Mackenzie :Today we went to town and we went to a light house that was there since world war 2, it said there are lots of whale sharks. After that we went back to the pool then went to a restaurant , I had spaghetti. And all the lights were on around the pool at the restaurant, the pool has a fountain that is right at the restaurant.
Today we did a bit of sight seeing. We went to the information centre and got a brochure with "25 things to do in Exmouth" We crossed off the National Parks which Bentley can't go into and set out to do a few of the others. We first headed out towards Bundegi Beach and along the way came across the Harold Holt communication station, Very Low Frequency Transmitter & Antenna System. It was built in the 60's and is an amazing credit to the people who built it. It was decided after a problem with communications in America when they were in battle with the USSR that they needed something built to put them in the front running in the communication technology department. It is made up of metal towers and cost $33.5 million in 1967. It consists of 12 towers in 2 circles around the central tower Zero. It is the largest and most successful built to date. The central tower is taller than the Empire state building. There is a big army base here too that is a little deserted looking but there was a huge American presence in the past with many tourists who have been here before saying in its day there were many American cars to be seen driving around Exmouth. The barracks look bare but the office buildings still house army, navy and federal police. We were down the pier at Bundegi Beach and a federal police car came down behind us, he drove right out onto the boat ramp to the point it dips down, I was hoping for a funniest home video moment but bummer he was in total control. We went up to Vlamingh Head Lighthouse, another really interesting place in the history of Australia that we all should be taught about at school. It had the light house which is no longer in use but still beautiful and well kept. The views were amazing up there. There was a radar stand from world war 2 that would detect any movement of Japanese fighter planes before they reached shore and it was surrounded by sand bags that are from world war 2, it is unreal to think they are still there and preserved, at first look you would think they were rocks, but once you read the signage and take another look it is mind blowing to think of the history on that hill. There is the anchor off the SS Mildura that ran aground in 1907 after confronting a looming cyclone, it had 498 head of cattle on board, the captain had done this trip 68 times before, he was found guilty of neglect and lost his Masters certificate for 3 months but it was also decided to build a light house to guide ships away from the reef and coastline. The wreck can still be seen in the water. We pulled into a few beach spots and I had my first drive in 4 weeks! The kids were all excited - like I don't drive them around all day everyday normally!! We headed back to the park for a swim before drying off to go out for tea. We got our good thongs on - too funny - a dad said that to his 2 daughters in Coral Bay as they were going to a wedding "girls go put your good thongs on" Our friends were telling us and we had a laugh- thongs are thongs! We have brought a pair of joggers which haven't made it out of the cupboard and 2 pair of thongs- neither I could class as good thongs. Daniel the poor guy is down to one set of thongs after an incident on the way to gelato last night. He had a run in with a speed hump, a trip, a fall and recovery pose only to realise he had snapped his beloved RM Williams triple plugs. The kids and I muffled our laughter long enough to sympathise with his loss! Tonight even saw me put mascara on, I gave up on mascara somewhere across the nullabor as we were so hot it was just running like you were crying at a chick flick. For those who know me well although I don't wear makeup I do wear mascara everyday, even in the delivery room after having my babies, I cuddled my babies and then put on mascara! It was short lived though, we ate tea and I took it off as soon as I could. We went to Pinocchio Italian restaurant which is very fitting for the kids as their school production this year will be Pinocchio. The restaurant has won best Italian restaurant in the whole of W.A. the last couple of years. It lived up to its awards, it was insanely busy with 3 wait staff that looked after us like we were family, I was called mamma power when I walked in and we did not have a moment were we felt like we were waiting for something. The atmosphere is fantastic, the staff are mainly Italian with beautiful manners. The pasta was enough to feed the whole table, Fletcher had a kids pizza which was the size of a normal large pizza you would buy. We got to take home our leftovers which would do us all for at least another meal. The tastiest complimentary ports which Mack had said earlier, Mum have a look at the baby glasses of coke, she was mighty disappointed when I told her they were alcohol and only for adults, water she was stuck with! The pool area looked beautiful at night with rope lights twisting around the rails and the waterfall splashing right up to the restaurant. Again it was full and takeaways were going crazy, I have never seen staff handle such a busy place so well. We went home carrying our leftovers, full and to another 2 episodes of Monkey Magic. The kids are now practising his signature moves.
the kids at Pinocchio's with the waterfall in the background
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