Day 14 - Friday 21st Jan - Green Pools/Meadery/ Alpaca Farm/Wineries

Today we do some more sightseeing.  First we head to Green Pools for a swim with Mum and Dad.  What a beautiful spot, however, half of Denmark is there doing swimming lessons so parking is an issue.  But Glen and I get to have a relaxing snorkel while Mum and Dad watch the kids.  The water is very cold but so good to have the goggles on again.  I would have liked to have gone to Mad Fish Bay as well, but it wasn't on the agenda this day.

Mum and Dad then head back to the caravan park and we continue on our merry way to the Bartholomeus Meadery.  We'd never heard of a "meadery" before but soon discover it is wine and port made from honey.  Apparently the very first wine was produced from honey.  Not quite the taste we are accustomed to, it is so very sweet, however, it was a great sightseeing spot as they had a bee hive behind glass, tonnes of honey tastings to be had and of course ice cream made with not sugar but honey.  So the kids really liked this place.

Next stop the Alpaca farm.  We decide to take the kids as the place is full of guinea pigs, rabbits, goats etc and they can feed them all.  They are missing their guinea pigs from home so this is just great.  They spend the bulk of their time sitting with about 30 guinea pigs and I'm sure we could have left them there all day and came back later.  $35 for the whole family including food for the animals.  As much as they enjoy it, Shannae's eczema totally flares up so we end up making a fairly rapid exit in the end, via the tap to wash her down.

                                                                                                         

Next stop, wineries.  Scotsdale Rd has about 15 wineries on it.  Lucky we have the kids with us as we have to keep the wine tasting under control, however, Glen and I are getting right into the wineries now and we actually feel like we are learning something!!!! Well, we are sticking to that story anyway, and will further our education as we go!!!

That night we decide to have Chinese with Mum and Dad, bad decision!!!  Cody has a couple of prawn crackers and a taste of the honey chicken and starts to puff up.  We grab the epipen and discover Denmark does have a hospital, thankfully.  He puffs up a fair bit and vomits profusely, the nurses monitor him closely for a while then they give us the all clear to go home.  Very scary and a reality check for us.  Needless to say we get little sleep this night.