Kangaroo Valley

William has decided to start waking up at his normal (i.e. early) time, but it did mean that that we were able to see the mist come across the valley as the sun came up — a quite magical view. After breakfast William had a good play on the slides and swings just outside our little cottage — it’s amazing how his confidence has grown over here on their playgrounds which are definately more challenging than those back at home. — he’s now going down slides forwards, backwards and upside down!

The farm really is a beautiful place — once we’d managed to prise Wills away from the slide we went for a little walk around. After feeding the goats and alpacas (again), we went to check the Chook House to see if the chickens had left us any eggs that we could have for lunch (two of them). We then wandered down to the creek at the bottom of the farm and through the meandering grass pathways that Frank the farmer’s mowed through the fields and meadows — every time we’ve seen him he seems to be mowing, but then they’re preparing for a wedding at the farm this weekend — what an idyllic place for it!

The day was turning into a scorcher, so we cut our walk a little short and drove into Kangaroo Valley village for lunch and a mooch around. There are a few nice shops and old buildings in the small village as well as the fairly impressive Hampden Bridge. Our relatively lazy day was finished off nicely with a BBQ and a couple of glasses of good Aussie wine…