April School Holidays

Cade finished his first term at Kindy.  Every few months, primary schools kids are off for 2-3 weeks.   Cade has enjoyed tennis camp and soccer camp with some boys from school.    It has been a juggling act with late drop offs, early pick-ups and trying to squeeze work in between.  Last Friday, we picked up Cade from camp and headed inland to the Blue Mountains (about 1.5 hours from Sydney).  We stopped at McDonalds for a little American fix on the way out of town.  When we arrived that evening it was too dark to see anything.  The pictures from of our hotel showed gorgeous views, but when we woke up on Saturday morning it was pouring rain and foggy so no mountain views on Saturday.  We drove to the Jenolan Caves and went cave hiking.  We had to break out our winter coats for the first time for the trip.    It was really spectacular and dry!  Fortunately our hotel had many kid-friendly activities, so we enjoyed swimming in the indoor pool and a movie at the hotel cinema.  When we woke up on Sunday morning, the sun was shining and we could see the mountains!  We started out our morning with a golf cart “buggy” ride around the hotel grounds and golf course and then went to Scenic World and rode the Scenic Railway, Cableway, Skyway all through the mountains.  It was nice to get away, but we were excited to head back “home” to the coast and warmer weather.  Here are some pics from our weekend.