Decided not to go for a ride this morning. Char and Evie were first up and in the house. Followed quickly by Layla. Sophie didn’t wake till about 9:30! Such a sleeper! We had scrambled eggs, salmon and bacon for brekkie and Sophie, when she woke up, had hot cross buns..

Lazy morning was had and we went fishing for guppies with a strainer strapped to a stick. Very effective. Got over 30 guppies in about an hour. The kids then kept heading down for more.

Amanda made a great Thai beef salad for lunch then they packed up and headed off around 2pm. So we had a very quite afternoon just us four cuffs.

We went back to the creek and took turns fishing for more guppies. I think we have decimated the local population of small aquatic life.

Sophie wants to return them to the creek tomorrow.

We played jenga and made yellow chicken curry for dinner. Then another quick game of jenga and bed for the girls.

As predicted Charlotte woke up first. Surprisingly she walked past all the eggs at 5:30 and came into our room to get the ipad. After drifting back off we were awoken at 6:30am ( the agreed time ) by Charlotte rallying the troops.

All eggs were collected and dumped on the table in 30 seconds flat. Quite some time was spent sorting and splitting the booty.

Meanwhile toast and buns were on hype menu whilst Bart and I got our selves ready for a ride.

We headed off in the same direction as yesterday and it was a glorious morning. The girls wanted to go for a ride so we only did the Boree track loop. Good ride then tag teamed with the girls and both Belinda’s went for a ride up the end of the valley whilst we had showers and I made eggs and salmon for breakie.

Kids were left to their own devices, fishing for guppies and tadpoles and climbing the tree.

We had unexpected visitors in the afternoon. The previous night Jason and Amanda texted to say hi and we asked them if they wanted to come up.

So they were expected around 2pm. Meanwhile Bart and bel packed the van and headed home about 1:30pm. We had about 15 minutes to clean up and have some lunch and bel made a late round of scones that filled everyone up.

As we tucked into an adhoc rissole and flat bread they came over the hill.

Jason and Amanda with Evie and Layla in tow sat down for tea and coffee.
The girls played very well and Charlotte took the others on a long tour of the place and visited the horses. Kids were very impressed.

I made an eye fillet plus spuds and beans for dinner. The kids had pasta.. Charlotte was a tad devo that she wasn’t getting a baked dinner.

Early night was had after a few glasses of wine and all began again in the morning.

Slow start to the day. Everyone up around 7:30 having toast and coffee in the kitchen. No great fry up today. Bart and I went for a ride around Boree track, once down the steep hill we turned around and headed up it. Just for fun!

Heaps of cars around but a glorious day. When we arrived back Dave was with all the kids in the round yard and as it turned out all the ladies had gone for a walk into fonzies.

Everyone showered and we loaded the cars to head into Wollombi for lunch at the Tav. Was quite by busy and the old duck was stressed when placing our order.

We all sat on the picnic tables and knocked off hamburgers and beer. Dave and Mad headed straight home and us back to yango.

Belinda and Bart started preparing dinner. Slow cooked beef cheeks. Once done Bart and I walked the young ladies over to fairy land. Back to pat the horses then ready for dinner.

Dinner was lovely, kids had pasta then showers and tired little girls went straight to bed. After preparing the house for the arrival of the Easter bunny, we had a quick game of jenga then to bed.

After a restless sleep on a hard bed woke up at 5am with Charlotte sneaking in to get her iPad. No surprises there. Lovely morning and very misty. Down to a low of just under 10. Mist burnt off by now at 8:20. Oven on for hot cross buns.

Hot cross buns and a bit of cleaning. The steels arrived at 1O:15. Unpacked and tea / coffee and more hot cross buns.

Kids have taken off to talk to the horses. Awaiting the arrival of the Hicksons.

Hicksons arrived with caravan in tow. Made it fine down the road and across the creek. After much deliberation it was decided to run the van down the front and up the road. Surprising how maneuverable it was. Locked and loaded. Set up in ten minutes. Very impressive.

Lunch was ready to go with hotdogs for the kids and pizzas for the adults. A few beers had then an afternoon walk. Fire was set down at the yards, this kicked off then I headed back up to the house to finish dinner. Slow roasted lamb shoulder, potatoes and beans.

Meat was ok but I think it was a little old. Never the less it was ok and all enjoyed it.

Left Sydney about 3:30pm. A little later than we had hoped. Traffic wasn’t too bad, busy but moving. Arrived up here about 4:45. Decided that the house paddock needed a mow however the bloody mower didnt want to work. I recon the fuel to oil mix was wrong. Tell you what, says a lot for getting a 4 stroke mower!

Unpacked and then sat down for a quick beer before dinner. Made rissoles and flat bread. One of the girls favorites. Everyone was very tired so all three ladies went to bed quite early.

Expecting the arrival of the Steels around 9am on Good Friday (tomorrow) and the Hicksons with their camper about midday. Should be a great few days.

The adults, Dave, Mad, me and Bel headed off in the gator to collect fire wood for the evenings marshmellow roasting. The kids helped out by doing nothing and barking orders from the verandah.

The Hicksons arrived around 2pm. Needless to say I was getting a tad peckish. We decided to cook pizzas for lunch and the kids had hot dogs.

After a few beers and in depth conversation the older ladies decided to go for a walk and climb the climbing tree! Just how far they got up I don’t know albeit there were branches flapping here and there.

Kids were off playing with ropes in the holding yard. Seem to entertain them for ages. At this stage I had had a roast shoulder of lamb in the oven for 3 hours.

We set the fire and the kids hang out whilst I went back to the house to make hamburgers for the kids and finished off the roast potatoes and beans for us.

Well that was it for the night. The Hicksons camped out in the van and the steels in the first room. Charlotte and Sophie in the far room.