Kryal Castle
On the way back to Mount Gambier, I took the kids to Kryal Castle near Ballarat. It’s a replica medieval castle complete with moat, drawbridge, torture chamber, jousting field, wenches and jesters.
I first went there when I was about 11 years old (see black and white photo below, me in the stocks with my sister).
Thirty years on, the place hasn’t changed much, except it cost me $44 to get in with four children (and they let the twins in for free). (more…)
Wannon Falls
We drove 550km from Mount Gambier to Moe today to spend the weekend before Christmas with my mother.
We stopped just over an hour from Mount Gambier between Coleraine and Hamilton in Western Victoria to see the Wannon Falls.
According to the Southern Grampians Shire, the falls were created by lava flows that surged upstream to the Wannon River.
They feature a 100-foot vertical precipice of hardened basalt lava over which water cascades into a deep plunge pool below. (more…)
