Week Five days Twenty Nine to Thirty One

A fish cut out "fence panel" overlooking the marina


We are still in Geraldton WA and have found out our car suffered a severe case of Crank Sensor malfunction so not being mechanically minded, we Googled this item. It appears that it is the computer chip that pretty much looks after everything and makes sure everything works in a precise manner on today's electronic vehicles. Sounds as if our breakdown is going to be expensive!!!!!!!

We booked out of the B&B and into the Batavia Backpackers which is part full of Asians, all heading for local work in a factory, for the rock lobster season. Any way as we are stuck here we may as well check the place out.

But wait we also have an unexplained heatwave to contend with apparently the driest hottest spell in 40 years. It has been above 40 degrees since we got here. Well what else can go wrong????????.........We have just heard that bush fires are raging South and North of Geraldton and the roads are closed to Monkey Mia and Coral Bay .................. Some Japanese Chaps were stopped on the road and have also booked in the Backpackers due to the bushfire's.

Any way having sat in the shopping centre on several occasions to cool down in the air-conditioning (we only have a fan in the room) we were getting funny looks from the security guard so we ventured out. Actually Geraldton is a very nice place pretty much everywhere you go the drain covers and sidewalk covers have ornate emblems or cut outs of sea creatures. We came across an unusual sundial and weather vane in the city square and watched large fish
swimming around the marina.

The unusual sundial

We had a lovely Italian Meal in "Topolinis Caffe" with ice cold Sauvignon Blanc. We have had ice cold beer in the "Freemasons Hotel", swam in the warm Indian Ocean and blistering heat of the beach, and strolled around a lovely cool museum which hosts a very interesting Shipwreck section. Geraldton also hosts an ice cream parlour that is all home made fayre and proudly adorning the walls are the prizes that have been won by the owner. Yes of course we sampled and it was beautiful Hope said it was the best Chocolate ice cream she had ever tasted. Two more days to go before we get our car back................................


Hope digging for clams at Geraldton beach

Hope's Blog............. We dug for clams at the waters edge, it was fun watching them dig themselves into the sand again. We put them on our hands with some sand and watched them trying to dig into our hand. it was ticklish. It wasn't fun when we dug a crab up.... that was funny because I screamed as I got a fright.

Week Four Day Twenty Eight

A view from the Champion Bay B&B


Boo Hoo our poor car.

Well we set off this morning early as we were headed for Monkey Mia, over 400km's away. Folks we drove only 34km's. Why you wander was there that many amazing sights to see, that you kept on stopping. NO!!!!!

After 34km's our car gave a cough and then died, right there on the Brand Highway. We managed to get it to the side, luckily we were about 200 metres from the Greenough Pioneer Museum and a small cul de sac of homes, including a B&B.

Again we found that Vodafone has no coverage, which means no phone service. Mmmmmmmm time I changed server.

So Hope and I tootled off to the B&B, "The Rock of Ages Cottage". The lady was lovely and let me use her phone to phone RACQ. We were promised a breakdown van within the hour. Anyway he arrived and told us there was nothing he could do, so he called a tow. Now the good news was that we were only 30km's away from Geraldton, and not somewhere in the Nullabor.

John and Hope went off looking for some shade, while I waited by the car. What seemed like forever, probably only 30 mins, the tow arrived. I had to laugh later though, because John said that he was getting antsy about how long the tow was taking, when a road train drove passed with "Patience" written all over it. Anyway the car and us made it to Geraldton, although not in the fashion we envisaged.

Typical the dealer had three mechanics down, it is coming up to a long weekend and by 4.00 this afternoon still no news. Mmmmmmmm, some whisky I think tonight. However we are in a lovely B&B overlooking Geraldton. It is called "Champion Bay Bed & Breakfast."

Let us see what tomorrow brings. By the way today was reaching 40 Degrees and tomorrow it is 40 degrees. So the heat we know will continue.

Hope's Blog........ Well today I did a lot of things I have not done before. I walked on the freeway, our car broke down, I got a lift in a van with our car on the back., and I got bored (that is not the first time for that). Anyway I did get a Wendy's ice cream.

Week Four Day Twenty Seven

The view of Dynamite Cove


The Pinnacles (just a small part)


It was an amazing sight



Sawtooth Banskia

Today we bade farewell to Perth where we had relaxed for the longest period of time on our entire trip. We were however looking forward to what lay ahead. Our intention today was to visit "The Pinnacles" south of Cervantes and make our way onto Dongara-Denison.

