We can't believe it's already been five weeks in this beautiful country! We spent some time on the beach during low tide (which I love) last week. There's a few hang gliders and paragliders around the beach on nice days. They are fun to watch.
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| Ocean Grove Beach, low tide, February 5, 2015 |
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| Ocean Grove Beach, low tide, February 5, 2015 |
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| Hang glider, Ocean Grove Beach, February 5, 2015 |
On Wednesday, the kids and I ventured to Geelong's Eastern Beach to meet up with the Geelong Home Educators. Hannah made a quick friend (who happened to not be a part of the group) and Kiernan spent quality time with Lydia. They were on the younger side of the age group in attendance. I met a few moms (one from Detroit, Michigan) and it was fun! We took a picnic lunch and the day had started out rainy, but it turned out to be a beautiful day!
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| Lydia, Eastern Beach Park, February 4, 2015 |
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| Hannah, Eastern Beach Park, February 4, 2015 |
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| Geelong, February 2015 |
On Saturday we went up to the business district of Ocean Grove and had a nice brekkie at Driftwood Cafe. We ventured to a couple opp shops (thrift stores) to look for scooters for Hannah and Kiernan. Success! We bought 2 decent used scooters for a grand total of $8 AUD. We had to get new helmets at Big W (like Wal-Mart), but they weren't much either. Saturday afternoon we went to the beach. The water was calmer than I've ever seen it! The waves did pick up, so it was a good day for boogie boarding for the kids. Lydia loves playing in the sand and catching water in her buckets. We would have stayed longer, but the rain really picked up and we had to leave!
As Hannah mentioned in her blog post, on Sunday we went to a local strawberry farm and we all picked berries. The kids thought this was great. Lydia just wanted to eat them all!
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| Garden mantis maybe? |
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| Strawberry picking, February 8, 2015 |
After that we went to Amaze N Games and had fun making our way through a huge maze and then playing a round of miniature golf. Lydia didn't make it through the 18 holes, but the place had a playground right next to the golf, so she was entertained by that!
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| Amaze N Games playground |
Hannah and Kiernan's surf lessons start on Wednesday here in Ocean Grove. They go for six weeks. Hopefully it will be a great experience for both.
Sarah
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