Christmas Eve

It was a very hot and windy night – eventually the cool change came through bringing with it some rain. Ethan was up for a while with a sore leg thanks to the bee sting yesterday.

As it was raining fairly consistently we decided to head for the Lady Nelson Discovery Centre as it was indoors. There are a variety of scenes to walk through from the Undersea, wetlands, Aboriginal display – with a hologram, geology display with a neon volcano, plastic modelled cave walk with fossil bones. The boys were fascinated with the bones and fossils lying on the floor so they could get a closer look at them. The walk finished of with a look at the inside of the Lady Nelson – complete with Captain Grant giving a recount of his experiences of sailing her and the leaking roof just added to the whole scene.

Home for some toasted cheese sandwiches and naps. Once all were awake we headed off to Port MacDonnell – an incredibly rugged and windswept landscape. With the two smaller people on leashes to prevent them being blown off the cliff tops we set off to have a closer look at the location of the original lighthouse – the only remains now are the foundations of the lighthouse keepers cottage. Who knows how much longer they will be there as the wind and the ocean are eroding the coast rapidly. A quick visit to the local cemetery to see if we could find the resting places of a couple of relatives.
Port MacDonnell is famous for Rock Lobster – if the smell of the town is anything to go by we will be steering well clear of the lobster!!!!

Home for dinner, jammies, scattering some food outside for the reindeer and off to bed in great anticipation.

Merry Christmas to all and to all goodnight.