Cricket at the CampgroundDrove up to Carlons Farm camp ground with Neil, Geoff, Kate Serena, Michele and Honor. I made a silly error and we wasted an hour going up the Shipley Plateau. Finally got to the campsite and we had it all to ourselves, which was just as well as it was midnight and we made a lot of noise.
I slept very soundly after a week of flu, and we had a quiet morning exploring the area. Michele and Honor weren't into camping this weekend and went back to Sydney.
I took Geoff, Kate and Serena on a great hike from the Megalong road up the Six foot track to the Nellies Glen Turnoff, then up to the Narrowneck tunnel (Rennies). The kids were troopers and we had fun finding our way through the pitch black tunnel, and getting thoroughly filthy. We emerged onto the Federal pathway and followed it back to the Golden Stairs. I saw several Lyrebirds and found someones hidden lunch which animals had pulled apart. It included some Full O Fruit biscuits which I greedily ate.
I slept very soundly after a week of flu, and we had a quiet morning exploring the area. Michele and Honor weren't into camping this weekend and went back to Sydney.
I took Geoff, Kate and Serena on a great hike from the Megalong road up the Six foot track to the Nellies Glen Turnoff, then up to the Narrowneck tunnel (Rennies). The kids were troopers and we had fun finding our way through the pitch black tunnel, and getting thoroughly filthy. We emerged onto the Federal pathway and followed it back to the Golden Stairs. I saw several Lyrebirds and found someones hidden lunch which animals had pulled apart. It included some Full O Fruit biscuits which I greedily ate.
Inside Rennie's TunnelWe met Neil at the mountain top and then had a meal at the Blackheath pub, before going back to the tents at Carlons.
Saturday night was one of the most beautiful that I remember. A full moon came up through a misty sky about 10pm. It was dead still. All the bush was lit up by the moon as if it were a dream, the cliff of Narrowneck could be clearly seen. The weather was perfect, and I left the tent flap open. About 1 am I woke up to see the enormous moon filling the tent door.
At 5.30am I dragged myself out for a run. On the way back I had noted the didtasnces from ther campsite. So I ran with the sunrise, kangaroos and wombats along the beautioful Megalong valley to the Coffee shop and back. The outward trip was a struggle with the flu setting in, but I recovered on the return trip and ran along happily, at about 4.3min/k. 30k all up
Afterwards we had a fun game of cricket with our kids and some fellow campers Carol and Geraldine and their boys.
Later we hoked up the nearby hill and claimed it with a cairn of rocks, and the drove down through Biolpin to visit Catherine and Michaels Arabian stud. We learned a lot about Arabs, and I have to agree they are beautiful animals.
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