Well, an update from Resort Ross Smith - since we have arrived the kids have had about 57 swims a day - this in itself has been pleasant, but, to stay true to holiday form, we have been busy seeing the sights.
Our first night here saw us down at the Mindil markets to have a great dinner and listen to the buskers. The next day we did a bit of cruising around to get our bearings, and found the fish market, where we picked up afternoon tea - 2 doz oysters and 1.5 kgs of prawns, and a couple of barra fillets. That night we ventured down to the sailing club for dessert, as we had too much afternoon tea, we watched the sun set and had a nice evening. The next day Grace had the day off school to become a member of Team Ward. It began with an early start to the fish feeding in the harbour - there were mullet, bat fish, milk fish and some shovel nosed sting rays - the kids really loved this.
We then went to the next tourist highlight, the croc show - this is in the middle of the city, but it is well set out - the kids got to hold a croc, and also fish for a croc, as well as see some croc feeding. A highlight for Trixie was holding the croc, she didn't want to hand it back.
That night I cooked a large barra up for Nan's farewell meal. It was 5kg gutted, and sad to say, between 4 adults and 2 kids there was nothing left.
Wednesday we went to the Museum and then out to East Point - ended up in a police barricade, as they thought they had found the guy who lit the fire that killed an 8 year old this week. The kids thought they were part of a CSI Miami scene with all of the cops, lights, and plain clothed detectives driving fast cars. We got Delsia to the plane for her flight, and headed back home. We enjoyed having our additional team member for the 3 weeks, and I think Delsia also had a great time - we all have a lot of stories to share, and some that will remain true to the tour rule - "what goes on tour stays on tour".
Today we went and watched Grace at her school athletics carnival - she came second in her race. We finally got the boys to sit down and have a good solid go at some school work, Oscar has now finished his maths, and Hunter only has 5 pages of work to go. And for a surprising moment, their journals are also up to date!!! This afternoon we went out to the water park - great fun - and free (worth bonus points for that alone).
A final little video for a laugh - well it was funny here anyway - Trix swimming like a mermaid. If I can get this to work, next blog will have a few more short videos.
Cheers for now - Team Ward.
Grace and I had the most amazing time with the Wards on our patch. We really want to take you guys fishing at Dundee next time. I confess to have put a photo on myself holding a 33 pound Jew fish on the fridge to rub it in, but I have been here almost 14 years!!! Safe travels and I'm waiting for the next lot of adventures.
ReplyDelete36 Ross Smith is very quite since you departed.
Cyclone Ward.... not even close - we might have a rather large house but it is up to code and we all survived.