We get up around 8:30am and have some fresh fruit (Australian grown -- very yummy and sweet) and then stroll down to the town in search of chocolate croissants (that's what we tell Fiona anyways). Fergus and Karen makes their daily stop at Numerouno for their lattes and cappucinos (very good coffee btw!!). We head to the playpark, or to a wee Nelson Bay beach, or to Coles Supermarket or the liquidation centre to pick up some art supplies, beach accessories or curtain thingys or whatever else we need that day.
We then head home for a few hours where the kids play (this morning they played going to the office) and then we have lunch.
We then pack up for the beach and slather on the sunscreen.
Today we went to Fingal Bay, again with our beach tent, 2 beach chairs, 4 beach towels, 2 boogie boards, picnic, shovels/pails, etc.
Fingal Bay is another one of the MANY glorious beaches in Port Stephens. This time it was a little more crowded. Lots of families, surfers, body surfers, and people fishing (I find this quite odd, fishing in the ocean....not sure what and if they catch anything).
We went into the waves again; Margot is loving the boogie board. Late in the afternoon, we also went for a super long walk along the beach. Fiona didn't want uppie once which was a great surprise! When the tide is low, one can walk across the Fingal Spit to a wee island. The tide was high but we still walked over to the other end of the beach. Fergus went for a short swim. Waves were a bit rougher on the other side of the bay.
The light at the end of the day was marvelous. It is sooooo beautiful! We were the last ones to take down our tent and pack up. We drove back to Nelson Bay, stopped at Coles for some popsicles and went back to our wee apartment.
Looking forward to another fabulous day in Australia!
2 comments:
Hey there... Karen, It sounds like you guys are having a blast down under. :-) But then again who wouldn't be with all those beautiful beaches and the nice weather. I'm so envious! Keep the updates coming it's always great to hear what you have been up to. I just noticed that us adults would do anything to get out of the office so i thought it was very funny that Margot and Fiona was playing office today. Quite ironic heh? :-)
So have you been taking lots of photos, I love the pics that you are posting on the blog however is there anyway that we can zoom up on them? or did you do that on purpose to not allow people to zoom in?
cheers,
Linda T
Hey there!! How is NYC Linda??
Looks like you are starting a blog too??? Would love to see your shots of Manhattan!!
It's pretty darn nice, eh!
As I'm very new to this blog thing, I haven't quite figured it out! The connection is v. slow so it's taken me hours and hours to get the photos up onto Picasa. I got another request from my sis to zoom the pix, I'll try to figure it out. For now the links to picasa should be working so you can see the photos enlarged!
Anyhoo, hope you are well! Where are you going after NY? Is it cold? Snow? How long are you staying?
Take care,
K
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