[continuation of camping- cania gorge]

so the next day we finished setting up completely and settled in for the week ahead. the heat wasnt too bad, but i could tell we were in for a hot one. around lunch time we got a message from the office saying my aunt and uncle had called saying they were gonna come and visit us the next day. this would be awesome coz i hadnt seen them in at least 2 years i think. we didnt do much that day, i read a bit more, ate a magnum (YUM) and when vannessa's family came helped them set up a bit and then we were were just lazy.

the relatives came the next day, with a surprise - my cousin and her husband!! melanie is my favouriteeeee cousin and we have been pretty much great friends since i was around 4ish. she is 30 this year, and there is a hugeee age difference but we still get along really well. her husband's cool too. we all caught up, me n mel and my sisters went on the jumping pillow, eventually joined by Kurtis (vannessa'a son). which was fun coz melanie was freaking out and i made her fall over a few times, so she kept doing the same to me. I would tackle hannah, and she'd keep coming back for more (strange child). we had lunch, went for a bit of a drive to the dam and then they left. it was a good day.

[now i cant really remember the order things happened past here, so im just gonna say what we did] one day we went for a walk up to see a cave, then a lookout, then another cave (the walk went past all three of these) the cave (called The Dragon's Cave) was awesome. it looked like one of those caves you'd see in fantasy movie with - can u believe it - dragons. i am so unfit now that it is not funny, its kinda sad actually, so by the time we got to the lookout, which was allll up hill, i was so tired. it wasnt even a great view, seeing as all the water had dried up and it hasnt rained in at least a year. the other cave wasnt as good, but it was still pretty impressive. we all decided that Terry (vannessa's husband - the joker) would have to buy us all ice-creams because we were all so tired. also, there was this big boulder and Terry was blocking the way so trying to get past him, and i scratched my hip on the boulder (of course, being me) and it started bleeding and the next day there was a huge yellow bruise there. it was a bit painful. hahaha its gone now tho.

we also did bird feeding, i did it twice, once the day before we left, and the other i think was the 4th day we were there. after it each time i had loaddssssssssss of scratches on my hands and arms. (so yep, ive been injured more than usual in a few days :P) and yeah some of them were bleeding a little but it was really cool with lorikeets, king parrots and galas, and then cockatoos above in the trees. it was awesome, worth the scratches.

ummm i went in the pool there twice, the first time it was so cold i could barely breathe, so we decided to get out. the second time it was blistering hot day, so it was really nice in there, but there was this guy who was staring at me the whole time, so i got out and put my sun shirt on over my bikini top coz i felt a bit awkward, but he still stared at me. he wasnt too bad looking tho... tanned and signs of abs. haha. but still. awwwkkwaarddddd

went on the jumping pillow a few more times too

it was soooo hot it was unimaginable for spring. i kept thinking 'just kill me, im gonna dieee'. it was blistering!! i didnt get sunburt tho. i just wanted to sit in their ice freezer. i walked around in singlet tops and short shorts, which i havent been able to do in agesss, and i was still so uncomfortably hot. so, we bought more ice cream. haha. i swear this was like the ice cream week. i think there was only one day we didnt have a magnum, it became kind of a tradtion. we had a different one everyday. hahaha. it was awesome.