I have been meaning to post about this trip for nearly two years! Our long awaited extended family Carnarvon Gorge trip. We prepped, we planned, we made the kids go on long walks, and then it rained. And rained. We travelled out to the gorge, stopping at Roma for a night. We did briefly consider …
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Fraser Island: Lake Garawongera
On our trip this time our goal was to go somewhere that we hadn't been to before. We had a look at a map and decided on Lake Garawongera. We did this visit after visiting the Kirrar Sandblow, and also stopped at Happy Valley to get an ice block from the shop there. The Happy …
Fraser Island: Lake Boomajin
We arrived on the island around 11am, and since we had a few hours to fill in before we could arrive at our accommodation, we decided to do an inland track from Dilli Village, through the southern lakes, then out to Eurong where we were staying. Our first stop was Lake Boomajin, the largest perched …
How to possum proof a garden
We have had trouble the last few years with the local possums eating the veggies that we planted. And before this it was a bush turkey scratching everything up so he could build his lady love one fine nest. The bush turkey has finally gotten the hint that he is not welcome and moved on. …
Rock hunting
Never afraid to be the last to embrace a trend, we have started painting and decorating rocks to hide in local parks. We were in Hervey Bay for the school holidays a few weeks ago when we noticed that at all the local parks there were kids with rocks. Rocks in baskets so colourful they …
Mumma, Did You Know? 