It's school holidays...

... and Nathan wanted to climb Mt Kosciuszko, so we've headed south. Our first stop was Glen Innes, to see what the sapphire fossicking is like. The fossicking is nowhere near as good as central Qld, but the fishing wasn't bad! A mad-keen fisherman friend offered to take the boys out and Dazz landed a really nice cod.

Nath had plenty of driving practice as we explored the area, including the 4WD track to Tommy's Rock lookout. Nine years ago we tried to get up there, but the recently-serviced low-range gear box in the old Jackaroo didn't have oil in it, and we ended up being towed out by NRMA. The track was steep and quite narrow, but Nathan took it in his stride, getting us up and down safely.

We also enjoyed a picnic lunch at Mann River.