Tim, Honie, Clara and Kai rocked up sometime Thursday arvo set up camp and explored the beach with the kids. Friday was a gorgeous day so we all headed down Py-oot beach for some sun and surf, in the arvo we changed beaches and went down to Pearl Point Beach, the beach was pretty steep where the waves were breaking and the waves weren't small, the kids were doing really well in the water, Kai in his green inflatable ring, Honie came out to swim with me for a second and the next thing you know we just saw Kai (a flash of green inflatable tube!) getting sucked over and into a wave, Benny was playing in the breakers and saw him come up, amazingly he was fine and kind of enjoyed the ride! A bit later on though Honie was next to Kai, right in the wrong spot, when a big set came in...they both got dumped on the sand, Benny went to try and help and Honie kept getting washed up the beach, I was floating around out back at that point and thought she was just having fun in the washing, rolling around in it, she assured me afterwards she was having trouble standing up! The kids had been calling Benny "Ben-lee" but for the rest of the weekend that changed to "Benny the Rescue Helicopter!" He's got a lot to live up to now ;) Honie, Kai and Benny all had half the beach in their hair....it seems sand is a lot harder to get out of dreadlocks so now we have a beach in our bed!
That evening I taught Clara how to French plait with a very patient Honie as a model. She already knew the basics and picked up it really quickly, smart little cookie ;)
Saturday was a little windy and slightly overcast but we all headed down to Py-oot in the morning, Benny and Tim went out snorkelling and came back with 3 abalone, very good hunter-gathers!! After being in the water with the kids we were all pretty cold as the sun decided to hide behind some clouds so we headed back to camp to warm up, we had some visitors when we got back, 2 goannas, rubbish everywhere in the Johnson's camp. In the afternoon the sun had come back out and the wind had dropped off a bit so the boys grabbed their fishing rods and we all headed down to Pearl Point Beach for some afternoon sun, the waves were really messy again so the kids played in the sand and Honie and me played in the waves. They're such good fun when they're messy and heavy like that, we were having a great time diving under them and getting washed around like a washing machine!! Luckily Benny the Rescue Helicopter didn't need to make an appearance as Kai didn't make it in the water as he was being buried in the sand by Malcolm once they'd returned from their (unsuccessful) fishing walk along the beach, although they did see a tiger snake going for a dip in the water...
Abalone catcher, went down well for lunch :)
Getting them out of their shells
Steps down to Pearl Point Beach
Honie, the style guru ;) Kai's hat, Clara's sunnies (after loosing her own in the surf) fishtail pigtails (courtesy of Clara) and to complete the look her own Fluro boardies!
Fun in the sand
Deserted beaches are the best!
Sibling love :)
Pink crack ;)
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