SOTA goat summits

December 29, 2013BushwalkingNathan

We have been to three SOTA (summits of the air) summits since we have been in the Kosciuszko National Park. We walked about 6.5 km to the top of Mount Kosciuszko and back to the chairlift. That was a very long walk but not too hard. We have also been to Bobs Ridge which was about 4 km from the carpark. This walk was harder but shorter than the Mount Kosciuszko walk. And finally, we went to the top of Mount Perrisher. It was a very steep and very hard walk even though it was the shortest of the three.

View from the Thredbo Chairlift

At the top of Mount Kosciuszko

Daddy with his radio on Mount Kosciuszko

At Bobs Ridge

Daddy doing SOTA at Bobs Ridge

View from Mount Perrisher

Going to the Snowy Mountains

December 18, 2013CampingNathan

We had to drivea lot and it was boring. I asked how much further and we had to drive 450 kilometres. I got car sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn’t like getting car sick. We didn’t have a campfire that night. We’re camped in a campground called Willis beside the Snowy River on the border between Victoria and New South Wales.

My shiny brown Buggy

Toby’s Buggy

Beautiful view from our campsite

Toby and me in the Snowy River

Ready to go to Thredbo Diggings.

Flinders Rangers Trip – Day 11

September 13, 2013UncategorizedNathan

We went for a drive and found a waterhole that I had a swim in. The water was freezing cold. I also went for a walk with Daddy and we saw some ancient rocks. They were interesting. We also saw a smelly dead kangaroo.

Flinders Rangers Trip – Day 10

September 13, 2013UncategorizedNathan

This morning we got up very early and drove to Stokes Lookout to watch the sunrise. It was very windy so we didn’t stay for long. We went on another pretty drive today.

Sunrise

Flinders Rangers Trip – Day 9

September 13, 2013UncategorizedNathan

Today we went on a tour through a copper mine. I had a tag that went around my neck, and when we got to the mine I had to take off the tag and put on a helmet that had a light on it. This was called ‘tag on’ and the miners used to do it to show who was working in the mine.

Afterwards we went for a drive and saw an open cut coal mine at Leigh Creek. We stopped at a dam for a break and then drove back to the campsite.

Our lunch spot

Yellow-footed rock wallaby

Flinders Rangers Trip – Day 8

September 9, 2013UncategorizedNathan

Today I helped Mama make some bread. We mixed yeast with some warm water, milk, salt and honey and left it in the car until it became frothy. Then we added flour and a bit of butter and mixed it all together. We left that in the car to rise, and when it was as big as the bowl we kneaded it and put it into two tins. When it had risen again we cooked it in the Weber. It was warm and yummy with butter and jam on it. The second loaf we ate with our dinner.

I fell off my bike today and hurt my mouth. It bled a lot and the lady from campsite number 14 helped me. My top lip is swollen a lot and it hurts.

Writing in my diary

Flinders Rangers Trip – Day 7

September 8, 2013UncategorizedNathan

Today we drove a loop of the Flinders Ranges National Park. We went to lots of lookouts and we found a creek that had tadpoles and algae in it. Toby and I found sticks and we fished for algae.

When we got to Wilpena we bought some post cards for Oma and Opa, Grandma and Grandpa and Prep E at school.

After lunch we went to visit a sacred site where there were pictures on the rocks made by Aboriginal people long ago.

Tadpoles