WATERSIDE WEDNESDAY

SEAGULLS for Waterside Wednesday

Amazing how many Seagulls you see at the beach

Watching and waiting for something to come their way

Here they are at Queenscliff just waiting to get a crumb of our morning tea

Lining up in the carpark at my local -Mount Martha Beach

Carpark at Dromana Beach waiting for a chip to be thrown their way

Soaring through the sky at McCrae Beach


Lining up again at McCrae Beach.

They certainly are the best beach side scavengers I have seen

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ANOTHER BABYSITTING GIG

This week involves lots of Babysitting.

Lachlan and Chloe overnight on Monday night. Then take them to school and pick them up again on Tuesday.

Wednesday morning I pick up Riley and he is here until Thursday night.

After all that I do sleep soundly on Thursday nights.

After an early dinner with Lachlan and Chloe on Monday night we went to Mornington (5 minutes in the car) for them to have a run along the pier

Running on the Mornington Pier

Lets look over here - I see a fish

The wind is blowing us along the pier

Lachlan has his head down and is trying to look between the gaps in the pier to see how many fish are down there

Ooh this looks a bit dangerous with the missing timber

Oh what is a girl to do in the wind???

Lets look down here too!!

So far down there

Wonder what their mother would have thought when we let them climb up here???

Looks like Chloe is about to lean too far

They could see the city of Melbourne from here

They couldn't believe the rubbish that people had thrown in the water and how it ended up washed up on the rocks

Lachlan and Max just 'hanging' around

The kids really enjoyed their little venture to Mornington Pier and after all that running around they slept really well

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Point Nepean National Park

Tuesday we decided to go for a bit of a walk at Point Nepean National Park.

For many years - up until 1988 this area was used by the army.

We did the Fort Nepean Walk about a 7km return walk

It is described as a flat walk but it isn't really. There are quite a few hilly areas and steps as well. If you are riding a bike the track for cyclists also goes onto the road

There used to be a quarantine there as well

This is the ruins of what was a Cattle Jetty built in 1879

Fabulous driftwood on the beach

Old pilon and great rusted bolt

Lizard sunning itself on Coles Track

Love this rusted pole on Coles Track

We walked the length of this area

Eagles Nest - the highest point on the Mornington Peninsula where they built an encasement for hidden arms in 1888 to protect Port Phillip Bay and stop the enemy entering

The entry to Fort Pearce (it is underground)

It was amazing walking through these tunnels and old ruins

This sign shows what Fort Pearce Barracks was like.

We also walked as far as you can see in this pic.

Some fun Aussie Slang on a sign in the old fort

PortPhillip Bay on the left and Bass Strait on the right.

not much land in between

We walked along here as far as you can see.

Just along here is where the memorial to Prime Minister Harold Holt who drowned on the beach here in 1967

The Memorial Stone placed in memory of Harold Holt

You would wonder how security people would allow a Prime Minister to swim in an area like this

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A STROLL ON MOUNT MARTHA BEACH

Sunday was a beautiful sunny Spring Day. As my kids all live quite close we decided to meet up and go for a walk on the beach. Getting 3 out of my 4 kids together with the grandkids was fun.

Some of my family

Lachlan,Chloe,Max,Melanie,Daniel,Amy,Riley

(Lachlan and Chloe are Melanie's children and Riley is Amy's)

Riley running along the beach shouting 'Wait for me'

Look how well I have those grandkids trained. Heads down, butts up looking for treasure. Think their Mums now see what they do when we look after them. Lots of beach walking and playing.

Lachlan and Daniel checking out the kayak.

I think Max and I might get kayaks this summer

My son Daniel walking along the beach with Riley.

He loves his little nephew

Lachlan 7, Riley 2 (on 19th October) Chloe 5

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Another fun Waterside Wednesday

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Yesterday we did a 7.5km (4.6miles) return walk from Crib Point to Hastings - the walk is called the Bittern Coastal Wetlands Boardwalk.

You start off on a track that then takes you onto a boardwalk

The area comprises of a lot of mangroves and mudflats.

It is on the shoreline of Westernport Bay where you can see many different birds -Spoonbills, Ibis, pelicans,red necked stints and many more

It was a beautiful sunny Spring Day

The boardwalk and track

So many colours in and around the water

It was a great way to spend 1 hour 20 minutes of our day.

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