The original plan was to visit Montague Island to snorkel with seals and see the sting rays. However upon further discussion with the children, we had to amend our itinerary somewhat.
Elliot - "I will snorkel if there are no seals"
Lara - "If there are seals, there are sharks. I don't want to get eaten."
Jonah - "Steve Irwin died from a stingray. I don't want to go."
We also discovered that what we thought were "strange tiny rocks" that we saw at various lookouts were seals! We were obviously not animal people...
The morning activity became an excursion to the local beach. The older members of the family all achieved their step count in the soft sand, but we didn't stay for too long because the waves were ordinary and the sun started baking us. We had borrowed a beach tent from the house which provided a little shade for one and a considerable challenge for many. Malcolm has trouble with the car windscreen shade so he was out. Lara was determined to achieve the figure eight move depicted on the dodgy instructions. 30 minutes, 2 YouTube clips and one (not so useful) suggestion from a local later, Belinda finally squished it back into its case without snapping it.
 |
| Surf Beach |
 |
| Still reasonably quiet despite being in the summer school holidays |
 |
| Lovely shaded seating areas, with toilets and showers nearby |
After our morning exertion and lunch of roast chicken and salad, we had our obligatory R&R of napping, gaming and reading. An afternoon tea of mango and connoisseur ice-cream was inhaled before we set out for our evening excursion of fishing. There was more fish n chips than fish, but Jonah caught a few little ones that he threw back and was, apparently, baited several times by monsters.
 |
| We are obviously oyster people! |
No comments:
Post a Comment