Friday, November 12, 2010

Camping Trip–Chapter 4–Hervey Bay

The beaches and water at Hervey Bay are absolutely beautiful! We went for several walks on the beach during our 5 night stay. The boys enjoyed digging in the sand, playing in the water and collecting sea shells.

Mumma (Tracie), Ethan and Ben on the wharf

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Looking back at the beach from the wharftn_IMG_3043tn_IMG_3044

Ethan and Ben play in the gently lapping wavestn_IMG_3049

Ethan and Ben, checking out the beautiful beachtn_IMG_3051

Ethan found some drift woodtn_IMG_3057tn_IMG_3058

Later in the trip we visited the beach at sunset. Unfortunately, this beach faces north, so the sun doesn’t set over the beach, but it still made for some nice shots. The first three are taken from the caravan park where we stayed, the rest from the beach. (Most of these pictures have had some digital editing)

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Tracie at sunsettn_IMG_3339

 

Another day, we decided to hire a 4 person bike and take a ride along the esplanade. It was great fun, and the boys loved it too!

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Mumma (Tracie) and Ben, having a drink and something to eat when we’d finished out ridetn_IMG_3396

Cheeky Ethan at the cafe after our bike ride.tn_IMG_3398

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The caravan park where we stayed in Hervey Bay was fantastic! We got an ensuite site, so we had our own private shower and toilet, not far from our tent. Perfect!

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Sooky Ethan.

Ethan went through periods on the trip where he was being a grumpy, sooky little boy. They were usually when he was tired, and a good cuddle often helped.tn_IMG_3197

Benjamin having a rest. At various points during the day (sometimes up to 5 times a day) he would tell us “I’m tired”. He would want to be put in his cot, and given a dummy. He’s only allowed a dummy when he is resting, and he loves his dummy, so he would ask to have a rest just so he could have a suck on his dummy. He actually fell asleep only about 3 times in the 2 weeks we were away.tn_IMG_3201

Ethan refused to nap/rest in his cot, and prefered to do so on our bed. He also only fell asleep about 3 times during our 2 week trip.tn_IMG_3238

Ethan, again obsessed in the water!tn_IMG_3202tn_IMG_3204

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Ethan, Ben and Mummy (Sal)n doing the washing up in the camp kitchen after breakfast.tn_IMG_3064

One of the highlights to this place was the lake/pond (not sure what you call it. Seems to big for a pond, and too small for a lake!) in the middle of the park. Unfortunately for my nerves it was not fenced,  thankfully the boys did not fall in! This lake/pond was home to some wonderful water birds, ducks and about 20 little turtles. Each time you went to the edge to look in, a few turtles would swim over, hoping to get fed. They were very cute! We fed them some bread a few times, and of course, the boys LOVED feeding them.tn_IMG_3124tn_IMG_3149tn_IMG_3153tn_IMG_3163tn_IMG_3168tn_IMG_3169

So cute. It may be hard to tell in the pictures, but they are about the size of a dinner plate.

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