Sadly I have to say goodbye to another friend. We met in playgroup and have done all sort of "mom activities" together, but we've also had some good child free adventures! Thanks for all the good times Heather, see you in the States for our next big road trip :)
This blog will update you on all my most recent Heather activities.
Last weekend we decided to have one last hurrah in the wild city of Canberra! Our first night out together we splurged on a hostel, but why would we do that now that Heather has awesome Irvan the Urvan. We found a parking lot that didn't look like we'd be either arrested or kidnapped in and set up camp! Started off the evening with some goon (boxed wine) and the best pulled pork sandwhich I've ever had!!!! Then we hit the town! Had a super yummy peach cocktails at a speak easy style bar. And since it was our last hurrah we also went to the Kilroys type bars, for all you Hoosier readers. Cheap drinks, and wide variety of customers to put it nicely!!! Had another decent sleep in good ol Irv and didn't get arrested for sleeping in a parking lot!
During the week we had a massive play date with FIVE children aged 6 months to 4 years AND we managed to get them all to sleep durning nap time! We also went to see Inside Out, which was a great movie.
Last night we had a great time out in Yass. The Smiths last au pair Pauline is in town for the weekend, so it was a big au pair night! Lots of white wine was consumed and we had some good laughs.
We've tried to say goodbye a few times, but tomorrow will be the day :(
I'll miss you heaps Heather, and that posh English accent of yours!
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Irvan Urvan
Happy Wednesday from Yass!
I've been talking about visiting the famous Blue Mountains since I arrived here in Australia and last week I finally made it happen!
Heather and I took her brand spank'n new 1980s camper van out into the wilderness for a two day adventure. A side note, Heather and her mom will be driving this van up the east coast of Australia in two weeks! So cool! So this was big Irvs first test out on the road. Despite the crazy steep hills and hair pin turns he did well.
We started our journey late Wednesday evening, and arrived in at a funny hostel in the town of Katoomba. The woman who checked us in didn't really seem to know what was going on, but we ended up in a very well lite room ( thanks for that eye mask Karen Pacific, it went to good use!). After some instant coffee, fried eggs and brownies for breakfast we were ready to explore! I've leaned that Pinterest is a great way to plan a trip, so we headed to these waterfalls that I had seen cool pictures of. Pinterest wasn't lieing, they were beautiful! We ended up taking a little unplanned hike that gave us great views of the mountain range. They are called the Blue Mountains from the eucalyptus trees, which put off a blue haze. Lucky us we had great weather and the mountains did look blue! After a nice coffee in the cute Art Deco town, Lerua we headed to the ultra famous Three Sisters. I would suggest just googling the story of the rocks so I don't butcher it! Some other highlights of the day were; having lunch with a Kookaburra, seeing black cockatoos, and riding the steepest inclined roller coaster in the world! That night we camped in the van at this amazing look out called Perry's look down. We caught the sunset and had a great show from the valley birds. I should specify that we were really glamping. We cooked dinner on a protable stove, drank wine (cheap boxed wine) and even watched a movie!!!
To our surprise we managed to sleep in till 8 and didn't wake up half frozen. Heather cooked me some beans on toast for breakfast, and we were back on the road. Day two we headed to the Jenolan Caves, some the oldest and largest limestone caves in the world! The drive there was slightly terrifying, but good ol Irv didn't let us down (literally this road was crazy steep). Following suite to my walking experience Heather and I ended us taking a wrong path on our hike and ended up on top of this massive hill! The view were pretty amazing on the way up and we saw a super rare bird, the Lyre bird, which kind of looks like a small peacock. After we walked back down our small mountain we looked for some platypus in the Blue lake, but didn't have any luck :( One of the coolest things about Jenolan was that you have to drive through a cave to get to the parking lot! There was also an old hotel there which really gave me the creeps. It felt like the shining! On our drive home we half expected to have a run in with a kangaroo but we got super lucky and didn't hit any! You always have to be on gaurd while driving at night for wild Roos.
It was a really awesome trip, and I'm glad I got experience it in Irvan the Urvan!!! Best of luck on your future adventures Irv.
I've been talking about visiting the famous Blue Mountains since I arrived here in Australia and last week I finally made it happen!
Heather and I took her brand spank'n new 1980s camper van out into the wilderness for a two day adventure. A side note, Heather and her mom will be driving this van up the east coast of Australia in two weeks! So cool! So this was big Irvs first test out on the road. Despite the crazy steep hills and hair pin turns he did well.
We started our journey late Wednesday evening, and arrived in at a funny hostel in the town of Katoomba. The woman who checked us in didn't really seem to know what was going on, but we ended up in a very well lite room ( thanks for that eye mask Karen Pacific, it went to good use!). After some instant coffee, fried eggs and brownies for breakfast we were ready to explore! I've leaned that Pinterest is a great way to plan a trip, so we headed to these waterfalls that I had seen cool pictures of. Pinterest wasn't lieing, they were beautiful! We ended up taking a little unplanned hike that gave us great views of the mountain range. They are called the Blue Mountains from the eucalyptus trees, which put off a blue haze. Lucky us we had great weather and the mountains did look blue! After a nice coffee in the cute Art Deco town, Lerua we headed to the ultra famous Three Sisters. I would suggest just googling the story of the rocks so I don't butcher it! Some other highlights of the day were; having lunch with a Kookaburra, seeing black cockatoos, and riding the steepest inclined roller coaster in the world! That night we camped in the van at this amazing look out called Perry's look down. We caught the sunset and had a great show from the valley birds. I should specify that we were really glamping. We cooked dinner on a protable stove, drank wine (cheap boxed wine) and even watched a movie!!!
To our surprise we managed to sleep in till 8 and didn't wake up half frozen. Heather cooked me some beans on toast for breakfast, and we were back on the road. Day two we headed to the Jenolan Caves, some the oldest and largest limestone caves in the world! The drive there was slightly terrifying, but good ol Irv didn't let us down (literally this road was crazy steep). Following suite to my walking experience Heather and I ended us taking a wrong path on our hike and ended up on top of this massive hill! The view were pretty amazing on the way up and we saw a super rare bird, the Lyre bird, which kind of looks like a small peacock. After we walked back down our small mountain we looked for some platypus in the Blue lake, but didn't have any luck :( One of the coolest things about Jenolan was that you have to drive through a cave to get to the parking lot! There was also an old hotel there which really gave me the creeps. It felt like the shining! On our drive home we half expected to have a run in with a kangaroo but we got super lucky and didn't hit any! You always have to be on gaurd while driving at night for wild Roos.
It was a really awesome trip, and I'm glad I got experience it in Irvan the Urvan!!! Best of luck on your future adventures Irv.
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