Tricks of the trade

This morning was another cooked breakfast kind of morning as we had nowhere we needed to be by any given time.  So it was pancakes, bacon and maple syrup and cups of tea and then a bit of a sit around live streaming a bit of Olympic hockey and watching the Hockeyroos get beaten. Oh dear.  Consoled ourselves by wandering down to the bay and going for a snorkel.  It truly is a wonderful beach for kids - so calm and shallow and clear and not too cold.  We enjoyed watching a group of 3-4 year olds with their buckets trying to catch the little silver fish with no chance at all but having the time of their lives.  Before long we felt warm enough to wade out into the deeper water (ie waist high about 50m from shore!) and then snorkel out to the first patches of coral 100m off-shore where there were plenty of fish to keep us occupied so spent a happy hour or so swimming about checking things out including a few clams in between the coral chunks.

Headed back to shore when Jenny's foot/sore toe could no longer handle the flipper and did a bit of sunbaking which we always feel a bit guilty doing now we have both had moles/carcinomas cut out of us but we were slathered in sunscreen and had rashies, hats and sunglasses and we didn't stay out in the sun past midday so we should be ok!

Back to the van for lunch of noodles and then showers and a much needed hair wash.  After nearly seven weeks of all sorts of river water, salt water, artesian water, sun and wind, Jenny's hair is just a little bit frizzy and has way to much grey showing - reminder to book a hair appointment for next week!!

Got changed into 'going out' clothes (ie clean and not too crumpled) and walked up to Bill's (pub) to watch the Eagles and Dockers game on the big screen.  An entertaining audience watching with us made up of a reasonably even number of Dockers and Eagles fans and the Dockers were noisy during the first quarter (when they were winning) but became a bit more quiet towards the end whilst the Eagles fans were the opposite having a "here we go again" vibe to them at the beginning but getting a bit more joyous and the scoreline and the skills improved.

Happy to have had an enjoyable game to watch (the last few have been a bit stressful and not that relaxing to watch) and a few beers, we moseyed on back to the van and cooked up sausages and chips (home made potato wedges) and salad.  The couple behind us were packing up their new-looking caravan and having trouble getting their awning down so Larry went over to help them.  It took us a few go's to work ours out at the beginning too.  We even gave them Ben's neat trick of the trade of stepping up on the step when retracting the awning so that you don't have to let it go and hear it crash into the side of the van.  So Ben, your wise ways are now helping others!