Melbourne! Day 5: Geelong Eastern Reserve, Amazing Mill, Barwon River Holiday Park

There was another bird calling early in the morning. Nana insisted that it was the same irritating bird but she couldn't make out what it was saying this time. Lol.

It was checkout of NRMA park day. Before that, another run! This time, I had company. 

Daddy Lim was with us too. Just somewhere further, further behind. Hoho. Bcos unity is strength, we went out further this time without worrying about getting kidnapped. 

Another 5km done. 

I was sure it was colder (than the previous morning) bcos we had dragon breath as we started off. It was again a "no sweat" jog. I thought it is easier to jog in Australia than in Singapore. Maybe it is the dry weather or maybe bcos it was just the cold. It was just more enjoyable regardless. 

I ran past the bouncing pillow and was surprised to see that it was deflated. Did our kids jumped too much on it and deflated it? I was later told by Zaky that the bouncing pillow is automatically deflated S temperature drops and then inflated as the weather heats up - hot air expands theory. Hmmm... I wasn't quite convinced. He went on to tell me that it was already deflating when they were jumping on it late last evening and it felt like mashy marshmallow. 

We made bfast - anything that didn't need the fire. We microwaved the corn beef and the ham. All good, all good. All in control. 

I am never good with one of these but we got this one done good this time. 

Then, it was checking out and driving all the way to Geelong. It was meant to be a beach day. Weather forecast said that the weather was better (and hotter) than the day before. I was not sure. It was very cloudy. 

Windmills! Probably very windy too. Lol.

Finally! We can see water!

We walked to the lagoon and that was the intended swimming spot. It was seriously way too cold. 

We only saw a lady swimming with her dog. She went into the water and swam for a very short while. Her dog was very hestiant. Lol. 

At the far end of the lagoon, there are diving platforms. There would have been so fun (for the kids) if the weather had been a lot warmer. 

Zaky asked if there are sharks and jellyfish. I confidently assured him not. Then, near the diving platforms, we saw these bobbing up and down. 

Not 1, but 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.. and counting. Hohoho. Even if the water would have been warmer, nobody is now keen to go anywhere near the water. Hoho. 

There is a waddling pool but only the seagulls were using it. 

We ended up playing at the playground. Never too old.

Then, walking along the beach, photographing these famous Geelong Beach bollards. 

For a moment, we decided to leave the beach in search of another activity. Then Mr Sun had mercy on us and peeked from behind the clouds. Out came the picnic mat from the campervan and snacks. 

We goof around for a good hour before in search of lunch. I know, we kept eating. Not only did we have lunch, we found an ice cream place after that and it was impossible to resist. 

The 2nd activity of the day was to this Amazing Mill. It is a huge warehouse of... strange stuff. 

There are rows and rows, shelf and shelf of weird and interesting things. 

Look at these antiques. 

I remembered ah yee had one of these!

Zaky got bored after a while. He only got excited when he sighted a claw machine and one that was not to hard to play. His loots! With only AUD4!

We left and headed to the Barwon River Holiday Park, our home for the next 2 nights. Instead of sleeping in the campervan, we would be sleeping in a cabin, with proper beds. Yay!

The cabin comes with a huge living area and 3 bedrooms. The kids were excited to sleep together in the 4 bunk room.

The moment we checked into the cabin, everybody was on their phone. Zzzz. 

We decided to do the grocery shopping without the kids. They were not at all keen anyway. 

Then it was double power dinner preparation. 

Dinner was done up quickly. 

All washed up. 

It was already 8pm but the sky was still high up in the sky. This was definitely one of the things that I enjoyed about their summer. It is like we gained extra hours everyday. 

Mummy Lim