Thierings on Tour

The crew was happy and feeling good this morning and everyone was excited to check out some gorges today…

We were meant to start and set off early, but it was the weekend and everyone was a bit slow to eat breakfast and get moving, which was fine!

The first stop on the way was Zebedee Springs, hot pools, which were just beautiful. It was pretty busy, but we managed to find a little pool to ourselves and enjoyed the warmth of the pools. 
I was in Scarly’s bad books because I thought I had forgotten her swimmers and she had to swim in her clip onesie, but she eventually forgave me and had the best time floating with her head under the water while cuddling either Chris or I.

Jazzy the explorer wanted to check out some of the higher pools and enjoyed sitting under a “waterfall” 😊

We headed off to El Questro gorge as we didn’t want to be hiking too late in the heat and it was actually a great walk for later in the day because it has so much shade.

The big girls did an amazing job hiking all the way to the halfway pools, to be rewarded with a refreshing swim! Izzy even climbed up the bolder to jump off it. We didn’t attempt the second half of the hike as Chris and I remembered it being very difficult and a lot of scrambling. Maybe when the girls are older we’ll come back again and do the full hike!

Then it was back to the Station for rest and relaxation. We actually got back to the campsite very early so the girls had time to play with our neighbour’s daughter Ivy and they were loving it. Chris and I also enjoyed some time to finally hang and relax – what a novelty on this holiday 😂

We wanted to check out Pigeon Hole lookout so headed there with our neighbours and the view was phenomenal! What a special place to visit and surprisingly there weren’t too many people there.

An El Questro managed safari jeep turned up while we were at the lookout and out jumped a group of very posh looking people. I only say that because they gasped in awe at the back of our car with its drawers, fridge and asked if we normally have “something” that attaches to the back of the car. I confirmed that yes, we do tow a caravan and they ooohhhed and ahhhed at the idea.
Then one lady saw me open the fridge as I grabbed stuff out for a cheese platter and was amazed that we had food & alcohol in there. She even asked to get a photo of the back of the car and the open fridge. Ha ha ha, we felt like show ponies 😂

Off they went to better places whilst we stayed on our clifftop enjoying the majestic vista and some wine, cheese and biccies.

The adventure packed day wasn’t quite over yet though as we still had a dinner booked at the steakhouse. It was delicious! We did hear that a French chef was in charge of cooking the steaks and they did not disappoint…

What a day! 

Kms travelled – 35