However the inevitable happens when you see what looks like a beautiful spot to stop. Firstly we drove past miles of Sawtooth Banskia a very hardy looking scrub in the middle of a desert with temperatures reaching 35Degrees, of course we had to take photos. It was then onto "The Pinnacles" an amazing army of upright limestone spears each one resembling something from your imagination!!!!! One theory is that the limestone spears are petrified forest from millions of years ago, the second theory is captured in the link please read it it is fascinating. We drove around the area which is a sand road and took some amazing photo's. We then wanted to go swimming at Kangaroo Point which was very close by, but roadworks prevented that so we found ourselves driving another track to "Green Head" and "Dynamite Cove" ............Sounds far more dramatic than Kangaroo Point don't you think !!!!!!! WOW............. Brilliant White sands headlands and crystal clear water - we are once again hooked on the beauty please check out the photos.

The time is now running on and we still need to find a campsite so we picked a place on the GPS called "Sea Spray Caravan Site" Which is directly on the beach We are always very sceptical as we have found some good but some not so good campsites and I must say this is brilliant.Our own en-suite next to the tent, swimming pool, good facilities and beautiful white sand beach (all to ourselves) Hope and Wendy opted for the pool (Its 5pm and still about 30 degrees sunshine) I opted to walk to a vantage point for photos and a walk along the beach before the pool. What a wonderful day we all decided after home made kebabs, to stroll along the beach to take photos of the sunset ...............brilliant.

Hope's Blog........... It was so hot today, and mummy and daddy made me walk around looking at stones. They were pretty. It was great fun exploring the rocks and beach at the cove and I found some nice shells. But the best part was swimming when we got to the campsite. That was really great.

Week Four Day Twenty Six

One of the pelicans at Woodman's Point



John and Hope snorkeling at Woodman's Point



Feeding the birds at Jervoise Beach



Bacon butties.


Such clear water at Jervoise Beach

John went out this morning while we still slept for an early morning walk. He discovered Jervoise Beach. When he got back we grabbed our breakfast and headed out. What a fantastic relaxing day it then turned out to be it . It started off with bacon butties at Jervoise Beach. We unpacked our cooker and cooked the bacon and boiled the kettle for coffee overlooking the beach. John and Hope went snorkeling while breakfast cooked. Afterwards it was great fun feeding the seagulls the last bread roll. Naughty I know.

We spent the rest of the morning swimming in the pool at the caravan park and just relaxing. At the caravan park a butcher bird took an interest in our car windshield. For about 10 mins this silly bird was using it to slide down, then fly back up again and do it all over again. John took 40 pictures of this. You will have to wait to see it on Picasa.

In the afternoon we headed back to the jetty at Woodman's point. There I was designated photographer while Hope and John once again went snorkeling. There was loads of activity, what with fisherman, snorkelers, kite surfing and of course swimmers. The pelicans where once again there, funny looking birds. John cannot get over how fast starfish bury themselves in the sand. Once detected they cover themselves, hidden by the sand.

One of the fisherman had pulled out a puffer fish, probably one I saw yesterday swimming away, and just left it to die. So sad!

Week Four Day Twenty Four and Five

View of Perth from Captain Cook Cruise


The jelly fish


John and Hope on the cruise.

Lets be honest here..... I was so tired last night that sleep won over blog. Sorry!

However let me bring you up to speed. We have booked into a campsite at Woodman's Point just south of Fremantle. Yesterday we went into Fremantle and wandered around the markets, stopped and watched to street entertainers and had some Chinese food at the market. Yummie! We then went swimming in the campsite pool, which we had all too ourselves, and a walk down to the beach. As it was Sunday the park at the beach was full of families enjoying themselves. There is a fantastic jetty and the whole area was busy. There were crabbers, fisherman, snorkelers and divers. The pelicans squashed for space were sitting on top of the lamp posts. There were loads of fish at the end of the jetty and we couldn't wait to go snorkeling.

We had great fun at the camp kitchen last night talking to Swiss and German backpackers. There was also a couple from Canterbury, Kent. I must say we are gravitating to the kitchens because it is fascinating hearing all these "kids" stories!

