Saturday 28 December 2013 - Kalbarri

Saturday 28 December 2013 - Kalbarri

Just another day in paradise. I kicked off the morning with a 12km run (first time I’ve attempted this distance in about 18 months!) and then backed it up with a buffet breakfast at the resort down the road. It was excellent quality again and this time they only charged us $40! I took the kids to the skate bowl for about 15 minutes afterwards (Yasmin has finally learnt to ride her bike with pedals – the training wheels were removed at Cape Range so it was just functioning as a balance bike since October). Sienna stacks it and then picks herself up and carries on, however Yasmin sulks for a few minutes before resuming when she falls off.

Then it was a swim in the pool, followed by a trip to the beach. Glenn scored a free pop-up sun shelter when a guy put one beside the bin the other day – it had a few tears but he zip-tied it up and it’s fine. Only thing is, it doesn’t cope with wind so well and the beach was pretty blowy today. I took the girls for a splash and a paddle in the calm water (Chinaman’s Beach is great for kids) and we located a few shells for the treasure hunt that the caravan park is running. Glenn enjoyed the breezy shade of the tent, listening to the cricket and reading a magazine. After we left the beach, we drove up the road to look for a pink feather and paddle pop sticks (for said treasure hunt) in the park. I found the feather – a tiny one from the many galahs that populate the region. Next we called into the shop to pick up a couple of groceries, when I realised the feather was missing! Glenn jumped out the car only to see it blow over the other side of the road. I couldn’t let it go – I’d managed to pick up the paddle pop sticks near the shop so the treasure hunt prize was in our sights – so I nipped over and scrounged around and was stoked when I found it again!

It was a warm day so after returning, the girls and I went for another swim before a late-ish lunch. We attempted to put Sienna down for a sleep, to no avail and the girls hung out with the hundred or so other kids on the playground. We whiled the afternoon away by doing not very much – I had a nice chat to the lovely Yvette and Glenn tidied his tools and then Sienna hit the wall so she had a late snooze. Now Glenn is cooking up some of the blue swimmer crab and fish he caught last night and I’m madly trying to finish this while the children run around crazily, making the most of the late evening sun (it’s 6:30pm). So I’d better go and tame the wild ones instead of pottering in front of the computer!