This morning, we were excited to go on the Rio Tinto Mine Tour. We arrived at the Visitor Information Centre with our closed in shoes, and there were 47 people in the group. 2 days ago, they still needed numbers in order for the tour to run - people sure came out of nowhere! We selected some very ill-fitting hardhats and safety glasses, and made our way onto the bus - our driver/guide was Bob - he turned out to be very knowledgeable. Bob took us through the...

Renee & Eamon were given activity books to complete by the Dales Campground Camp Hosts on arrival, and they duly completed about 90% of the activities in the 12 page book, and I signed the pages, etc as required in order for them to achieve 'Junior Ranger Status'. However, upon handing them in this morning, the 'rewards' had run out, so they were a little disappointed - it was a great idea and the kids learnt a lot from the activities, but the end result wa...