Today we caught the bus into Fremantle. We then went on Captains Cook cruise to Perth. It was a beautiful day, the views from the boat were fantastic. There were loads of jellyfish in the water. Hope calls them squishies. They were promoting Australian wine so we had a free wine tasting on the cruise as well. What a bonus!

We wandered around Perth, went into a few shops and galleries. The one shop we went into was Roc Candy. It was great watching them roll out and cut the candy. We tried some samples and it was great.

Eventually we caught the train back to Fremantle and luckily we did not have long to wait for our bus. Back at the tent we got out our snorkels and swimmers and headed for the beach. It was magical, just off the beach we saw starfish, puffer fish and schools of little fish. I picked up a shell and showed Hope the hermit crab.

Tomorrow we plan to spend the day at the beach...

Week Four day Twenty Three

Hope in the lift that will take us underground


Jim, and us underground


A working dumper truck in the Super Pit



More machinery


The Super Pit, Kalgoorlie

As soon as the birds are up, so is John. 5.15 This morning Hope and I where having our airbeds deflated under us. "We must go before the flies appear" Not impressed! However we where on the road to Kalgoorlie by 7.00 am.

We only stopped long enough to take photos of the camels in the middle of a traffic circle in Norseman. By this time the flies where out in force, and when you climbed into the car you had picked up about 20 extra passengers.

Kalgoorlie, the home of the Super Pit. This is a gigantic pit with all the massive mining machinery working it. This was an awesome site, and one that must be viewed as trying to photograph it is impossible. However we did try. from there we went to the Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame. Hope and I panned for gold (didn't find any) and then we went 127 metres down the original mine shaft. We had a fantastic tour with a really interesting tour guide by the name of Jim. Jim worked the mines for many years and gave us first hand experience and humour of the workings "down under". (Anyone see what I did.. he he he.)

We could not deal with the thought of more flies so we decided to drive through to Perth. We are here staying in a Formula 1 near the airport. We decided on this for tonight as it was dark when we arrived. Tomorrow we will find a campsite.

Week Four day Twenty Two

Bush Fire outside Balladonia


Speaks for itself.


Somewhere in this picture is 5 emu.


I had set the alarm clock to wake up at 7.00 am but for some reason it went off at 5.30am. So unbeknown to us at the time we got up, had breakfast and packed up. We where ready by 7.00am.

Between us and the next major town was over 700km's of road. Including 146.6 km's of road which is completely straight. Now we have been keeping an eye out for all these animals that we are supposed to be careful of and so far we have seen nothing. Until today.... we saw five emu crossing the road outside one of the roadhouses. We think that Australia has no animals.... ha ha ha.

Well there is nothing between Eucla and Norseman, anything worth seeing is only accessible by 4 wheel drive, so that counts us out. However we did pass two bushfire's outside Balladonia Roadhouse. We had stopped for some drinks and I asked the guy whether the "clouds" was a storm or bushfire. His response was bushfire, however it was 80km's away. I then mentioned the one on the same side as the roadhouse further along the road, he was not aware of that one. Scary......

Anyway passed through the area without incident and eventually entered Norseman. I am sure that it is a lovely little place but the flies are terrible. They are everywhere. Thank goodness for our fly hats. The heat is also unbearable. 44 Degrees today. You guys in the UK come and get some!

We are in our tent and will look around the town tomorrow, but I don't think that we will be staying another night. So tomorrow, who knows where we will end up.

Week Three Day Twenty and Twenty One

Signpost at Border Village. (Between South Australia and Western Australia)


A fantastic view from the Nullabor out to sea.


A signpost warning us to look out for Camels, Kangaroos and wombats.


A sand dune at Fowlers Bay


Fowlers Bay from a distance.

Once again Folks we fall fowl to the curse of being in an area with no signal.....

We decided to leave Streaky Bay and continue on our journey to Fowler's Bay, we where looking forward to relaxing at the beach, fishing and snorkeling.

In Ceduna we stopped and bought mask and snorkel sets and a new airbed for us. The one we had was leaking, so by morning we were on the floor.

To get to Fowler's Bay we had to travel on an unsealed road (dirt road) which was an experience. But wow when we got closer the sand dunes surrounding Fowler's Bay was nothing but spectacular. Look there is not much to the little town, only about 20 people reside there. The only shop is a kiosk, and they sell only the basics. I asked what meat they had, the reply was mince or sausages.

