A Little Piece of Heaven

Friday 8^th

What an exhausting day! We started off at the Magnetic Termite Mounds which are amazing to see – they are flat surfaced and when there are a lot of them it looks a bit like a graveyard. We then had a look at a massive Cathedral Termite Mound which the boys particularly enjoyed because they could see the termites moving around inside it. We then headed to the Bamboo Creek Tin Mine which was interesting.

We then headed off to Walker Creek and this was more like the Litchfield I had seen in photos. We followed along the creek (mostly) and every 500m or so we would come across a swimming hole. After spending nearly 45 mins at the first we knew we wouldn’t be able to swim at them all so we swam at the first and the third ones we came across for a swim. I don’t think words could do justice to how beautiful they were so I will let the photos do it for me. Despite the long walk (3.7km) the kids loved it.

After a quick lunch in the carpark at 3pm we decided to head off to the Cascades. The brochure said it was a 1.3km walk which we all felt would be easy after the one we had just done – how wrong we were. Their idea of 1.3km and the average person’s idea – very different. Not to mention how hard a walk it was – you get lulled into a false sense of security at the start with this lovely wide, flat dirt track and then it became less of a track and more of a rock climb with a couple of unmarked creek crossings just to keep it interesting! Eventually we got there – of course I was the last to arrive only to find out my delightful son had bet his sister $50 that I wouldn’t make it! I have to say though – once I blocked out the thought of having to do that walk in reverse to get out – it was spectacular and well worth it. We all had a wonderful time swimming in the water hole and sitting under the waterfall.

Back at the campground we were all exhausted and had the world’s easiest dinner of steak sandwiches followed by our own camping chair cinema. Off to bed now so we can do it all again tomorrow.