Home Valley Station

We'd heard the next 100km from Ellenbrae to Home Valley station would be very rough and rocky. Some fellow campers in a caravan said it took them 3hrs!
Luckily it wasn't too bad in the jeep. Matt had to keep an eye out for big ruts in the road, but we made it to Home Valley in time for a play in the play park, lunch and even a swim in the pool!
Our campsite was away from the main facilities, but it meant we had an amazing view of the mountains. The sunset and sunrise were spectacular.
It's getting trickier to put Poppy down now whilst we cook etc. as she's got good at commando crawling and can go fast if she wants! Her favourite thing to do it pick up sticks, gravel and leaves and try and eat them before we take them away.
Our campsite was above the imposing Pentecost River (which we will cross tomorrow) so we did some croc spotting before dinner. We saw a couple of crocs that looked like they were hunting the birds.
We also spotted some toads and frogs by the showers. Rosie found them fascinating and was really pleased to have saved a frog from getting stuck in the toilet! (It was sat on the rim and we used a stick to scare it down).
And I saw a shooting star which was cool. I think Home Valley had the best star gazing so far!
After we'd put the girls to bed, we heard a huge splash and a distinctive growl. Us and other campers ran over to see what had happened. We couldn't spot the croc, but I'm pretty glad it wasn't on the bank next to the campsite!Læs mere