Where: Mabel Talbot Park/Lake Jolimont
When: June 2017
Adventure Companions: Mr and Mrs Proff, Mini Monkey, Giant
Baby and the Hike it Baby crew.
Do I need to bring some rocks?
Here is another ‘get your kids out doors’ craze – rock
hunting. As in, hunting for painted rocks that are dropped off/hidden by other
rock hunters. I had long wanted to do this but didn’t know where any rocks were
being dropped. In order to make it worthwhile, Mrs Proff and I painted up a
batch of rocks, stuck a bunch of googly eyes on them and dropped them off 5
minutes before our Hike it Baby rock hunt. I was slightly concerned that all it
would take would be one curious family setting off mere minutes before us and
all the rocks would be gone before we could get back to them. Thankfully, no
such family eventuated and off we went.
The venue I chose was Jollimont Lake. It has a very small
lake to go around, which, in the direction we went in, led us to the playground
at the end. The lake has a couple of easy to access viewing platforms and lots
of ducks. The age range in our little group was from about 15 months to 3 years
so there was varying degrees of walking abilities, understanding of the game and satisfaction got by finding the rocks.
All in all, it was a fun little exercise and as I still have plenty of rocks
left over, maybe I’ll do a random rock drop* for the hunters from WA
Rocks. I’m sure that Mini Monkey would
love to help distribute them.
*Hike it Baby promotes the ‘leave no trace’ principle and
has discussed the leaving of painted rocks for others to find in much detail.
The position which many of us have settled upon is that it is OK to leave your
rocks in urban settings where they are likely to be found by other children
i.e. on park benches and in playgrounds, but avoid taking them into lesser traveled areas like bush tracks.
Opening hours: Never Closed
Cost: Free to access both the FB group and the park
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