July holiday

We just came back from a 5-day short break, a couple of days in Dubbo and a couple of days in Mudgee. It was not a great holiday because we all got Sam's cold. In fact we were all sick before we even left home. The first day driving to Orange was the worst day. When we stopped at a petrol station at 2pm there were snow pellets dropping from the sky. It was very very cold. Not a good weather for Lara who already had 39.5C fever the night before. In fact, her fever would last 5 days. Rather than going to the zoo, we took her to see a doctor the first morning we were in Dubbo.


The first night in Orange was not great. I was very tired from a day of driving with temperature and a very sore throat myself. Simon went out to get some food for us (in the freezing cold). Most of the restaurants didn't open on Sunday and the food he eventauly found was barely edible. While he was gone, I had my attention somewhere else for 5 mintues and Sam managed to get hold of a red crayon and drew all over the cream carpet in the hotel room. We spent the next half an hour trying to get the marks off.



Despite Lara not wanting to do much and threatened to throw up, we spent one afternoon and a half at the zoo. Dubbo zoo was big but there was minimum walking involved and it was very easy to get around in a car. It was very relaxing being with the animals. We got very close to the giraffes, heard the lion roar, witnessed the Siamanges and their baby in action. The view from the Savana viewing platform was amazing too. We were also lucky that the Mudgee wine-tasting part of the trip was at the end. We managed to taste and bought some wines and Simon managed to rescue a couple of goats on the way!

We are very glad to be home though.