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Published: August 6th 2007
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Side of the road Redcliffe Redcliffe
Easter Friday ...... Public Holiday...... Kids under your feet..
So what do you do?
Invite yourself along to your parents Camping and Motor Home Association Camping spot!
Lucky for us, it was only in Redcliffe about 30 kms away. Watch out Grandparents!!
Firstly some information on Redcliffe for those who are interested.
The City of Redcliffe is home to approximately 50,000 people and is located 35 minutes north of Queensland’s capital city, Brisbane (Queensland is a state of Australia). The city contains the suburbs of Redcliffe, Clontarf, Scarborough, Woody Point, Rothwell, Kippa-Ring and Margate. Situated on a peninsula, the city is only 37 square kilometres. Redcliffe also had the status as the site of the first European settlement in Queensland. The lifestyle is relaxed with a distinct focus on leisure and recreation. The mix of golden sandy beaches and picturesque foreshore parks makes Redcliffe a popular destination for day-trippers wanting to experience the best nature has to offer. With average temperatures ranging from 15 to 24 degrees Celsius, Redcliffe is the perfect playground all year round.
Now back to our daytrip and experiences...
A quick stop at the Great Grandparents
Rosellas
Rosellas at Poppy and Nanna's house. Pop puts honey on bread and about 20 birds come and eat it. house and Poppy was feeding all the local birds. There were about 3 types but mainly Rosellas. He had put some honey on bread and they were flocking to it. Lots of screeching and squawking going on. The girls absolutely loved it. I think this is the closest they have ever been to so many birds. Hugs and kisses to Nanny and Poppy and a Happy Easter and back in the car for the last few km's to Redcliffe
The Motor Home Association peoples had parked in the Redcliffe Special School. Many schools allow the motor homes to camp so they can make money from them. It also prevents vandalism to the school during the holidays. We wade through a sea of motor homes looking for OUR bus, but have trouble finding it. We ran into the grandparents before we found the bus so they took us there. After a half hour playing in the bus and basically messing it up the kids were looking for new adventures and begging us to take them to the beach. Lucky it was only 50 metres away. The weather was beautiful. Warm sun, cool breeze, blue sky and turquoise and green sea.
Hornibrook Bridge
Bridge to Redcliffe It made for a very pleasant day.
We walk along the beach looking at shells, seaweed and the usual beach debris. The girls found a big shell still joined together - this is an exciting find! It has seaweed along the joined edges. In the end it gets thrown back in the ocean from the Jetty. The girls didn't want the seaweed to dry out and die!
We walk along the Jetty. There are many people out fishing. The children look for fish and jelly fish, but only have a few "sightings." We walk out to the end, right down a ramp to where boats can moor. The girls giggle about falling in and having to swim all the way back to the beach. They throw their shell into the water. We now make our way to Settlement Cove Lagoon.
One of the most popular spots in Redcliffe is Settlement Cove lagoon which features an artificial lagoon and playground equipment just perfect for children. The children enjoyed the playground as it was built like boats. They like pretending to be pirates, pretending they are sailing. They only played for a short while as they soon remembered
that they really wanted to go swimming. It was a wonderful day to be by the beach, but the breeze was a little too chilly to go swimming. But children don't care. They jumped right in. They swam right across the Lagoon and climbed on the rocks. At one stage the wind was strong enough that one of the girls was swimming and getting nowhere - the wind pushing her back!!
When they hopped out they realised how cold it was in the breeze and spent the rest of the time shivering and laying in the sun to warm up. They soon wanted some warm food in their bellies, so we headed back to the shops and the motor home. We spent the next couple of hours eating lunch picnic style on the grass next the the bus and being greeted by all the other motor home groupies who thought the kids were just adorable.
Well, how lucky are my parents? To have their children and grandchildren visit. They must be the most envied Motor Home groupies of the whole group!! Ha Ha Ha!!
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