Later that night Girl 4 thought that the glow worms were just magical and the best thing ever!
Next day our boy6 managed to find some leeches and he was delighted to turn them into pets!
"Look Dad (boy6) is training his pet leeches"squeaked boy8. I walked outside to see boy6 proudly showing me that if he put his finger down on the floor the leeches would inch towards it then he would move the finger behind them and yes they would turn around and inch again towards his finger.... he was so proud! They were basically domesticated to his way of thinking. That basically sums up boy6, our own warrior, hunter and gatherer.

We then went out west to visit the Wellington caves and the Dubbo Zoo. There were lots of green fields covered in bumper crops of wheat and canola to be seen. The farmers will be smiling later this year.

At Wellington we were able to walk in a field amongst the remains of a 380 million year old sea bed.

There were fossils of coral, shells and other sea life everywhere to be seen. These 380 M year old fossils are just everywhere and are part of the local environment.


We then explored the limestone caves which were made from the old sea floor.




Right at the bottom of one of the caves you could see fossilized coral embedded in the floor. This blew the kids away. Dad or a guide can say anything but actually seeing the coral there in the floor made it all make sense.


The caves were impressive and worth the visit but it is a lot cheaper to see them outside school holidays.

Finally we stopped by Dubbo Zoo to take in the animals.

By now it was time to head for home.

Holiday fun

A holiday was long over due so we decided to spend some of the school holidays having fun.


We headed north west and discovered some amazing old farm houses from times gone by.
We stopped off at a family members area and explored Her surrounds with her expert knowledge of the area.


There was a couple of stunning thundering waterfalls which the kids were amazed at. The beautifully productive farmlands of the area were covered with fresh spring lambs and calves.

On the way back home we stopped off at a mountain side creek for the kids to explore some more and discover the joys off chucking rocks in the stream.


The cold high forests we discovered on the way home was amazing.


We checked out Thunderbolts lookout in the Barringtons.

This cold Alpine forest was very different to anything the kids have ever experienced.