Bamboo Buddha with Xenia for lunch and sound healing meditation

A very peaceful spiritual retreat on The Central Coast, 1.5 hours outside Sydney. Lovely, healthy food (a juicy rack of over-roasted veggies), lounging in the beautiful garden on comfy chairs and an amazing sound healing meditation session to end it all off.  

Climbing Table mountain with Russell

Ah, memories don't come better than this!  Russell and I started in Kirstenbosch, then hike up Skeleton Gorge. At the top, we did some leaping on an overhanging rock (Russell was a lot less terrified than me!) and then we headed off for some geo-caching.  Finally, a delicious swim in the reservoir and more leaps.  What an awesome day.

Hiking at Cathedral Rock

Rock-hopping isn’t just for the wallaroos at Cathedral Rock National Park. We hiked to the park’s enormous boulder pile of Cathedral Rock, after camping the night in the park, and scrambled to its summit, using chains in steep parts to help us on our way. From the summit, we enjoyed the superb views across the wilderness landscape of dry eucalyptus forest and granite outcrops. Absolutely gorgeous, soul enriching stuff.

Scrambling up the rocks

The views from the top

What would hiking be without a leap?

Isn't Dani becoming an expert?   She's taking the art to a whole new level.

Kangaroo mum and daughter

This beautiful pair were chilling out in the grass as we started our hike.  Aren't they too beautiful for words?

Hardcore camping in Cathedral Rock

Camping with Dani was great fun.  The camp site was very basic with a smelly long drop toilet and no shower, so it was pretty hardcore for our first time camping together.  Hopefully, it hasn't scared Dani off camping with me for life!

Enjoying the tranquillity of the bush

Next stop on our trip

Warren Bungles and Dunnedah