Our intention was to camp but the wind was howling through the campsite and we would have been torn to shreds, so we booked into a motel style flat. Expensive!!! We went for a walk on the jetty that we where going to be fishing off (mmmmmm) so instead of all the planned things we where going to do, we did laundry instead and sorted out our "stuff". To top it all there was no signal. (Anyone see a problem with this scene).

Luckily towards evening the wind died down from a squall to a strong wind... So John and Hope headed for the jetty to go fishing. Two casts and both times John lost his trace. Third time he put feathers on and caught an Australian Herring (bait fish) ha ha. Yay!!!! However the wind picked up again so back in theycame. So instead of three nights stop over we only stayed one.

Got up early and headed to our next stop Eucla.. but between us and Eucla was the Nullabor!! 80km's later Hope piped up from the back "Where is my bag?" John and I looked at each other in horror. Yes we had left the bag! A return trip to Fowler's Bay to collect Hope's toy bag, it wouldn't have been so bad but "Piggy" was in there. (A pink fluffy pig she has had since a baby).

160 km's and two hours later we where back where we had got too before discovering the missing bag.

The Nullabor lives up to its English translation "No trees" it is desolate . It was once part of the ocean floor, and it is the worlds biggest, flattest piece of limestone, covering an area of approximately 200,000 square kilometres and up to 300 meters thick.

We stopped off at the "Head of Bight" for a look see, and the colours of the ocean is beautiful. It must be a fantastic to view the whales in the migrating season.

Eucla, was a lovely camping ground. The facilities where fantastic, great pool, lovely restaurant, fantastic camp kitchen and ablutions, however the pitch was dirt. Fine sand that got into everything. Never mind I am sure that we will sleep like a log!

Hope's Blog...... (Thanks Claudia that's a very nice comment. You are a really a good "sister"and thank you Ms Sarah we are sending you a post card. I Hope you enjoy it ). I left my suitcase behind at Fowlers Bay and I was very sorry, and I was crying because piggy and my DS games where in it. anyway Mummy and Daddy turned the car around and went back for it.

Week Three Day Nineteen

Looking back at the campsite from Streaky Bay at low tide.


Sunset at Streaky Bay


Our campsite at Streaky Bay... What a view.


The Big Gala at Kimba.

An early start was had and it was great driving through places like "Iron Nob" and other small places. We had to stop for coffee though at a place called Kimba. Slightly bigger than most of the places we had driven through. We had a lovely coffee and something to eat in the local cafe. We then headed for the "Big Gala" on the outskirts of town. Another big thing you are asking yourself, but we just cannot help it. It is so much fun looking at them.....

We changed our mind once again and we have ended up in Streaky Bay. What a campsite, what a view. We are staying two nights so we can use tomorrow to explore. We are looking at the bay from our tent. It is not more than 50 feet from our tent. It is just spectacular. Anyway you can judge for yourself, when you view the photo.

Of course after setting up we headed to the jetty to fish. We bought squid and tried our luck. We got a few nibbles but nothing more than that. There where plenty of jelly fish in the water and loads of small fish. Good enough for birds but alas, not for us.

At low tide we went for a walk where the water had receded, looking for shells and what ever else we could find. It has been a really great day, and we are looking forward to tomorrow.

Hope's Blog..... I went fishing with my dad and mum at Streaky Bay. I said I didn't want to get my hands all icky today, but I ended up touching small squid bait. It was awesome, but it smelt. When I was fishing I didn't use the fishing rod the whole time, I also used a hand line. I got a few nibbles but a naughty bird tried to get the bait off the hand line. Eventually he let go and I quickly pulled my line in. But I noticed that when I put my knees on the wooden jetty I saw splinters in my knees. Never mind we had fun.

Week Three Day Seventeen and Eighteen

Longest wooden jetty in Australia -Port Germaine


Hope on the bouncy pillow at Victor Harbour Caravan park


Hope with penguin statue Granite Island - Victor Harbour


Horse drawn Tram - Victor Harbour

Sorry folks did not have time to do the blog yesterday as we were.... I tell you what I will get to that later!

We woke up to Gala's squawking, there were literally hundreds of the birds over the park. But what a sight to see, with their aerobatics through the trees, tents and caravans.

