William came second in 50m breaststroke and 25m backstroke in his school swimming carnival which was held on Thursday. He loves competing at anything - and though prefering to be first, was pleased to get second.
Amelia had her gymnastics comp yesterday and was overjoyed to get a trophy and fifth and sixth place for floor and bars.
The last day of the school holidays and it's 32 degrees. The only thing to do is laze by the pool.
Green island is one of the only islands on the reef where u can snorkel straight off the beach. We did this while dad and Jo went out further to a platform located on the outer reef. Amelia was hesitant at first but once she got the hang of it, was keen to go further out. The boys were more adventurous and swam a long way off shore. We all saw turtles, big stripey fish, giant angel fish, a little reef shark and Andrew even spotted a mantra ray. It was a memorable day.
We spent a quiet day at our beach - Trinity - on Monday. The weather was perfect and Grampy did a great job of keeping the kids occupied in the water.
Sunday we hired cars so we could drive up to Hartley's Creek to see some crocs. It was a great day with lots of animal encounters. Then we drove a bit further up the coast to Port Douglas where we had dinner in a lively tavern. Croc was not on the menu.
A stunning journey up the mountain range on the train to kuranda and back over the rainforest canopy on the Skyrail.
