'40'

It was my 40th birthday this weekend, slightly disturbing, so lets move on quickly. I think the best way to handle age is not to think about it too much. 

We spent the day on Fitzroy Island out on the Barrier Reef. We caught the 8am catamaran out to the island which proved to be a rather bumpy ride. It was only a 45 minute journey but that was enough for both Bethany and Caleb to make full use of the sick bags. Still, once we got there it was all forgotten and we had a great day swimming, snorkelling, kayaking and jumping off the pier (the pier bit was Caleb...) The weather was great apart from a random half an hour when there was torrential rain. We discovered the best way to keep warm was to stay in the ocean. There were sharks in the water (only small ones) the man at at the Kayak kiosk told me. Still as Caleb shouted as he jumped off the floating trampoline, "You only live once!" We came home very tired and some of us sunburnt. Ruben is very keen to go back on the bumpy boat! His stomach seemed to have no problems.

Family photo

Sometimes on Sunday afternoons we do the Red Arrow walk. It's more of a climb and once you get to the top you get a great view of the airport and you can watch the planes take off and land. (Although there aren't that many on a Sunday afternoon) We met a group of back packers at the top who offered to take our photo.