There is nothing like a day out with family. It is especially special when the sun is shining and it is not very windy. Turning this weekend into an extra especially special one is a trip away to Sellicks Beach. We love this beach because the waves are not too big close to shore and generally the water is calm. We can also drive the car onto the sand making it easy to get everyone and everything right on the shore for beach time fun.
I fondly recall many a visit to Goolwa beach growing up. My Grandparents had a house they had built themselves only twenty meters from the start of the dunes, about half way along Dent street. Many an Easter, Christmas or anytime at all we would spend catch-ups with my Mum's side (the Boogs) where it would be me, my two brothers and our nine cousins hanging out. I'd try to ride the waves (when there were any) with the rest, more often than not getting dumped by the random cruelty of the ocean and a lack of coordination while many of my cousins far more agile than I would take their boogie boards from the thrashing surf safely into shore.
I was pleasantly surprised to find a number of boards in the shed of our weekend escape and eagerly packed them to take with us today. My thoughts of unlived grandeur were short-lived however as three boards and five kids does not leave much time for a dad/uncle to have a go. Instead I got to proudly watch the next generation of Law/Crook tackling the waves bravely and winning.
There truly is nothing like a spontaneous escape that just all falls perfectly in place. We may need to make this a regular occurrence... Hang Ten dudes!!!
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