Wow. Wow. Wow. Airlie Beach is just another one of those Far North QLD places that is simply amazing and where I start in my rambling thoughts of "I could live here...". Then I remember that we are here at the best time of the year weather-wise and I am on holiday with the only movement being to get another brew out of the fridge or to make room for another brew. The caravan park here is huge and a kids paradise and as such we have had a very quiet day with all 3 spending every available minute either on the jumping pillow or in the pool with its two water slides. Which gave Tracy ample time to read her book and myself even more time to gloat with photos on Facebook and have a quiet drink or three. As I said... Paradise.
The weather forecast has been saying 22 degrees every day, but my little thermometer was showing 36 in the sun at one stage, with it sitting on 30 right now at 5pm (shade temperature hovering around 26 - just perfect). We would love to be able to stay here for a week or more, but the cost of this place for 7 nights could just about buy us a block of land back home!
We went down to Airlie Beach front this morning and had a stroll through the local street markets, with the kids playing in the sand for a while. Again, it was just beautiful at 9:30am and well warm enough to have a swim -not that we did though- then had a quick look at the marina on the way back (where I started choosing which boat I would like that wouldn't cost more than our house - very limited choice I must say). Snapped back to reality shortly after and headed back to the park. I stopped off for a replacement headlight for the car, so Tracy ducked into the local Woolies for a loaf of bread. 45 minutes later, Dylan and I set off on a rescue mission and found her checking out with another load of "essentials", a nearly maxed out credit card and still no bourbon in sight! Hmphh
As many of my loyal Facebook "friends" saw, the rest of the afternoon was spent lazing by the pool. I am pretty sure the kids were there somewhere too..... This trip we have really appreciated the hundreds and hundreds of dollars spent on swimming lessons over the last 5-7 years in having all 3 kids fully self sufficient in a swimming pool meant that we didn't need to have one of us in the water constantly, or arguing about the reason flotation devices are required to be worn is so that they can have the experience more than once.
My local master chef has got stuck into another creation tonight - meatballs with home made tomato sauce and pasta, all created (except the pasta) in the trusty Thermomix.
Time for another drink......
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