One of those days

Today I have had one of those 'love it here' days.

Tallulah is doing her leisure badge in school and this has consisted of lots of research and projects on sunscreen, surf logos, history of swimming costumes just to name a few.

Well, today was the excursion and I was down to help. It was really tough to spend the day at the beach - fishing, snorkelling, swimming, reef walking, beach volleyball and learning the history of the beach. It's a gorgeous, warm (30) sunny day, we had a sausage sizzle for lunch and were joined by a sea lion in the sea when I was helping out with the snorkelling. That was my first ever sighting of a seal here and it came in pretty close as it was basking - add that to the regular sightings now of dolphins and roos and I am still in awe of the wildlife here. Only thing left to see is a whale, and they do pass by when migrating, you just have to be in the right place at the right time !

Up until today it's been a bit of a downer, money is stupidly tight, work seems to be drying up for Paul again, interest rates keep rising and I can't get a part time job, every Brit we speak to is either in the same boat or worse off too. But today none of it mattered. Time to dust off the kayaks and get ourselves out for all those free daytrips on our doorstep I think !

01:41 - Wed 5 March 2008