We decided to walk into Victor Harbour as it was not that far away. What a pretty place. They had a market on at the beachfront, so we wondered through that, looking at the different stalls. We went to info and booked a tour for that night (still being mysterious),and then caught the "Horse Drawn Tram" across the causeway to Granite Island. What a lovely experience. We wondered around the island, had coffee in the restaurant and relaxed.

That afternoon chores had to be done (washing and drying)... even on tour you cannot get away with that.

After dinner we got ready to go back to Granite Island for a penguin tour. That is why the blog could not be written last night. They have a colony of Fairy Penguins on the island. Unfortunately we where not allowed to take pictures with a flash, and as I have not been able to download photos today, cannot check how the ones we did take came out. (I will update this blog with photos tomorrow.) The photos of penguins did not come out. Boo Hoo.

The penguins where so cute and tiny. They did not seem phased at all when the guide shown the red light at them. We also saw possums and water rats. It was very informative and good fun. Although the walk back to camp was not that great at 10.30 at night.

We awoke once again to Gala's... what an alarm clock.

We set off early for Port Augustas. Our next port (excuse the pun) of call. Driving through Adelaide we were forced to stop because Hope said from the back...... "Mum I'm going (throwing up noises). Side road here we come..... mmmm no more needs to be said. On the way we stopped at Port Germaine. This tiny place of probably no more than 100 people has the honour of having the longest wooden jetty in Australia. It is 1532 meters long and was built in the 1800's to transport bags of wheat to boats from all over the world.

It was good fun, a few youngsters where fishing when we got to the end, and while we where their they pulled out a kingfish. As it was not 60 cm's long they had to throw it back. The scenery was quite spectacular, as you had the view of the Flinders ranges to your left.

(Photos will be put up and added to this blog tomorrow)

We are planning on having an early night tonight, to make up for last night. So sleep tight!

Week Three Day Sixteen

The big lobster at Kingston S.E.


The car ferry to Wellington


One of the "salt flats" in the Coorong.

The tent was wet when we woke up this morning, but thankfully from dew, not rain! Yea we have had two dry days!!!!!!


We had a long day ahead of us in the car as we did not make it too our intended stop yesterday, so we spoilt ourselves and had Breakfast at the BP garage/ takeaway/restaurant/fishing tackle. (The place is so small they have to double up).


Our first stop was to take a picture of the "Big Lobster" at Kingston S.E. Did we not say that we where not going to stop today!!!!!!

We drove through the Coorong which was beautiful. It looked like large salt flats all around us, if we only had time to stop and explore. We are beginning to realise that 3 months is not enough to time to tour Australia. We cannot see and do everything we want to see.

Where we camped last night was just up the road from Piccaninnie Ponds, if we had only had our snorkel gear (still to buy) we would have stayed there and gone snorkeling..... again time!

Anyway we stopped at Salt Creek for a drink and some lunch and then of course a while later stopped and took photographs. My little camera has died........... Luckily John has his.

I was reading through information that I had and we decided (nothing is set in stone) that we would go to Kangaroo island tomorrow..... mmmmm..... we reset the GPS system and headed in another direction. I directed John to a Wellington, when we turned into the road we where notified by the GPS that we needed to proceed to the ferry. Ferry, what ferry? The map book doesn't mention a ferry!

1 km down the road we come to a stop, behind 5 other cars waiting for the ferry. It is a 24hr free ferry service for people wanting to get to Wellington and beyond. Great! The ferry arrived, we drove on and not even 5 minutes later we where driving off. Quite exciting really.

We stopped at an information place in Strathalbyn, they where lovely. On their information we quickly changed our minds about going to Kangaroo island....too expensive. But we have ended up in Victor Harbour. The caravan park is lovely and right on the water. we are going to stay another night to recharge our batteries.

So off exploring we are tomorrow! (and to buy snorkel gear)

Hope's Blog.......... At salt creek today, they had big fish heads stuck to a fence. They were covered in ants. The ants where eating all the bits off. Mummy says they were Mullet. I also made some friends at the caravan park. We played in the park, and with a beach ball and on the jumping cushion. It was good fun.

Week Three Day Fifteen

Fishing at Nelson


The Arches

12 Apostles

It has been fantastic today, we have done so much and seen some wonderful views. The "Flash Packers" we stayed in last night was great. We decided to get up early so (horrors) we set the alarm! We where at the 12 Apostles site at 7.15 this morning, and Oh My what a site. It was brilliant. It is awe inspiring to think that the ocean has been eroding away the land to leave these pillars of majestic stone.

