Out and About

Welcome,

It's been a few weeks since my last post.  Since then, we've had school term holidays where the boys and I had fun catching up with friends we don't get to see very often.  We got out and about when the weather was fine enough.  I'm also sure there was a PJ day in there somewhere...

My love of the outdoors is rubbing off on the boys...finally!!  I would rather be outside on a nice day, and the boys enjoy getting outside exploring too.  To keep costs down, we take a packed lunch, drinks and fruit to munch on in picnic style.  If there are BBQs available we take a pack of sausages and some bread - lunch done!

We've been to Point Cook Coastal Park, the YouYangs, Trentham and most recently Malmsbury.  Next on our list of places to visit are Hanging Rock, Mount Macedon, Lerderderg State Park and Werribee Gorge.   Lerdergerg Stage Park is one of my favourite places to visit, so much to see and do, and in summer a swim in the waterhole refreshes everyone.  I have a long list of places to discover with the boys.

I have recently joined Instagram and there is one person I follow who put the outdoors into perfect words, not sure if they wrote it or if it was a quote...didn't specify:

"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect." - so true.

The YouYangs - great spot, so many different tracks to hike along.

The boys on Big Rock (yep, that's what its called) then at the top of Flinder's Peak...that was a great hike to the top!
So many photographic moments....

On the way to Flinder's Peak, then from the top of Flinder's Peak
At Trentham, boys took a liking to this old man....
And Trentham waterfall...beautiful.

The Viaduct in  Malmsbury...its so beautiful you feel like you're looking at a painting when you first come upon it.  Classified 'A' by the National Trust, the Viaduct is the largest stone bridge span in the Southern Hemisphere and took just one year to build. Construction began in 1859 and was completed on 24 October 1860.  It contains nearly 4000 cubic metres of bluestone from a nearby quarry.  It has five spans of 18.3 metres.  The maximum height above the valley floor is 25 metres. The railway line officially opened in 1862.

And of course, boys will be boys!!

Enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by,

 Carolyn