Holiday fun at Mundaring Weir

I despair with children in the house with devices and am constantly trying to find a way to get them out of the house, so that we don't spend the entire holidays that way. Easiest way is to invite their mates so they bring the party along with them. I love Mundaring Weir, nestled in the hills, so todays excursion was out there with their sibling mates from school.

We parked at the top, bush bashed down to the weir...

and found this cute little cubby made into a fallen tree on the way...

Then had a wander across... side note, I don't remember it being nearly that high, but last time we came they were doing maintenance and we could only walk up to the barrier gates, not all the way across. 

We stopped at the cute little guard house for a picture of course. 

Then the kids took off across the walkway, running, of course, while I followed a bit slower. 

It's a long way down, with the most beautiful views!

On the way back, we stopped in at the Mundaring Sculpture Park, seriously one of the best parks around! The kids love the mix of play equipment and nature play and never want to leave, every time we go there. All 5 of them got to it, working out an obstacle course that even Alex could follow and played for ages.

Alex eventually got tired of them and ran off to chat to these little old holidaying men sculptures before we eventually headed back home. I kept asking him what they were looking at and he'd race back in front of them and say I don't know! I can't see it! Hahahaha.

Was a great day out with our mates ❤

mundaring weir

after a lazy morning, we decided to do something different this afternoon and take sam to visit the mundaring weir and show off the awesome pipeline that takes fresh water to the goldfields. it's a really cool place to see... except not so much today... boo.

we discovered on arrival that the walk across the actual weir was being fixed up, so we were left having to look from the sides, which wasn't quite as cool as walking across the top of the actual dam, but it's still awesome to see. 

there is so much amazing history in wa, and the story of the kalgoorlie pipeline is one of my favourites, you can read more about it here 

plus, on the other side of this concrete...

there is a beautiful view! i'll have to make sure to take the kids back to look once the walk is open again, it's so awesome to see!

mundaring weir fail haha. thank goodness the drive is pretty.