We were reading the book 'We Went Walking' with the boys this morning and it seems an appropriate title for our Easter activities!
We drove up to Launceston early on Good Friday (we left home before 7am so we could get to Church in time). Larry left straight after the service to go bush walking with a group of mates (and Heidi, the only female among 7 males). The boys and I
spent Friday/Saturday with Suzi and Eg, rather than sit at Mum's by ourselves!
So, Monday morning rolls around and we had set aside the day for some family time (same with Tuesday). We decided that a nice trip to Lilydale Falls was on the agenda. We did the walk to both sets of falls (quite short walks) and Q had a great time walking and exploring.
After our 'walk' we sat by the playground and enjoyed lunch and a drink before heading off for a drive. We got a bit lost, Larry's GPS lost the plot and the map was fairly useless. We followed forestry roads that were rather rough and bumpy and one was supposedly closed when we got to the other end of it (we did have to get out of the car and move a big tree branch). We did eventually find our way home again, a bit later than we hoped, and not in time to cook dinner (which I was going to do for mum and dad).
Tuesday was another beautiful sunny day! We decided Tamar Island was the go as Larry has been wanting to go there for a while. This time mum came with us! We spent a lovely 2 hours meandering to the island, over the island and back to the car (via the vistors centre). Quinlan did a lot of walking again (and exploring). We watched plenty of mud crabs, birds and a beautiful sea eagle soaring on wind currents. We crossed several bridges (I think 4) which Q thought was just marvelous (he has a bridge obsession, if you can go under something, it must be a bridge).
Needless to say, we had very tired little boys on the drive home on Tuesday night (Sebastian mostly hitched rides, but did a little bit of walking, he tends to go anywhere but the direction you are going in).
