Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Easter Holiday at Batemans Bay - Day 3 & 4
April 4 - 5, 2010
Day 3
Taking a plunge in the waves was a great way to start the day. The current was strong that we always found ourselves being gradually swept northward. After 20 minutes of swimming we proceeded to have breakfast and prepared for Easter Egg Hunt. We did it indoor instead of doing it in the backyard. Since we rented 2 units for the holiday, we decided to have the boys hide the egg chocolates in one unit for us girls to find, and vice versa. Then the fun began! We rushed ourselves to find them in the bedroom, lounge and kitchen. The guys were really clever that they even thought of hiding them inside Milo, sugar and coffee jar and even inside a loaf of bread. I felt bad that officially I only found 1 egg - the rest of what I've found were small ones and they were not counted. I shouldn't have concentrated much in the bedroom because I found out later that all the big ones were in the kitchen.
Taking a plunge in the waves was a great way to start the day. The current was strong that we always found ourselves being gradually swept northward. After 20 minutes of swimming we proceeded to have breakfast and prepared for Easter Egg Hunt. We did it indoor instead of doing it in the backyard. Since we rented 2 units for the holiday, we decided to have the boys hide the egg chocolates in one unit for us girls to find, and vice versa. Then the fun began! We rushed ourselves to find them in the bedroom, lounge and kitchen. The guys were really clever that they even thought of hiding them inside Milo, sugar and coffee jar and even inside a loaf of bread. I felt bad that officially I only found 1 egg - the rest of what I've found were small ones and they were not counted. I shouldn't have concentrated much in the bedroom because I found out later that all the big ones were in the kitchen.
Old Mogo Town
After a fun-filled Easter Egg Hunt we headed to Old Mogo Town Gold Rush Theme Park. At the reception we were given small jars that we can fill with gold, that is if we are lucky to get gold from gold panning, a process where pans are filled with sand and gravel that may contain gold. The pan is submerged in water and shaken, sorting the gold from the gravel and other material. As gold is much denser than rock, it quickly settles to the bottom of the pan. Some of us tried but I guess it wasn't that easy to find gold especially when you don't know the technique yet.
After picnic lunch, we took a guided tour that includes gold panning demo - where Journey's jar was filled with gold by the tour guide.. yey! The tour also includes exploring the Gold Mine, exhibition buildings and the blacksmith's and wood turner's workshops.
Before leaving the theme park, we stayed for a little while for photo-taking, the highlight being "Mar's 16 shots". We all thought that he was using his camera's continuous shots feature that we just needed to change pose and position every second - only to find out that it was in video mode. What the?! We ended up looking like dancing bumblebees in the video.. haha.
Broulee Beach
The weather was fine so we went back to Broulee beach and had a couple of games. Though we didn't have enough time to do much we still enjoyed covering ourselves with sand and building sand castles.
The weather was fine so we went back to Broulee beach and had a couple of games. Though we didn't have enough time to do much we still enjoyed covering ourselves with sand and building sand castles.
Day 4
On the last day of our holiday we still managed to enjoy last minute swimming before checking out. Packed our things and got ready for a long drive back to Sydney.
On the last day of our holiday we still managed to enjoy last minute swimming before checking out. Packed our things and got ready for a long drive back to Sydney.
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