Going Bananas

Today was all about bananas, but then we are on holiday in the Big Banana town of Australia. It's still raining. Hopefully tomorrow will be a beautiful sunny and hot day. This morning the 2 boys and I walked down to the reception in the rain to let them know that we had arrived. All 3 of us then ran home as it continued to pour rain. Then we collected daddy and we all went for a walk up to the general store to get some basic food and then we ran home because it was really raining. We had a great breakfast though sitting out on the deck of our holiday cabin.

We contemplated our options for the day and then decided we should go to the tourist information centre to gather even more ideas. Armed with some truly fantastic ideas we were now on our way to be tourists. First thing we did was go to the Big Banana. We have never been on holidays while the rest of the country is on holidays as well so we were astounded by the amount of people around. Principally travellers from overseas. At the Big Banana we had lunch and then I bought a frozen banana coated in chocolate and dipped in sprinkles. Divine. By now the boys were tired and overwhelmed by all the people. As we had left the stroller at home both boys had no option but to walk. And they were tired. But they didn't sleep.

We headed back to the cabin where the boys played with some play dough that they had got in a meal at the Big Banana. They entertained themselves for a little while. That was until all the play dough of various colours ended up in one big brown blob that proceeded to get thrown against the wall. Play dough time ended pretty much then. We were going to go for a walk along the beach but because it was now bucketing down with rain we jumped back in the car and went to the shops to get some fruit and yoghurt and cheese.

There was people everywhere at the shops. We got in and did what we needed to do, plus we also bought 2 nice big umbrellas. Once back in the car with all our cold food in the back of the Ute, we attempted to head back to the cabin only to have daddy's car not start again. So we got straight on to the mechanic and as there was already 3 other cars needing fixing in the same car park as us apparently, we knew it wouldn't take too long to get some help. The mechanic was with us within 30 minutes. With a new car battery in we were off.

We gave the boys dinner almost straight away once we got home. Again we sat outside on the deck, ate dinner and watched the caravan park world go by. After dinner we decided to go for a walk around the caravan park and we were having so much fun that we decided to venture down to the beach. We all had a great time. It was a shame we had to come home but the kids were now quite wet and it was getting dark. But we will be back tomorrow. Once home we washed and fed the boys some more food. Brandon ate 1 banana before bed while little Bailey ate 2. Mind you they also ate yoghurt and fruit gel, but overall it was a day full of bananas.