Paul, Kerrie & William: Grampians Camping

We have just got back from 4 days camping in the Grampians with the Brown's. This is the first time we have gone camping where William has been mobile! Oh NO!!!. It took me a while to stay relatively calm about William crawling through grass covered with Roo Poo, eating grass, getting filthy dirty, getting covered in grass and generally behaving like a little boy. He lived in the same pair of trousers the whole time and about 2 tops!!!!

We hiked to the top of The Pinnacles (2 hours return!!) William was in a backpack carried by Paul and slept for about a hour with his head bobbing around but seemed quite happy when we got to the top and had a bottle.

This is fun daddy - just watch out for my head next time!

Let me loose on these rocks - I promise I won't go near the edge!

All this walking - I need a drink!

We also hiked to Hollow Mountain (1 hour return in the rain!!) but this one was a rock scramble to the top and I almost had a fit when Paul nearly decapitated William on a low tree branch!! Needless to say I kept a close eye behind Paul to make sure that didn't happen again - the rain also made the rocks a bit slippery!! not good when you are carrying 9 kilos on your back - I finally breathed a sigh of relief when we got back to the car.

The first night was very cold and William slept in about 5 layers of blankets but the following nights were quite mild and he slept well - so exhausted from all of the exploring a good camp site has to offer. Flocks of Cockatoo's frequently flew over the camp and William thought they were fantastic, laughing at the noise they made.

You can only cage me for so long Mummy -Daddy will rescue me!!

I know what the camera is all about!!

All this exploring has worn me out Mummy!

At least the suit is warm!!

William also tried many new flavours - hot chips (much to my disgust given to him by his father!!), marmalade, olive tapenade, baby chino, chocolate cake, banana muffin and croissant.