Gwambygine National Park

So after a long drive from home to York, we took a little trip out to Gwambygine National Park. The Park is located on the banks of the Avon River catchment, and to save the environment it has a boardwalk to walk along.








After a short walk we came to the viewing platform, from which you can get a beaut view of the river and the surrounding wetlands.













As you can see all the Nevilles made the drive up to York, and they really liked this bushwalk. It's known around hear that whatever the time of year, a bush orchestra rings out 'loud along the river of Gwambygine'. Just close your eyes for a moment and let the sounds of the chatter of the birds, and the buzz of the insects overcome you... But all I could hear was 'get of me', 'Dadddd', 'I'm telling Dad' .....Bugger!












Back on the boardwalk we saw some of the mob that lives out in this part of the bush, like some white-faced Herons and heaps of Pacific Black Ducks. It's also home to the longnecked tortoise and my favourite bird the Kingfisher, but as soon as you start looking for something then nothing comes along hay!









Now you might think that whenever I take a photo that my mob of little nevilles are just THE BEST, but you would be mistaken mate.











Now that's more like it hay!








On the info of this Park it made a big point that the Park had what they called 'ADVENTURE PARK SWINGS', somehow I just get the feeling that they were promoting the place a bit too big. I just can't see the Adventure in these swings hay.








Next to the swings was an old tree that had been fallen, and no joke the kiddies spent more time climbing all over it then on the Adventure Swings!







Here's Oscar having a little kiddie rest on the same tree, before our next bushwalk.












Our last bushwalk was along a grassy track that would take us to the site of their old school, and this was a real ripper of a walk.








And here is Sarah on the stone that was the site of the Hicks Siding school 1908-1913, which was just an old tent. Then in 1913 a building was made and called the Gwambygine School, But it was closed in 1947 when a bus run was established to York. And that was the end of our trip out here to the sticks, and we had a nice little drive back to York just in time for tucker time.