Pocketful of Sunshine

Yes that is blue sky! And yes that is my mother on the phone 😂 social life doesn't stop just because you're on the beach!

The rain was predicted to pause today. As this may be our only beach day, we packed all our beachly possessions on to our poor little wagon and set it to work. Seven Mile Beach was a stone's throw away, and we managed to get everyone there before 9 am to enjoy the lack of rain and relatively warm temperatures. To our delight, the sun even made a few appearances! At one point, one may even say that it was too hot. Geez there was no pleasing this mob...But have no fear! We had in our trusty little wagon one of many lockdown purchases. The very handy Cool Cabana Beach shade was awesome. It was easy to set up, stable and kept the grandparents happy. 

The children kept themselves busy in the sand and surf. Boogie boards were put to good use both down the steep sand banks as well as in the water. The cricket set, as well as various other balls were also played with. After 3 hours at the beach, the sun was still out! We decided to have a quick simple lunch of pies from the local bakery and make our way to the river side of Shoalhaven Heads. This time, the kayaks from the Ong's rental house were put to good use, along with our fishing gear. Alas, no fish were caught.

Go little wagon go!

Cool Cabana. An awesome lockdown online purchase!

Sunglasses = sun!

Happy boys!

Seven Mile Beach - unfortunately a lot of erosion due to weather :(

Time for river activities!

And he's off with rod and bait ready

The non-water, sudoku puzzling crew

By mid afternoon, tiredness started to creep in and it was time to head home for a quick rest before Christian's birthday dinner at Bangalay Dining, a higher end dining venue which focused on native and local ingredients. The food wasn't too bad but the service was SLOW. They were obviously short staffed. We were the first to arrive and the last to leave! By the time we left, the sky was rumbling with hints of the predicted storms. Let's hope we do get some more rain reprieves in the coming days. Otherwise we will be watching test cricket which isn't a bad alternative wet weather activity!

Murray cod in Nasturtium flower, our favourite dish. Back left - smoked crocodile. Back right - cucumber with goat's cheese and pepperberry

Emu tartar

Oma and Opa still happy!