We met up with some other families, American and otherwise, for an early 4th of July picnic. There was a lot of yummy food, heaps (gotta use some Aussie words) of cute toddlers and some amazing winter weather.
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| Sam takes on a seasoned opponent. |
At this time of year, humpback whales are migrating from the Southern Ocean north along the eastern Australian coast. They head to warmer waters to breed and then head back down the coast from September to December. When traveling north, the whales swim very close to shore and can be spotted from the coast. We opted to go out on a whale watching excursion to get a better look. Even though the whales we saw weren't overly active (no breeching), we had a great time on the water.
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| Entrance to Sydney Harbor from Pacific Ocean (Tasman Sea if you're being really accurate). |
5 comments:
How cool to see the whales!!! And Rich, of course, loved the sailboats :) Glad you are enjoying the holidays ;)
Are there many indoor pools so that swimming can be done year-round? It seems to be growing so fast over here and was wondering given the success the Aussies have had in the Olympics.
Hmm that last comment was from me, Julie Peterman, but came up funny. Sorry about that!
Swimming is definitely a year round sport. All kids swim from a young age, but they don't seem to join the "squad" (ie swim team) until 10 or so. It seems to get serious very quickly from there. Before that, kids will do "lessons" which amounts to just less hard core practice. Many of the outdoor 50 meter pools are heated all year and there are many indoor 25 and 50 meter pools (Mia's currently swimming indoor 25m until Spring comes and they move back outside to the 50m pool).
Still on swimming, many days find at least 20-30 adults swimming in the harbor down the street without wetsuits despite the temp being 60 degrees. Yikes!
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