Second day in the Hinterland

We were up super early this morning as the wildlife woke us up. We decided to get up and make the most of it by walking in the National Park to the Kondalilla Falls. Although it was drizzling rain, the walk was still really nice. It took us about an hour to walk all the way down to the base of the falls. They were over 180m high.

The walk back up was a bit tougher but still beautiful. We ended up walking for a total of 2 hours - so a good morning walk. Back at the room we showered and headed into Montville to find somewhere for breakfast. We ended up at Poet's Cafe, a cute old cafe overlooking the valley. The food was amazing!

From there we spent the day walking around the quaint little shops in the village. We bought some liquers for the family - passionfruit cream for Ann, Chocolate rum port for Dad and Jaffa liquer for John and Caz. We also bought some fudge at Fudgebombaas for gifts also. Believe it or not they made sugar free fudge so I picked some of that up for Ross and I.

After we got sick of walking around, we ducked into the bakery, picked up some sausage rolls and ice coffee and headed back to the room for lunch. Again we spent the afternoon in front of the cricket before heading out to make the most of the brief break in rain and fog to go to one of the lookouts. The first one we went to was pretty crap but on the drive back we stopped at the top of the ridge to get great views of the valley and farms. We stopped at Mapleton for a coffee and chocolaye before heading back to the room.

About 5, we headed out to the double hammock on the porch to chat and make the most of the surroundings. I headed back to the spa while Ross watched TV and then we got ready for dinner. We thought we would try this little French restaurant we had seen in Flaxton. Unfortunately it was completely booked out so we headed back to the Bar and Grill at Montviolle where we had a great dinner of snapper before heading home.