Beachy daze

We have been squeezing every last ounce of value out of the summer months, here in Adelaide. Autumn has just arrived but we have had 2 weeks of 35+ degree days. Being beach lovers we have been enjoying the water everyday.

I have come to realise that I'm actually a bit addicted to that floating feeling fo the sea. With the gentle waves of SA coast (the boys calle them mico-waves because they are almost non-existent), it is a pleasure to just lay back and enjoy the rocking motion.

Each day we go for a short swim and then fool around for a while before heading home again. Living so close to the beach, we dont have to stay all day. We just pop down and laze around until it starts getting too cold. Sometimes we go down twice during the day to cool off.

Yesterday a dolphin came right up to the shore and was swimming along about 4 metres out. A heard of children came running down the beach crying out about the dolphin. Luke ran ahead and then swam out into the path of the dolphin. When the creature surfaced again, it was within arms reach of Luke. It was all so exciting. Lukes comment was "I wish I could rewind my memories and play them like a video so i could watch them over and over". He couldnt believe how close it was to him.

Even being on the shore, it was a thrill to see the dolphin, skimming the surface and submerging again.

A few weeks agon we also saw a seal off the edge of the reef at Noarlunga. Jordan swam out to it and stool on the reef watching it catch fish and then stick its head out of the water and clean its wiskers with its front fins. Soon a small crowd had gathered. The seal wasnt the least bit perturbed. There was a small group of snorklers in the water and they hadnt seen the seal, until it swam right up to them. They just about wet their pants. It was hilarious to watch.

The other creature that has been seen quite a bit at our local beach is a sting ray. Im not sure it is the same one each time, but it is very unnerving when you are just floating along and this large figure comes out from the sand and swims off. I wish he would swim somewhere else.

Atleast it isnt a shark! LOL.

I feel to blessed to be surrounded by such beauty and wonder!! I love our new home near the sea and our summer lifestyle. What else could we ask for.