We retreated to Guthega post easter for a few days of rest and recovery. Original plans involved inviting the West/Dufty and Pass/Braid families to hang out and explore the region. Unfortunately the Rachel and Amy caught covid over easter so that put a halt to any of their plans.
On our arrival the main range was beautiful bathed in soft pastels as the sun dipped behind the snow dusted mountain tops and the clouds creeping in. On the first night we had a fun and chaotic evening with 3 orienteering families joining us - the Meyer clan Dave, Emily and their two little ones; the Dent clan Fel, Jules and their 3 medium size kids and Prong in solo dad mode with his 3 medium size kids. Ella and Katy floated in and out of the crowd of kids. Andy and I enjoyed relaxing, watching the dramas unfold and reminisced of those busy times!!!
The next morning birthday girl Ceri, Graham, Kate, Lachlan and Rohan joined us. The weather was not favourable for any of the bigger walks and so we resorted to walking up to Illawong and the suspension bridge. The kids took off and we ambled behind chatting away. The chilly conditions meant we didn't lounge around too much on the rocks on the banks of the snowy river.
Back at the lodge we thawed out over lunch before our guests departed - they had more birthday related activities planned for the evening.
The weather deteriorated with rain setting in for the remainder of the afternoon - perfect weather for chilling out. We had a slow influx of new (non member) people. The evening and next morning turned out to be interesting - the gathering of people we soon realised were coming for a yoga retreat. By what we could infer it was a business opportunity and we felt not really in the spirit of what the lodge was about. We later found out it was not appreciated by the board either...
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