Our Family Holiday in July (day 2)

Day 2 of our Holiday in July

 After a goodnight sleep it was an early start to the day. No clear blue skies and shinning sun today. But that was ok. We got ready and caught the 9:00am cradle mountain shuttle bus up to Dove Lake. The girls enjoyed sitting right at the front of the bus, looking out the window and talking away. They did a great job at keeping the other passengers entertained. When the driver of the bus would finish telling us about some of the features of cradle mountain, Milly would say, "what did you say man?" Too cute!
Hanisi listened intently to what the bus driver said and would then tell us in her own words, what he said.
We made it to Dove Lake. As soon as we got there and saw the lake, Milly asked if their were crocodiles in the lake. HAHAHAH. We assured her that there were no crocodiles in the lake.

It didn't take long for the girls to head off bush walking or should we say bush running. They loved running along the track ahead of us. I think they were trying to loose us deliberately : ) This photo of them on the rock is one for you Grandad (Grandad is an enthusiastic bush walker), don't they look like great little bush walkers? They had so much fun running along the tracks and hiding we lost Milly for a little but there. Hanisi had told her to hide somewhere so we could find her, but she kept on running along the track (oh dear).

 We walked / ran down to the boat shed and had a look down there. Threw some rocks in the Lake. Milly tripped over while running, so that was the end of her bush walking adventure. She enjoyed a shoulder ride on Sam back to catch the shuttle bus. While poor Hanisi wanted me to carry her, but she is too big for me to carry these days. Instead she held my hand and we made it back to the bus, where they munched up their morning tea. Bush running is hungry work

This is Milly looking for Crocodiles in the lake.

 After our adventure at Dove Lake it was time to hop into a warm car and continue on our journey. We headed for the Promise Land to take the girls to Tazmazia. But much to our disappointment the weather turned sour and started pouring down. So our next stop was Sheffield where we filled up on some much needed lunch. After lunch we were then deciding whether or not to go to the Marakoopa caves. We had some tired girls. We asked if they wanted to go and they said yes. So we thought we would attempt it. We did have a bag of lollies to pull us through the cave tour if needed.

So our late decision to go to the caves men't that Sam needed to put on his Targa hat, the pedal to the metal and a prayer of Safety to get us there on time. The kids actually slept during the Targa driving and amazingly I didn't spew! We got to the caves with 5mins to spare. Sam ran in got the tickets we drove up to the cave entrance. Completly forgot about the kids being asleep, we opened their car doors and said, "QUICK LETS GO." The poor things they looked like possums in car headlights.

Once we told them we were at the caves. They were excited. We saw some beautiful formations of the stalactites and stalagmites.

 The girls enjoyed climbing the stairs  and walking through the narrow passageways.Hanisi thought it was great, that she didn't have to duck her head when walking through some spots, while everyone else had to duck down. Looking at all the glow worms was a big favourite for the girls.

Our tour guide was kind enough to take a family shot outside the cave entrance

A trip to the caves was the last adventure for our July Holiday. It was then time to go home. We had a wonderful time and look forward to heading back that way and taking the girls to Tazmazia on a nice day!
Oh how could I nearly forget. You can't travel home from that direction without a stop at Andy's for icecream!