With a heavy heart, we reluctantly bid
goodbye to Huon Bush Retreat. The children finally managed to feed the pademelons
cucumber.
We stumbled on Summer Kitchen Bakery in
Ranelagh. We had driven past this bakery quite a few
times. It was closed for the Christmas break. What a find! The food here was
amazingly. We loved the service too. They have put in lemon balm in the water
and it was delicious and refreshing.
We drove through Central Plateau. There
were settlements by the Big Lake for recreation fishermen. At one point, a
white morph grey goshawk carried a snake over above our car as we drove.
The children slept.
Our car screeched to a halt when I saw
Pine Lake walk. It was so beautiful that there were butterflies in my stomach. My heart was in my throat. It was as if I was
falling in love again. Wild flowers in full bloom
were surrounding the lake. Like wise sages bent over while sharing their
wisdom, the ancient pine doted over the petite delicate wild flowers.
Forest Walks Lodge felt like staying at someone’s house. It was not as carefree as how
we had been. There wasn’t a kitchen we could use. So, we had to pay for our
lunch or dinner there if we wanted to eat onsite.
We
had a quick dinner of leftovers and bread that we bought from the bakery
earlier. As the day was cool, we decided to go for a short walk. There were no specific markers that we followed as the ribbons
were guiding us disappeared. Thomas assured us that we were on the right track as we were also
following faded orange short timber stakes.
We later discovered that they have sent us to
an art trail. My favourite piece was one whereby trees were wrapped with
colourful ribbons. These ribbons were slowing disintegrating and nature was morphing back to its original form slowly. A part of the forest became quite magical
where a flock of kookaburras that were calling to each other for a long period
of time.
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