Travelling two hours up the highway certainly beats air travel. It was definitely easier than boarding a flight, but could it really be as good as if we were in the Lakes District? What would Alfred Wainwright think if he came to Wentworth Falls? The idea appealed to the family, and so we locked in a house in the Blue Mountains, and a little cabin near Orange for our family retreat. Read more: 18 Amazing Ways to Explore NSW Maybe that could work? Why couldn’t we do an overseas-esque trip up to the Bluies? After all, people travel from all over to see the mountains I call home. At first I scrolled on in frustration, but then I stopped.
The usual results pinged to the top, with the Blue Mountains being number one. Unthinkably, we had a yearning for overseas, for somewhere distant. I realised all our first choices had been overseas.
I admit I was a little disappointed: so close to home? Lame! There’s a different goal ( hello step number 4) – more kindred than epic, and we wanted something that would be enjoyable to all.Īs we started planning our fifth getaway, we played it safe and began looking around NSW, where borders couldn’t get us down. We definitely aren’t the Kanizay family, and so we needed to find that happy medium where we have a great time without pushing it too far. Planning a family trip is different to scheming over your next completely outrageous and probably a little hair-brain-stupid odyssey into the unknown. We wanted to do something outdoors, as a family and including hiking (for the glory days, my boy!). Well okay, after our old friend the unspeakable C cancelled THAT many different plans, we weren’t really sure what to do at all. Then New Zealand, WA’s Pilbara, Cradle Mountain in Tasmania. For my Dad’s 60th birthday, we planned to relive his glory days by hiking in England’s Lakes District.
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