Thierings on Tour

Today we had two teams on the go.

Mama, Jazzy and Scarly on team Derby while Chris and Izzy went to Horizontal Falls. We’ve had to split up as Scarly is too small to go, so we have to go in separate teams and on different days to visit Horizontal Falls.

The girls and I had a good morning in Derby when we went for a walk and found a nice coffee shop and lots of boab trees. It was a fun game for them trying to find the best boab seeds – they did pretty well.

We had a lot of washing to get through again (I don’t know where it keeps coming from 😂 I swear the kids wear the same clothes all the time… Jazzy got some homework done and I managed to squeeze in some meetings. As a treat we jumped in the freezing cold pool at lunch, but given how hot it was it was really refreshing!

The Horizontal Falls account has been written by Izzy:

Where to start …

Horizontal Falls was the most marvelous place I’ve ever been to in my entire life.

First we went to the airport and hopped onto the seaplane.

Then we did a little flight around Derby and the pilot showed us some of the scenery and gorgeous oceans.

Then Horizontal Falls came into view and I knew we must be getting close.

I was right as a few minutes later we started heading into landing position.

Then we landed on the water and hopped of the plane for an amazing and adventurous day.

Once we got off the plane we were quickly guided to the boats so we could pay a visit to Horizontal Falls.

The two guides, Nicole and Sam told us that we would get to see the tides from both angles and we would be the only tour getting to see Horizontal Falls twice.

Then we got back to the pontoon to have morning tea.

Then we hopped on a little boat to learn about the history of a place called Cyclone Creek

Then we went back to the pontoon for lunch and after that another boat ride out to Horizontal Falls and we saw the tide from the other direction.

When we got back we went for a swim next to the sharks and Nicole did a marine tour about the sharks and marine life in Horizontal Falls.

After that it was time to go home so we waited until our plane came.

We flew back and I was so upset that we had to leave but I was grateful that I got the opportunity to experience Horizontal Falls.😊

Izzy and Chris came back really excited and we were so thrilled to hear all about their amazing day!

We all went for a dip in the pool to cool off.

Lastly we wanted to take the girls to Derby jetty, as Derby gets the second highest tidal changes in the world. Tonight the tide was high and we walked along the jetty to appreciate the sunset. We didn’t tell the girls what to expect next time they would see the jetty at low tide.

Kms travelled – 15