The Natural Bridge
It’s hard to be an Angry Dad when you’re presented by nature’s beauty.
Today we headed up into the Numinbah Valley to the Natural Bridge National Park. The first venture into the park didn’t quite go as planned. We arrived to a downpour, and Aidan screeching at any other tourist that was around that he needed lunch. As we weren’t prepared for a rainy walk, we decided to succumb to the screecher, and head back down to the Natural Arch Café Restaurant.
We were served by the lovely Judy, who did an excellent job in getting our mob served and fed, as well as catering on her own with other patrons. Her co-worker had been flooded in, so she was doing it all on her own – and dealing with our demanding brats going “When’s lunch coming?” would have tested the most tolerant of café staff!
The pre-feeding of the animals worked a treat, as on the second take to the National Park we all alighted without complaint, and the weather had cleared enough that we were able to enjoy the walk through the rainforest without much whining. As you can see, the rainforest is magnificent, and the formation of the Natural Bridge itself is pretty spectacular.
The Park is very close to the New South Wales border with Queensland, so after finishing there, we drove up to the state crossing. I just had to do the standard Dad trick of driving over the border back and forward, saying, “Look, we’re in Queensland. Now look, we’re in New South Wales”. God help the family if I ever make it to places where there are multiple states attached to the one point.
Ciao for Now, the all-natural Angry Dad.
Today we headed up into the Numinbah Valley to the Natural Bridge National Park. The first venture into the park didn’t quite go as planned. We arrived to a downpour, and Aidan screeching at any other tourist that was around that he needed lunch. As we weren’t prepared for a rainy walk, we decided to succumb to the screecher, and head back down to the Natural Arch Café Restaurant.
We were served by the lovely Judy, who did an excellent job in getting our mob served and fed, as well as catering on her own with other patrons. Her co-worker had been flooded in, so she was doing it all on her own – and dealing with our demanding brats going “When’s lunch coming?” would have tested the most tolerant of café staff!
The pre-feeding of the animals worked a treat, as on the second take to the National Park we all alighted without complaint, and the weather had cleared enough that we were able to enjoy the walk through the rainforest without much whining. As you can see, the rainforest is magnificent, and the formation of the Natural Bridge itself is pretty spectacular.The Park is very close to the New South Wales border with Queensland, so after finishing there, we drove up to the state crossing. I just had to do the standard Dad trick of driving over the border back and forward, saying, “Look, we’re in Queensland. Now look, we’re in New South Wales”. God help the family if I ever make it to places where there are multiple states attached to the one point.
Ciao for Now, the all-natural Angry Dad.
posted by Wes at 10:00 pm
2 Comments:
Perhaps your next family sojourn should take in Poeppels Corner.
Thanks for the advice! I'd love to go there, but don'[t know if we would survive a trip out back, although a slight detour on a trip to Melbourne could be enough to tip my sanity just that little further over the edge!
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