For The Love of You: 08/25/11

What better way to celebrate your first wedding anniversary than with the aussie fam jam and a 22km hike! On Saturday August 20th, Rianna and Kendra hitched a train from Melbourne to come visit Mark and I for the weekend. We picked them up in Traralgon, which is about a 40min drive, at 7:30pm. The girls were quite hungry so we stopped at a pub in Rosedale to have a few drinks and a bite to eat. Soon enough the pub was filled with a team of footy players from Maffra...correction, a team of very good looking footy players haha. They had just won their footy match against Traralgon and were out to celebrate! We spoke with a local fan for quite a while and soon enough Kendra and Rianna were hailing a ride back to Maffra with the men on their team bus! They had lots of laughs with the boys! We met them at the pub in Maffra and finished the night off with some drinks and headed home not too late- we had to be up early for our hike!

The next morning we had pancakes and packed our lunches for our day trip. Tarra Bulga was about an hours drive. We were lead up many winding hills and roads. It was a beautiful day and the scenery was very nice! We were happy the girls could come visit on such a nice weekend!

Tarra-Bulga National Park is essentially rain forest with some of the worlds largest ferns and contains many eucalyptus trees as well(which are rare to find anymore). The park is home to a suspension bridge which overlooks a deep fern gully and Cyanthea and Tarra Bulla Falls. It was very beautiful at the park! The trees very tall and the sounds of the birds were wonderful! Cyanthea and Tarra Bulla falls were also quite nice! In the end we hiked 22km (with 8km of it being up-hill!) We were a little sore..and tired by the end.
We look back at to what the year has brought us and what we have accomplished so far. We are very lucky to have the oppourtunity to travel and experience new places/things and we look forward to the journey ahead and what it has to offer. Happy Anniversary! xo

Here are a few pics from our hike: