Cherry Picking

Today we went cherry picking in Red Hill and it was a great way to spend the morning and eat too many cherries. There were sour morello cherries and the sweet cherries we are used to eating. Most of us preferred the sweet cherries and we soon found a good supply in the higher branches where we used the ladders provided. James loves his fruit and was in heaven eating cherry after cherry (the owners explained that the entry fee we paid was an 'eating fee'). By the end, he had a deep red stain around his mouth and said that he wouldn't be eating lunch. Sophie collected a good amount of cherries and decided that she would make a "fruit salad" for her friend Scarlett. We left the farm with close to one kilo of cherries to take home.

After a morning tea of cherries, we drove to Morning Sun Winery where we enjoyed an outdoor Italian lunch of quail, polenta fries, bruschetta and pizza. The children surprised us with their good appetite then spent the next couple of hours playing in the gardens and climbing trees.

Following our long lunch, we decided to visit Rickett's Point in Black Rock for some rock climbing (a favourite activity of Kassians) and running around on the beach. After this energetic activity, it was time to eat again, then run around, then take some very tired children home for a bath and bed. Sophie was particularly tired and I had to explain to her that it would be too late to make her "fruit salad" and we would have to make it in the morning.

Rock climbing at Rickett's Point