Hilary's Adventures Down Under: Sunnies, Cossies and Sunscreen

Bonjour!

On Saturday I ventured to the beach after sleeping in of course! Morgan and I planned to leave at about 12:50pm to catch the bus into the City. We did that and then caught another bus to Henley Beach. I have to say that I was mildy amused when the boys from Rostrevor College on the bus were discussing Napoleon Dynamite and rattails. You never know what you will hear at the bus stop or while you're on the bus. While we waited for ages at the bus stop - Morgan worked on her tan. Which means she didn't have to work too hard since she was turning brown literally on the spot.

We finally caught the 110 bus from North Terrace and were on our way. We rode for approx. 20 minutes and then got off near the beach. It was so nice because you could feel the beach in the air and on your skin. We walked to the beach from the stop and then walked for a mile or so on the beach. We ended up at Grange Beach which I have to say is quite nicer than Henley Beach although there aren't any restuarants or bathrooms available.

As we were walking, we saw all of these people running into the ocean and swimming. So we thought there might have been a triathalon going on, but we were wrong. Some man informed us that this was lifeguarding training. I thought that was a bit ridiculous seeing that they are swimming in the freakin' ocean and that four year olds are out there. There were a lot of people there and they were all dressed alike too which was slightly disconcerting. It reminded me of cults - only these guys are learning to lifeguard instead of whatever it is cults are brainwashed into.

So after this we found a good location to stop and tan at. I didn't tan - I burned - but I didn't know this until after I left the beach. I slathered sunscreen (SPF of 45) on me at least six times so I was a bit shocked when I discovered I was burned. There is no ozone layer here so I should have known that 10 times would have been more sufficient instead of 6 times.

We ran around in the ocean and collected a bunch of seashells too. They were quite pretty as there were so many different coloured ones. I am bringing some back with me - yay!

These are some photos from the beach. Enjoy! :)
(All photos by Hilary Wieck unless noted otherwise)

I was being Superwoman with my towel.

Morgan and I at the beach

(This photo was taken by a man whose friends from Canada had just arrived.)

We also were invaded by some seagulls whenever Morgan took out the rice cakes she had brought with her to eat. Here is a video clip of a bit of what she was doing. And mind you, there is only one seagull in this video, I don't know where all the masses of his friends were at the time. They might have made the video more funnier or scarier.

Morgan Feeding the Seagull Video

After lollying through the ocean all afternoon, we walked about two miles to find the freakin' bus stop. It was across from this gardening centre that looked really drab because of the drought. Poor plants. We grabbed the bus and met Ellie in the City. We journeyed around (I found a shop that sells Dr. Pepper!) ended up dining at Cafe Primo. Excellent Italian food with complimentary pancakes. Yum! And the LemonLimeBitters drink is amazing!