Building Sandcastles

is a fun way to amuse yourself at the beach, well when you were a kid at least. Last Sunday we drove down to Frankston beach and saw some amazing work by some 'kids' who have never grown up. They are now Sand Sculptors who travel from near and far to create a spectacular exhibition of sand sculptures depicting scenes & characters from old favourite Fairy Tales and Fables.

We saw scenes from Little Red Riding Hood, Mother Goose, The Wizard of Oz, Gulliver's Travels, The Hare & the Tortoise, The Princess & the Pea & Australian favourites Blinky Bill & May Gibbs Gumnut Babies. There were lots more but I won't bore you by listing them all. Of course Bill took loads of photo's of which a couple are here now. 3,500 tonnes of sand was used to create the sculptures and they were really worth the visit.

We had a yummy lunch at the Frankston Lifesaving Club and then took a bit of a detour to the Peninsula for the trip home having a look at Tyabb, Hastings, Crib Point & Stony Point where we spent a little time wathcing the Pelicans hoping for a feed as the boats came in. No luck for them while we were there, maybe they got lucky later. Some of these places have grown out of sight since my days wandering the Peninsula as a teenager.

This Sunday we got together with Verity, Astrid, Bianca, Travers & the 'birthday boy' Hans to celebrate the big event at Docklands. We had a great lunch at Berth where we watched the activites on & off the water. The Boat show was on as well and there was a great deal many more boats moored there than usual. A couple of the large cruisers, belonging to wealthly business folk, made our apartment look tiny. And they are only toys for these people. How the other half live, eh!
As for us, we got a 10 min cruise on a Coast Guard boat as one of Bianca's friends is a volunteer. This got us a close up look at the Sea Shepherd boat 'Steve Irwin' back in town after it's adventures with the Japanese Whalers. All seemed quiet on board, which I guess is a good thing.

Back home for a for a quiet week as Bill left again on Monday, this time for wet & damp Brisbane. As for me another exciting week at the office as I wonder what the next adventure will be.

Until next time............