27 Jan 07

The carnival is over

Like the title of The Seekers’ song our holiday has come to an end. I actually have a few more days before I return to work but they will be filled easily enough with domestic duties.

We returned from Mandurah to Kalgoorlie today, completing the journey in 7.5 hours with only one stop.

We had a great time staying at a holiday house and visiting the beach twice a day on most days. Mandurah also has excellent dining venues, which Juliet and I normally enjoyed for lunch so we could go to the beach in the evenings.

The weather was perfect on about 15 of the 18 days we were there. Most of our holiday photos can be found here.

The nearest beach at Falcon was where we went for most of the first week. It’s a sheltered bay and was ideal for the little ones. The beach was a 15-minute walk from our holiday house. Unfortunately there was a fair bit of seaweed on the shore, which the twins didn’t like, and there weren’t many waves for Dude to ride on his boogy board.

So we then explored down the coast and found Preston Beach about half an hour’s drive away. We went there twice, once in the morning and again a few days later in the evening for a picnic.

The waves there were a bit too strong, especially for the twins. Even I found it hard to ride the swell because waves came constantly from different directions. Dude had a ball though.

We then discovered Florida Beach, which became our favorite. It was five minutes’ drive from our house over the Port Bouvard Bridge. The waves were just challenging enough for the big kids and small enough for the twins to enjoy paddling on the shore.

The photo above shows Kathleen at Preston Beach.

These articles might be of interest:

• Beach erosion
• Beach moments
• Sunset at Falcon

Tags: holiday, life, Western-Australia

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