Thankfully today was a bit more productive.  Still rising late we quickly chowed down some brunch then organised to go meet Flo, Andy, Ben, Louise, Joanna and the Kids at the beach.

In true Watts family tradition, we over indulged and took everything we could think of to the beach to entertain us. From boogie boards to frisbees, to shovels, to balls and bats; we had it all.  The surf was pretty big if not breaking a long way out so we attempted to paddle out quite far but it became quite exhausting so we resulting in shallow paddling where we could push off and we managed a good few rides into shore.

After the attempts at boogie-boarding I managed to convince Ed to dig a hole with me.  We started to attempt the ultimate goal of hole digging; digging two holes with a tunnel big enough that you can crawl through.  Dangerous work, and structurally difficult.  After about half and hour of the initial hard work, everyone else seemed to want in on the action and didn’t hesitate to give us their ideas and plans while Ed and I still did all the manual labour! Anyway, this is quite a big build up to the fact that we managed two holes and a tunnel but when it came to crawling though, there was a collapse.  This is very sad because we never know when the next sand tunnelling attempt may be.

So with two big holes and a collapsed tunnel the only thing we could do is make a beach hot tub! So we did and enjoyed it for about 5 minutes before we started getting bitten by sandmites.  So that sent me back into the water to enjoy some more boogie boarding.  By the time we got home we were all pretty sunburnt from the time out in the sun and the wind had deceived us into not fully understanding the strength of the sun.

After we returned from the beach, Flo, Andy and Ben came over to say their final goodbyes to us. So we had a few drinks and some snacks and spent the last time together in Australia.