Today we made up for the lack of good beach going over the last few days by visiting three in a row. We started off at our local beach with the amazing sand dunes, unfortunately they weren't that great to slide down, the girls kept getting stuck/stopping on the way down. Then they had a bit of a swim in water that has become progressively cooler over the last few days.
We headed 20 minutes south to Pacific Palms and had a look at the local patrolled beach - pretty but also pretty flat. We kept going to Boomerang Beach and hooray, finally some surf. Colin took his board out and the girls had fun in the surf. (I kept a nervous eye on them all - no flags or lifesavers here!) A little later we headed round the next bend to Blueys Beach and Colin surfed again and the girls played in the surf. This time they had to wait until Colin could watch them before they could enjoy the pounding waves. They reminded me of ten pin bowling, all standing knee/thigh deep and getting bowled over by the waves. They had a lot of fun. We loved the beaches down this way, picturesque and with decent surf.
For the record:
Who misplaced the key to the toilet block - Rachel of course
Who got asked if they were a model - Rachel
Who spends half an hour after having a shower doing hair and make-up in the toilet block - Rachel and Jess
Who has been social, getting to know our fellow caravaners, well those between the ages of 10 and 18 - Rachel and Jess
Who turns heads wherever they go - Rachel and Jess (far too blonde and attractive for this mothers liking)
And Finally
Who cooked an inedible pasta dish for tea tonight, to which the girl's responded, "Don't look so disappointed dad, you can't get it perfect every time!"