Splish Splash

Today we went for a swim, Aidan's first.

Coffee, banana bread and milk first, under the shade of the massive trees at Riverway.

Aidan was not impressed with his hat. But he did really well and kept it on.
No hat no swim!

Getting used to the water with Daddy.

This swimming business is hard work - ready for a snooze.

And just a random photo for this post.
This is in our front garden, there were 4 frogs but one jumped away just before J took the photo.

Reef HQ

Gran is in town so we went out to the aquarium.

I was a little disappointed in there not being too many displays that were more eye catching to the littlies.
I know Aidan is still a bit young for this...but still!! And the interactive area for kids...hmm not so hot.
It was still nice to take him out and we had a good time looking at the fish and coral.

Aidan Vs. Turtle.

Photo of the day:)

Eeeeek!!

Beached whale found at Bushland


August 13th, 2009

VIDEO: A BEACHED whale, found dead this morning at Bushland Beach, is being towed out to sea by government officials.

A large group of sharks were attacking the dead mammal, which was about seven metres long.

State Government officials launched a boat to examine the humpback whale, with the Department of Environment and Resource Management towing the whale offshore so it could decay naturally this afternoon.

Word of the whale spread quickly this morning, with a crowd of onlookers flocking to the beach to catch a glimpse of the rare sight.

Among the binocular-bearing crowd were New South Wales tourists Sheffie and Maureen Mohammed.

Ms Mohammed said the couple heard about the whale on the radio and wanted to see it for themselves.

``Living in a town like Casino, we don't see things like this every day,'' she said.

The mammal was located about 1km offshore, just south of the Bushland Beach pub, and was discovered by locals at low tide.

Out and about in FNQ

Yesterday we headed out for a drive to Lucinda which is about 130kms North of Townsville.

Awwwww....aren't we just too cute.

Someone had a ball, except every time I went to take a video of him in the water he ran out, little humbug!!

The view from where we sat and had lunch.

Yummm!

Ummm.