The first night we had light rain, not much but very nice.
In the morning we went down to the gem shop and picked up a fossicers license, hired a kit, got information needed and headed out into the fossicking area.
We spent approx 4 hrs and found one nice topaze that weighed over 15 carats.
That night the park was doing wood fired pizza, that was our dinner, it was delicious and so interesting watching how they are cooked, it is so quick it takes just 3 minutes.
Next day we went out to the Undarra National Park to climb the Kalkine volcano and walk around the rim, once again great scenery.
When the Undarra volcano erupted it spewed lava that went down through water courses,as they cooled they created long tubes that continued to carry the hot lava, these are called the Undarra Lava Tubes. The lodge in the national park has been well done most of the accommodation and dining area are refurbished train carriages, most look like the old days with the leather seats and the fittings. They also have standard type rooms and caravan park area.
Next day was a bit of a lay day as Merv wanted the workshop to doa bit of welding for him.
There is a lovely little creek that runs near the park so we went for a walk, Merv took his rod, they did tell us there was bream in the creek but if we caught any could we release, that suited us.
No fish but hundreds of butterflies, Merv wandered up the creek while I scratched around in the gravel until a big bull came down for a drink near me, I thougth it was time to go, he probably was as gentle as a lamb but he was a very big one.
The park was one that would be easy to spend a month at, friendly people, hot home cooked meals everynight for anyone that wants it, great sites, birds, butterflies and really fantastic amenities.
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