Kangaroo Valley and World Record Cheese Tasting

Over the weekend, we went camping in Kangaroo Valley for Penelope's first camping trip. We went swimming in the river; it's a dammed river so it has practically no current and is quite safe for kids. We saw lots of wildlife: wallabies, wombats, an echidna, lots of Aussie native birds, and even some lyrebirds. We did a rainforest hike. And, we stumbled upon an attempt to break a world record in the number of people cheese tasting at the same time at the local "show" (the equivalent of a county fair). We took part and we are fairly sure the record was broken, although apparently there's all this official stuff with the judges watching and recording where everyone had to have cheese in their mouths at the exact same time or else they don't get counted. There were a thousand people there, and even Penelope did it. So, we keep googling to see if any news stories appear about the record being broken, but I guess it takes a few days or weeks to make it official. 

Some of my long-time readers may remember we attempted another Guinness world record a few years ago, where we were trying to break the record for most people synchronized star-gazing in a country, but I guess they didn't break it because I think some of the official sites didn't have good weather and had low turnout. It was disappointing, so I hope something stupid like that doesn't happen again. 

Anyway, back to camping. We went with a small group of friends, ate like royalty, and played Secret Hitler underneath the Milky Way. I surprisingly won twice, both times as a fascist, and once even as Hitler (my first time ever). I have to say, it might be my favorite deception/secret identity type party game. 

It was a full weekend, and Penelope is still recovering (in terms of sleep and being off her normal meal schedule).