We're Going on a Bearhunt!

At 3.30pm today - ANZAC Day- I said to the boys 'We're going on a bear hunt'. This is the title of one of their favourite books. Off we went with our small pack filled with provisions to Brownhill Creek to do some bushwalking.

William was very pleased to find a puddle to jump into at the beginning of the walk.

Oliver was looking in earnest for bears over every rise. No bears were sighted but we did find plenty of things of interest to small boys like pine cones, old bones, interesting rocks, wild olive trees and a millipede. The millipede was the highlight of the entire walk for William. He was quite shocked by how something which looked like a small ball could suddenly wriggle to life!

We then came to this massive tree which was covered with gumnuts and vivid red flowers. The boys thought I said that the tree had donuts and their wild whoops of joy quickly turned to disappointment when they tried to bite into the hard brown nuts.

It was a simple activity but one we all enjoyed so much. We were only 10 minutes from home but as we were climbing the hill in the late afternoon and listening to the birdsongs we could have been in remote bushland.