Northern Beaches

Sat 29.10.2011 - Thu 3.11.2011

Our first stop is the Big 4 Sydney Lakeside Holiday Park in North Narrabeen.
Some people seemed surprised by our decision to start our trip in the northern suburbs of Sydney, since we lived in Sydney for nearly 3 years. The reason is simply that it is one of those places we never got to know really well, apart from Palm Beach. For those of you who don't know Palm Beach, it is the northernmost suburb of Sydney, nestled on a peninsula with the Pacific Ocean on one side and the calm sailing paradise of Pittwater on the other side. It is absolutely stunning! They use this location to film the exterior scenes for Home and Away, hence my addiction to this (great!) Australian soap opera!

It was great to discover the northern beaches: Narrabeen, Newport, Avalon, ... all are truly amazing places. It must be nice to live down here: great beaches and rock pools, unspoiled nature with acres and acres of bushland and beautiful headlands, and yet close to the city.
We did some amazing walks with Eva & Alexander on our backs, who were happily listening to the birds, watching the trees and singing songs.

 Somewhere between Avalon and Whale Beach

View towards Whale Beach

You are probably mainly curious to know how we are finding life in a camping trailer. We love it! Camping with kids is in many aspects easier than living in a brick house. There is lots of free entertainment: other kids, old people going to the amenities in their night gowns, cute little bunnies hopping on the grass, singing birds in the trees, ducks with their little ducklings joining us for breakfast and much more. At one stage there was a duck sitting under our camper trailer, quacking right under Eva's bed just when she was about to go to sleep. Eva looked a bit puzzled and even more so when I told her: "It's nothing honey, it's just a duck sitting under your bed"!
Eva & Alexander already feel perfectly at home in their new little house. It's amazing how easily children adapt. Even the very first night they slept like roses, as if they never lived in another house or slept in another bed!

Checking out the ducks in the morning

Ducks feeding on leftovers (= all sorts of food dropped or thrown on the ground by Eva & Alexander which is usually A LOT). 

We should take some of these ducks home!

Who's having most fun?

Alexander checking out his new little bed