First Day in Augusta

Here is the post from my first full day in Augusta (Friday the 20th) . Will try to get the second day's adventures up tomorrow or later in the week. Enjoy this for now! 

After getting up early to watch the Patriots’ second preseason game, I was ready to start the day. The three of us set out to walk out to the point where the Blackwood River meets the Southern Ocean. Apparently, they are extending the point by digging a trench type thing in order to reduce flood risks. 

We then went to go on a tour and walk up the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse (Dutch for female lion according to Colin) but it wasn’t open until tomorrow. Instead, we checked out the water wheel, a contraption that was used to bring water to the people who worked at the lighthouse.

On the way to our main destination, Foul Bay, we stopped by Flinder's Bay where there is a nice calm bit of water called Granny's Pool ("where all the Grandma's do their water exercise" as Craig phrased it. Perfect for you Grammy!) 

(Click the photo for the full version since this is a panorama.)

(Click the photo for the full version since this is a panorama.)

Played on the swings for a little and got great prices on sand and sticks at Craig's general store.

We then got back in the car and drove to Foul Bay. We brought along a ball for each of our respective homes – American football, Aussie football, and a soccer ball. Fun playing around with the different ones.

 Foul Bay was really beautiful – blue water, nice long empty beach, and cool rocks to climb. 

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(Click the photo for the full version since this is a panorama.)

Think this is one of my favorites.

Craig knew about this rock called Elephant Rock where you could go jump off of so we set off on a hike.

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 I deemed myself official team photographer and sat this one out. Although I trusted Craig - and their jumps were totally fine - I didn’t like not being able to scan the water beneath me for rocks. 

After the two of them jumped we hiked back to the beach where Craig tried to teach us how to use the Skimboard.

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 I got one or two runs where I sort of got it, but definitely need some practice.

(Click the photo for the full version since this is a panorama. This is Craig skimboarding, not me.)

(Click the photo for the full version since this is a panorama. Again, this is Craig. I mean er... it's totally me?)

 With the sun starting to go down we headed back to Craig’s but not before buying heaps of snacks and meats to barbeque.

 1 ½ burgers and a sausage later, it was time to change Craig and Colin’s lives. See in Australia, they do not have graham crackers, which means … they do not know what s’mores are! Blasphemy! I decided to fix this. Bought these biscuit / cookies type thing made by Arnott’s (a cookie company that so far has not made a cookie I didn’t like), Cadbury chocolate (again, no Hershey’s here), and these no-name brand marshmallows (which unfortunately and unbeknownst to me, were half strawberry flavored.) 

Despite the lack of graham crackers and the oddly flavored marshmallows, they were a big hit. 

Oh and here is a panorama from the day before that wouldn't upload the first time I tried. Click on it to see the full version.