19th September
Today is the first day that we could see blue sky. Caught a
boat to Wind & Clearwater caves this morning. The trip was about 40 minutes
along the Melinau river. The river
levels are fairly low so at some points the boat driver had to go carefully
around snags and rapids. The first cave was the wind cave – named because of
the change in pressure between the entrance and the main chamber which creates
a blast of refreshing wind as you wind into it. After a quick ride (2 min) we
reached the Clearwater cave which has 200 steps to reach the entrance (yep-the
kids counted them). Both caves were impressive,
but the Clearwater cave has an underground river at the bottom that feeds the
outside swimming area. After a sweaty walk around, we had another delicious
lunch (fried rice and an omelette), Peter and the kids had a refreshing swim in
the Clearwater pools. In the afternoon we hung around the Mulu Village while
Peter tinkered with the host’s motor bike. We met the Costa family who are from
Australia – Tracey, Lewis and their four children (Sara 15, Jyah 13 , Talie 10,
Rayne10). The kids played badminton with one of the local kids, and kept
themselves occupied all afternoon (no electronics). As it got darker they were
running around the yard catching fire flies. We had dinner across the road at
the dinner with the Costa family from Mullumbimby. They are really nice and the
kids all get on very well. Another great
day in Mulu.
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