Townsville

Our last day in Townsville and it was another near perfect day with a top of 26 degrees.  Rick had some book work to finish up with his BAS due this week, so I took the kids down to the strand for ride on their bikes and some morning tea.  Maxie's doing so well on his bike and is ready to ditch the training wheels.  Scarlett is still balancing too much on hers so I think she's a good month or so away from freedom yet.  Anyway morning tea became ice cream and of course the kids were pretty chuffed.  Back home with rolls and party pies from Brumby's Bakery for lunch and we caught up with Chris and Tammy briefly and agreed to meet at the strand for an early BBQ dinner.  So Rick headed out for some early afternoon chores with Max and Scarlett at the caravan shop and Bunnings, and I tried to get Mr Zachie off to sleep which took a lot longer than expected.  Anyway we caught up with the Levey's around 4.30 PM and settled in for a nice dinner and a few drinks just between the waterpark and playground.  The kids had a ball and played till they could stand no more.  The boys cooked up some gourmet beef burgers complete with pesto sauce, caramelised balsamic onions that I had done earlier, rocket and other yummy treats.  It was delicious, along with the cheese platter, fresh prawns and antipasto that Tammy pretty much provided (I think they like their food as much as we do).  Yum yum, but I so need to diet.  Back home to the caravan park and we put the kids to bed and headed across to the Levey's for a night cap.  Problem was we didn't stop at one and after some considerable dribble and falling asleep in my chair I finally stumbled home in the wee hours of the morning alone as Ricky boy was still firing on all cylinders.   Let's see how he pull's up in the morning.