Adventure Awaits Issue #8 | Page 11

REAL FAMILIES  |  REAL STORIES was that one little ‘hairy’ spot over a rock ledge but I got through it with a bit of mentoring and a few stern words to the kids to give me some space! HA! H APP Y H O UR, AN D FR IE N SU N SETS DS DAY 1 We arrived at about lunch time and got a spot near the river – set up, positioned the solar panel and got taken on a tour from the Reid family (@reidsontheroad)! After travelling on our own for 13months, it really is special to see people you know when you pull into a camp! DAY 2 We were up at the crack of dawn so mandarins for breakfast on the way to Zebedee springs! We arrived at 7:05am and had the place ALMOST to ourselves – such a special place – so lovely and warm and the bottom pools are deep enough for the kids to do some underwater swimming! DAY 3 Two words! AMALIA GORGE! A bit of a rocky walk in – we conquered it in thongs with no major issues. Sensible people would probable wear decent shoes though – there The middle pool was fantastic – so fantastic we took the advice of the people we passed and didn’t bother going any further! Seriously though pack a lunch – we easily spent a few hours here and again almost had it to ourselves with only a few couples walking back through from the top! The water is so refreshing, lots of fish swimming around and plenty of ledges for the kids to jump off! DAY 4 Well! I feel like we did nothing! ‘We’ being me! Everyone else did washing, bike riding, fishing, school work, dishes etc and some of the other travelling kids even helped Rosie with her journal and reader! I sat on the camp chair and watched the kids and chaperoned them to the toilet 50 times! Sometimes you just need a home day, right? And it’s a cool spot just to just sloth around at! My day was so ‘slothy’ I didn’t even take any pictures! WAS IT WORTH IT? DID SHE LOVE IT? TO FIND OUT! 11