Holiday: Grand Finale

OK. It feels really wierd writing this after I've been back at school for 2 days, but oh well. This is the first time I've actually been in the mood for blogging and there's no point doing it if you don't feel like it!

Well, last weekend - regatta weekend - we went bushwlking. We climbed Cradle Mountain, Barn Bluff and Little Horn (the pointy bit of Cradle). We were out there for two nights, we spent one night at Waterfall Valley (the first hut on the overland track) and one night at Scott Kilvert, another hut around Cradle.

These are the people we walked with -

Look familiar? Its the croud from the overland track + Rachel. In the back row is Dad, Jacqui, Me and Rachel. The others are Rick (Jacqui's Dad) in the grey top, Cathy (Jacqui's Mum) in the red top and Bernard (Jacqui's bro) in the blue top.

In that photo we are on top of Cradle. We summited it on our first day, after coming over Marions lookout in much nicer weather than we did last time (the overland track :-)

On the second day we started by touring the waterfalls in waterfall valley. This was the best waterfall cause we got right in behind it!

I so wanted to jump into this waterfall! It was so inviting and so hard to resist! But it was cold. And Dad decided that I wouldn't dry fast enough and so he didn't let me get in. :-(

That day we also climbed Barn Bluff. its out behind Cradle and I wouldn't be surprised if none of you have heard of it cause you can't see it until ur almost on top of Cradle.

The third abd final day was very hot. And we were walking in the sun all day. We did go swiming though! But first most of us climbed Little Horn.

Me and Dad on Little Horn. Rachel didn't get to the top of that one. It was one of her two tantrums she through over the trip. She was scared of how exposed the track was and she was tired and sick of walking. We got to a hard-ish bit and she wouldn't keep going. Dad made her stay where she was while we all went right to the top.

The other hissy fit she through was on the way down from Barn Bluff. It was almost three o'clock and we hadn't eaten lunch and we were all hungry and Rachel isn't good at sleeping on thermerests, so she was tired. She fell over. Then she didn't get as much simpathy as she wanted, so she through a tanty and refused to eat. We were all eating lunch and she sat by heraelf sulking and refusing food. I don't know what she was trying to prove, but when we were all packing up to leave she decided she would eat and then we had to wait for her. *sigh*

On the last day we went swimming. Twice. We had lunch at the Twisted Lakes and swam there and then we swam again when we got to Dove Lake. In this photo me and Jacqui are in Dove Lake, and Cradle Mountain is there to remind any of you who have forgotten what it looks like how spectacular it is.

Rachel took her little toy Elephant that her boyfriend gave her for Xmas with her. He had an awesome trip! His name is Elliot.

Elliot's Photo Gallery

Elliot met some friends on Marion's lookout.

Elliot couldn't believe how big and scary Cradle Mountain looked from Marion's lookout!

But Elliot concoured Cradle Mountain that after noon! He was very happy. He was the happiest little elephant in the world!

Elliot had a good night sleep at Waterfall Valley and woke up ready to explore the numerous waterfalls.

Elliot was really looking forward to climbing Barn Bluff, too. He thought that it looked almost as fantastic as Cradle!

And it was! Elliot decided that the view from the top of Barn Bluff was the best view he'd ever seen!

Elliot was really glad to get to the next hut, though, because all this walking was making him really tired.

But the next morning he continued! He reached the top of yet another mountain! It was really hot and sunny on top of Little Horn, so Elliot was glad that he got a lift back down in Cathy's pocket.

Eliot had a great holiday and he really wants to go walking with us agin next time!

I love little Elliot - I hope you do too! :-)