Coral Bay - Day 26

Mackenzie : Today we got up early and tried to find a beach.  The first one we looked at was a big walk.  The next one was perfect and we had a look, when we got down there we looked in the water and there was a strange fish jelly thing so we decided not to swim there.  The next beach we went to had lots of people so we swam there.  We saw lots of fish.  We went back to the caravan park and had lunch.  After that we had a rest and then we went to the pool.  When we got out of the pool we went to the jumping pillow.  For dinner we had pizza.

                                                 resting on the beach half in the water

                                                   a big fish that we saw snorkelling

Fletcher:  Today we woke up early to snorkel at the beach, we left, it was 9.51 till we got to the right beach.  We went snorkelling, we saw coral and millions of fish.

a fish out in the reef

Today was another first for experiences for the kids.  We went snorkelling in the ocean.  We tried to find a beach that took dogs, the one that did was miles to walk to so we gave it a miss, its ok making the trip down but the trip back is always a killer.  We found a nice quiet stretch of beach near the boat ramp with little caves so we gave it a try, we walked down and set Bentley up in the shade.  We took a step into the water and Mackenzie saw this strange looking critter, it was coloured like a rock or puffer fish but was jelly like and was breathing in and out, I was freaked, Mackenzie was beside herself, Daniel didn't know what it was but didn't want us to touch it.  So when the 1st wave crashed in and our little critter was on the move,  we girls let out a scream and started packing up our things.  We went for a bit of sand dune four wheel driving which I must admit was a bit exciting, I initially asked to get out and meet them at the end of the track because unfortunately I missed out on the adventure gene when I was born and was given 2 scaredy cat genes instead.  But it was great, Dan was in total control and in his element so we were safe and happy.  By now we decided to just go to the beach that everyone goes to that dogs are not allowed.  We drove back to the van and put Bentley inside as the people behind us said that they would keep an eye on him if we needed and vice versa for their little sausage dogs.  We headed across the road to the beach and snorkelled.  The water was so blue but clear.  The fish were monsters, who were very inquisitive and swam right up to you, looking at you and brushing past our legs.  The kids were so excited to be there and even more excited when Daniel took them out deeper to see the coral.  Out deeper were where all the coloured fish were, think "finding nemo" type fish.  They were beautiful and the coral was a work of art.  We really could have stayed all day there but we went back to check on Bentley and for a swim in the pool.  The kids made friends and played Marco polo for most of the time.  It gave Dan and I a bit of time to float in the water and relax, instead of the constant, mum look at this, dad watch my back flip, mum can I dive in, but mum they are diving in.  We had another evening walk and watched all the quad bikes come in from a day of adventuring and also saw a wedding on the beach having their photos taken.  The kids were in bed when Daniel decided to watch Monkey Magic, if anyone remembers this show it was a favourite of Dan's with the worst dubbing ever done, and I think it may have been on purpose.  Dan was so happy to be watching it he got the kids back up to share a few episodes, a few minutes in they were so saying, this is dumb by the end of episode 1 they were begging for more and have not stopped saying the phrases from the show and are nagging for the next episode.  Personally not my cup of tea even though I loved it as a kid, thanks Peter Carroll for the episodes you have made Dan and the kids very happy.