October School Holiday - Yippy!

Well how did we spend the October school holidays! Well to start with they just weren't long enough. I love holidays and spending the time with the kids and having the freedom to go away whenever we want and not have to rush back for work.

The October long weekend we spent in Far Western NSW starting out at Cobar and doing a lot of travelling through remote parts of NSW such as Louth for Friday lunch. We got to see the great Darling River. We then drove up through Fords Bridge, up through the Dingo Fence at Hungerford then onto Comeroo Camel Station. The kids thought that was going to be great, you know have a ride on a camel. But guess what? There were only about 5 camels roaming the huge property, so they were actually considered wild. On the Friday we were told that there was an Artesian Bore about 1/2 hrs drive away from the property. After about 1 hrs worth of driving around the same area, we found the bore. It was just amazing that water of 40`c can come from the ground. The person who owned the area had a huge 12 person spa shell where there was a tape running into the shell to fill it up. There also was the main bore. It was very relaxing, especially with a few champers!




On Saturday we travelled back to Hungerford where we filled up the petrol tanks, got a cold drink and an ice cream, then moved onto to see Lake Wyara National Park. Yeap, like everywhere else, no water, just dusty sand plains. We also went and saw a wonderful display of God's amazing talent, the Granites. In this area there was huge boulders of granite. Total amazing! The kids got to climb up to the very top and took some photos from their point of view.

Yes I did brave it! The big climb! OMG it was scarey! But I wanted a few photos and then I could get down. The legs started to shake, hot flushes, sweaty palms, yeap time to get down. But I got the photos and that's what counted. There is absolulately no way that I could climb Ayers Rock. No Way! There was also some amazing lizard life there as well. You were able to get so close to them and get some really good shots! The kids had such a great time there climbing and the rocks and exploring. Poor Mum was getting a little worried about the possibility of snakes!





So after climbing around on some really big rocks we made our way to Eulo via a quick swim in the Paroo River. We stayed overnight at Eulo which is a great little town. The people there were just great and who would have thought that we would meet people who had moved there from Mittagong just over 6 years and wouldn't move back for all the money in the world. The next day we went to the Eulo Date Farm where they make all sorts of things to do with dates. Yes even wine! So being a good tourist I thought it best to sample the wears. The wine is disguising, but the liquor is very very sweat and yummy! Mmmmmm!

On Sunday we ended up in Yowah, which is an opal mining town. Yes it was quite hot and extremely dry there. We didn't get to see many people there but we did get to see about 6 kangaroos hopping around in the town. We also did one of the main tourist activities in this little town. Yes we did an opal mine tour. We had the funniest man guide us, he was so unorganised, but so funny! It is pretty amazing that people actually do this for a living in such a vast and remote area. We even got attacked by bats! Yes, well not actually attacked, the poor little things were more scared of AJ and I then we of them! But they felt really really yukky when they hit our legs, head, face, hands, and where ever else.

That night we stayed at a working cattle station "Kilcowera". This is actually a huge station were they fly to the closest main town to purchase their groceries. Wow! Matthew did his usually thing and provided the entertainment for the evening by telling lots of jokes to a captive audience. The kid was on a role all weekend!

Well Monday it was time to start heading back to Cobar, so we ended up in Wanaaring for lunch and then headed back to Cobar in time for an evening meal at the Club.

It was an amazing trip, the kids enjoyed it. They were so well behaved, I was so very proud of them! Me well.... I did the remote bush thing and am glad it is over. I can't go to far without my heels, hairdryer and no dust and flys! So I am totally over red dirt and flys, oh yes and dry heat!

We did some miles but well worth the trip! Truth be known I actually thought I had enough of travelling by the time we got to Cowra on Thursday. Ha! Boy was I kidding myself.