Good news the afternoon got a lot better. We escaped camp and headed 5 minutes down the road to the Mole Creek Caravan Park for a more…relaxed…nights sleep. After dropping off the van (we had passed the Chudleigh Honey Farm so many times, promising ourselves and the kids an icecream) we finally headed to the Chudleigh Honey Farm situated about 5 klm East of Mole Creek to grab an icecream and sample the many delightful honey varieties on offer. What an amazing place you can choose from chocolate honey through to raspberry honey, anniseed honey and all of your usual woody type honey, not to mention an array of nut tasting honey. All honey is free to taste.
Did I mention icecream…well it is better than that…in fact melt in your mouth honey icecream in many fruity and nutty flavours all reasonable priced…awesome you have to check this out on the way past Mole Creek.
Well I had a selection of Bosenberry and Mango icecream, that’s right two scoops. It was a treat for losing over 13 kgs during the last 3 months and boy oh boy was it a worthwhile treat! Joey Jess and Orangatang Amy settled for some very tasty vanilla tasting honey icecream.
After that it was time to walk off the treat with a trip to Alum Cliff Gorge. This can be found on a turnoff between the honey farm and Mole Creek on the Mersey Hill Road and is well sign posted. To get to the Alum Cliff Gorge it is a short 800m walk traversing a very well maintained pathway. It is an easy walk for young and old, the fit or unfit so make sure you give it a go.
It takes about 10 mins to complete the 800m walk one way to the lookout. The lookout is on two levels and looks out on the Alum Cliffs which are part of a g0rge cut by the Mersey River. The river itself cascades over numerous rapids cutting its way through the forest below and the gateway of the Alum Cliffs. It is a beautiful lookout with brilliant scenery of river, forest and the imposing and attractive Alum Cliffs. Well worth the detour if passing through Mole Creek, so turn the car up Mersey Hill Road, put on the walking shoes and give it a go!
After an entertaining walk and some fun playing hide and seek with the kids along the trail…sorry to the couple I scared the living daylights out of thinking it was the kids passing by…oops…it was back to camp. We briefly followed a fire break for a few klm which we thought may take us to the Mersey River but it ended abruptly. We also checked in on our flooded camp to find that the river had receded slightly…but with another front heading our way I am thinkin we are better in the caravan park for tonight…no more close misses for me tommorrow morning…at least I will sleep peacefully!
Bushman Bud…Enjoying Australia
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