We decided to take the kids up the mountains. YES its not all sun and sand here! About 2 hours drive from our house is Lake Mountain, where you can ski, sledge etc. Sadly this is right in the middle of the worst affected bush fire area that was totally devastated at the start of the year during Black Saturday. The fires destroyed over 4500 square kms and over 150 people lost their lives. I felt quite saddened driving through all the bush land that was just made up of black trees. But also amazed the way nature bounces back with the trees having this strange green glow of new growth.



We stopped in Marysville for some lunch and we hired the kids snow suits. They were so excited and just looked the cutest things. We then continued our drive through the fog and up to the snow. There was not a huge amount, so a little disappointing, but the kids had great fun sledging down the hill.



After sledging for a while, we went for a walk further up the hill into the fog. I got some amazing and spooky shots of the burnt out trees, fog and snow. It was like a scene from a horror movie.



We walked back down the hill and headed off for a snack. Stopping again in Marysville we went for a walk and really started to appreciate how much was destroyed. You could see gates where a house once stood, burnt out place signs and people living in trailers beside the plot where their house once stood. I obviously didnt take any pictures, and I still feel a bit shaken typing this and thinking back to how I felt.

Driving back home their are amazing views and you get an idea of how green the country really should be.