From there we headed to the "Arches" and "London Bridge" again rock formations where the sea has eroded away the centre.

We decided that we must not stop anymore as we will never reach "Robe" our next stop. Guess what? We never did reach Robe. We are still about 180km's away. We had to stop at the "Bay of Martyrs". We actually turned around and went back to the viewing platform. We stopped off at Yambuk for a look see, and Hope went down a very long slide....... With all these stops we decided to hunt for another free camp site. so to Portland information we went. They gave us a map with all the free camping in the area. We started at Dartmoor, did not like the site but found some interesting wooden carvings. We then ended up getting lost in the forest, so we headed for "Nelson". What alovely spot.... Where the river meets the ocean.

We set up camp, rigged the fishing lines, walked 50 yards and hey presto we where fishing. It was great fun even though we ended up with "snags" (sausages) for tea.

The blog is going to be short tonight as we have no electric hookup. So enjoy.......

Week Two Day Fourteen

John and Hope on top of the lighthouse.




The lighthouse in the mist





A scenic view.

An interesting sign at Apolla Bay

What can I say about today......you guessed it RAIN and MIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We stopped at the beach in Torquay so Hope could paddle this morning and we had a walk on the beach. That was great. We then headed out on the Great Ocean Road. Wow the views are fantastic. It is majestic to look at the end of Australia. We stopped off at Lorne for coffee and a sandwich. What a lovely place.

If we could only stop at all the places but alas time does not allow.

The next lovely little place was Apollo Bay. They have a lovely pier and the fish was just there calling for us to catch and eat. However it was their day... we were headed for Cape Otway lighthouse. On the way to the lighthouse we where forced to stop on the road, we thought because of an accident, because there were about 6 cars stopped. We slowly made our way through just to find a koala on the side of the road drinking rainwater from the road. It was so cute. Unfortunately for us there was no where for us to stop. Boo Hoo!

We made it to the lighthouse. We visited the telegraph station and a few of the other sights, then went to the lighthouse. 78 Steps later we got to the top. Obviously the view was not fantastic.

We then left for Port Campbell, we had earmarked a free campsite at Johanna Beach, but it was raining to hard to camp. We could not see the 12 Apostles again because of the mist, so we will have to back track 10 km's tomorrow. We are now in a "Flash Packers" (up market backpackers) in Port Campbell. We are busy socialising with a Chinese couple, an Israeli couple, Tracey a lady traveling on her own. It is great. John had to teach the Chinese guy how to cook pasta as he has never done it before. We were defiantly meant to be here tonight.

Week Two Day Thirteen

Hope looking at the red starfish


John and Hope in a cave



Federation square


Flinders Street Station

Goodbye dear friends.... we will miss you!!!

On the way to Melbourne, it wasn't a long drive just over an hour, and of course guess who wanted the toilet again. I have not mentioned this so far in the blogs, but miss madam mentions some time during the journey and normally when we are no where near civilisation "I need a wee wee". But do you think she will go on the side of the road, oh no its let see how much pressure I can put Mummy and Daddy under to find a toilet.

Anyway we made it into Melbourne without an accident (you know what I mean). We where planning on staying the night in a hotel, but after parking and walking down to Flinders street and Federation Square and some of the sights around there, we just wanted to hightail it out of there.

Don't get me wrong Melbourne is lovely and we would like to stay and explore, we had a wonderful lunch down a little lane and loved what we saw. We also loved Flinders street station, it reminded me a lot of Durbans old station. However we wanted space away from traffic, and people. With the Great Ocean Road not that far away we headed for Torquay.

We have booked into a caravan park right on Torquays main surfing beach. We took a walk down and Wow!!. It is great, there were a lot of people on surf boards and on surf boats. We took a walk around the headland, as it was low tide. There where loads of caves carved out of the rock, little rock pools to splash through and much to Hope's delight a bright red starfish.

Early night tonight and then tomorrow we do the drive......

Hope's Blog.......... I did a lot of walking today and I did enjoy it, but I liked the beach the best. It was fun walking in the water, and because I had long pants on I had to take them off. Hee Hee. I loved the red starfish, it was beautiful, and Mummy showed me the baby mussels, they where so cute....