Someone’s Birthday. Presents and a bit of a slow getaway
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A beautiful morning, and the tide is in. So the kids have another run around on the beach
Back through town.
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I’m up early so, sneak out to see the sunrise. It’s a clear, cold morning. The tide now appears fully in and the water is calm as anything. Did I say cold, it’s about 4°
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What a different day, the sun is out, almost no clouds in the sky. It a beautiful start to the day. Such a beautiful spot (still not sure it’s worth the $40!)
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A much nicer morning a bit of sun shining though so we take a walk on the beach with the kids.
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Up breakfast and we drive up to “the store” for some coffee and some hot chocolates for the kids. It’s early but they already have a great fire going inside.
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The campground here is across the road from a rocky beach, so we take an early morning walk, and the kids have a play in the playground here. While cool, it’s a lovely morning, with bright blue skies.
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Well here we go again. This year is now going to seem like a holiday hog. We’ve just come back from Vanuatu, and we’ve got the caravan on order for the Oz Trip.
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The flight is not till early this evening. So we leave the motel and visit the International Antarctic Centre. It’s located right next to the airport. While you can’t visit it, here is also the base for the US Antarctic division and there are a couple of US air force cargo plane sitting on the tarmac.
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Today is Liam’s birthday, so some presents (lego) then over to the Cinema for a movie. Well, we actually visit two cinemas, as the first one didn’t have the movie playing that we wanted to see.
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