Thursday 16 April Cape Le Grand – Lucky Bay

An early start to climb the nearby Frenchman’s Peak. So named for the odd shape on the top of the mountain that looks like a French Beret. The kids had heard from Amber that if you climb the mountain, the camp ranger gives you a certificate of achievement. This had the kids very motivated. Nick was even further motivated by trying to beat the round trip time indicated at that the start (I feel a theme building here). The path started off very sedately across scrub, sandy paths and boardwalks and soon turned into a bit of scramble up a granite cliff. Testing out my vertigo! Nick was leaping up the cliff like a jackrabbit and we had to keep calling out to slow him down. Past the really steep bits we had everyone walk single file behind Tim. I didn’t want to lose anyone over the edge. The climb was well worth it because the views were 360 degrees up and down the coast and across the plains. We stopped for photos and a re-energising scooby snack and then made our way back down Nicky doing time checks all the way. I was so impressed how well the kids did with the climb and distance.
We drove on to Cape Le Grand beach and went for a swim and a play in the sand. Nick asked Tim to build a spiral staircase in the sand because Sam Serisier had built one and Sam is the best sand hole digger that Nick knows. Tim took up the challenge and met an early logistically issue (too much water) so soon tossed the shovel aside. Nick will have to wait for a spiral staircase until we meet the Serisier’s in a few weeks.