On the weekends, over a couple of different weeks, I made the most of the hot weather and took the kids down to the Gold Coast for a swim in the surf. This was usually on days when Rick was on night shift and needed to sleep - so I got the kids out of the house. We would leave home really early, like about 7.30am and we'd be on the beach by 8.30 before it got too hot and not too many people on the beach. I could usually find a parking spot close to a patrolled beach that early too. After a couple of hours swimming and surfing, I get them out, we'd rinse off under the shower and have an early picnic lunch before heading home for the afternoon. The best way to spend a Sunday enjoying the great outdoors.
The kids' confidence in the surf is developing really well, although I still don't let them go too far out and I NEVER take my eye off them for a second.
On other occasions we just went down to the local beach just a block from home, like Australia Day when we launched another christmas present:
Or even to a near-by suburb on the bayside to try out the Council owned Rock Pool:
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