Thursday 9-1-2014 (Lilydale Falls)

Good afternoon to you all! Today we took a break from walking and went to a Goat Cheesery, a blueberry farm, another fruit and vegetable shop and a treetop adventures company. Before all this, in the morning, we went down to the river that we were camped by and scanned the waters for a platypus. We got lucky and spent the next quarter of an hour watching it forage for food, swimming through the water as it did so. The platypus was tiny and very cute. The Goat Cheesery was first and a bumpy, hilly drive from our campsite. The drive was through a forest that would look right at home in a murder mystery, Agatha Christie novel. Turns out the navman had taken us the wrong way, the back way, to the Cheesery. The Cheesery didn’t open until 10.00, so we waited in the car park until then. Inside the Cheesery we tasted several different goat cheeses, most of which I disliked. Mum, Gabby and Dad enjoyed them though and we left with two different varieties and a bottle of goat’s milk. I tasted the milk as soon as we got back to the bus and it was delicious! Mum and Dad, both of whom had tasted and disliked store bought goat’s milk in the past, tried and liked it as well, presumably because it was fresh milk. Only Gabby disliked the taste. Next we headed to a pick your own Blueberry Farm. A half bucket full of blueberries later, we were on our way again this time to another fruit shop. We bought a bag of plums and a lettuce. After that we drove to Holly Banks Treetop Adventures, where we had a delicious lunch of fresh fruit (plums, currants and peach)and tinned spaghetti. Then we embarked, well Gabby and I did, on our treetop adventure. Firstly Gabby and I got dressed in all the safety gear, did a quick safety briefing and test “flight”. We then headed to the real thing. I was first in line and was clipped into the zip line and pushed away. The zip line was amazing! We flew through the trees, striking odd poses and enjoying ourselves. This happened several more times, each flight becoming longer and taller. The last flight was 400m long and 80m off the ground. After collecting photos from the kiosk we were on our way. We are now residing at Lilydale Falls, where we just completed a short walk to two pretty, but plain waterfalls.

Maddy.

 Fauna: Goats, platypus, echidna.

 Wicked Vans: 0

 Vehicles Overtaken: 0