Thursday 23 April Walpole

Libby and I went for an early morning walk to the Walpole river. When we got back to the house the gentlemen were getting the kids sorted to go fishing down at the river. The kids have been looking forward to going fishing ever since we left home. The weather was a bit problematic, which David assured us means the fish will be biting. The first hour seemed to involve David having to sort out lost bait and tangled fishing lines. Lara soon lost interest so I took her home to spend some quality time painting rocks.
The fishermen arrived home with their catch. Sammy had caught a couple of black bream and Tim had also caught one. David caught a few trumpet fish which were thrown back with disgust. We then watched David de-brain and fillet them. Sammy wasn’t quite so happy having caught a fish once she saw it being turned into dinner.
After lunch we drove to the Tree Top Walk at the Valley of the Giants where there are trees over 400 years old and 45 metres high. I’d debated about going on the 45 metre high tree top walk as it is a narrow metal walkway that you can see through to the ground below. Considering I am not so good with heights… Decided to overcome my fear and do the walk. Sammy was right behind me talking the whole way…”Gee we are really high!” “Doesn’t the walkway bounce a lot!” “Do you think the tree is strong enough to hold up the walkway?” and other comments that didn’t help my nerves. Tim and the girls went and did the walk again while Nick and I carried on for a wander amongst the Tingle Trees.
In the afternoon we all went to the Rest Point to see the pelicans and the most enormous sting ray – at least 2 metres. No way were we going to go for a swim! What a lovely day.