Thierings on Tour

Everyone was up early this morning, so we walked up to the corner store and the girls loved the pelican statue. There was a glimmer of sun today, but the wind was still out in force so we decided to head out inland for an adventure at Gawler Ranges to see a rock formation called the Organ Pipes.

It was a bit of a drive, but that was used productively to do work and homework while Chris drove. There was a lot of emus on the road as we came into the park and the road was pretty rough and bumpy. There also didn’t seem to be anyone else in sight the whole way into the park… admittedly there was a sign about goat culling in some parts of the park, but not the Organ Pipes that we were here to explore.

When we arrived everyone seemed to be starving so we thought it might make sense to cook up the hotdogs before our walk. In the meantime Chris and Jazzy also let some air out of the tyres to make the drive back more comfortable. 
The girls went exploring around the picnic area and before I knew it, Jazzy was walking back holding a goat skull, ha ha – let’s just say I asked her to put it down and not touch it… 

With full bellies we headed off on the walk, through beautiful red dirt with a backdrop of every shade of green you can imagine. It was nice to see a bit of red dirt again, I won’t lie!

On our walk we saw a cute little shingle back lizard, which the girls called Taco. There were also a lot of emu tracks and kangaroo droppings, so the wildlife must be abundant around here after dark.

It was a relatively short trek and when we got there the girls loved climbing all the rocks shaped like organ pipes. The big girls and papa went a bit higher while Scarly and I hung back and took it all in from the lower levels. 
The walk back seemed so fast and the girls were grossed out to see another goat skull in a bush, this time with fur still attached. Luckily Jazzy didn’t try to touch that one!

As we drove home we saw a signpost for Pildappa Rock and the quick Google search showed some cool photos, so we decided to check it out too. It was like a mini Wave Rock! I was pretty happy, because we didn’t do the detour to Wave Rock this time, but the girls had a good time pretending to surf this miniature one.

Scarly was in a bit of a funk after her nap got cut short by stopping so I took her on a walk around while the others climbed up higher to have a look from the top. She was also so excited to try my sparkling water and surprisingly liked it, even though it was lime flavoured. Maybe it’s the novelty of drinking out of a can as she knows that’s normally just for adults. 
The girls also enjoyed playing hide and seek, with Scarly using her height to her advantage and getting under the picnic tables.

Sadly I got a call that our sealion tour couldn’t go ahead in the morning, so we had to change plans and hope it would go ahead on Wednesday… 

Back at camp it was time to play with friends and get dinner sorted. My beautiful Scarly helped me peel potatoes with her kid-safe peeler. She was so proud and so was I!

Kms travelled – 253