Day 15  |  Well today didn't turn out quite as we had planned!  We decided that we would go to an old favourite picnic spot from many years ago, so that the boys could play in the stream there, dig in the stones, and basically have some fun.  So we got a picnic lunch ready, packed the cars, and headed off.

At first we thought the only problem was the grey clouds and few spits of rain on the way through the gorge.  However, we were to be proved wrong!  When we arrived, we found that our picnic spot didn't quite look the same, and had definitely changed since the last visit!  There was a picnic table there, but add to that a few thistles too.  And the little stoney stream with its ankle deep water and stoney 'beaches' around it has now turned into a very narrow little fast flowing, deep stream, with thick big trees almost covering it!

If you are reading this I am sure you are starting to wonder how many actual  years ago we last visited!  Well I should have probably stated in the first paragraph that this was a favourite picnic spot from when I was a kid, and we actually spent a lot of our time there gold panning!  From memory, I'm guessing I was about 12 when we were last there!  So, it really shouldn't have been too much of a shock that things had 'changed'!

So, after driving around for about another 30 minutes trying to find a 'replacement' stoney stream and having no luck, the kids had had enough, so we decided to head back to Cromwell to a park the boys had spotted earlier and have our picnic there!  They boys had heaps of fun anyway, but just with a flying fox, and tunnels, along with the usual swings and slides.  And then, just so we did get our feet wet afterall, it was off to the swimming pool once again!

You've probably guessed by now that I'm not always good at sharing just one photo ;)

Firstly, flying fox fun!