A day out at Victor

I had promised the kids I would take them to Victor but i wanted to do stuff that wouldn't cost us the earth.

So off to Victor Harbour we headed. I packed a bag full of snacks and drinks and got the kids bathers and towels organised, the plan was to go and visit the Whale centre at Victor Harbour then play on the playground. Watch the tour down under finish and have a swim and play on the beach if there was enough time we would wander over to Granite Island.

We arrived in Victor just before 11am, a bit later then i wanted but there were lots of road works and bike riders on the way. I didn't realise that before the actual race that there would be races for oldie's and amateur's. Anyway we got there and got a park and all was good.

We went for a walk to go and suss out what was happening. We hung around the finish line for a while but i found out the riders wouldn't finish till around 3pm. Way to long to expect the kids to sit and wait. So off we headed to the whale centre, it was a bugger that i was alone with the kids otherwise one of us would have stayed in the great spot while the other took the kids to do stuff.

Anyway i took the kids into the Whale Centre it was $8 for me and $4 for kids over 5, the old dear at the door said not to pay for Hamish. yippee saved $4. Anyway we walked through and the area isn't really big, but had loads and loads of info, since my kids are whale, shark, fish anything that lives in the ocean crazy they loved it. We went downstairs to the lower level, it was a little darker and down in this area was a shark...and shark cage a Rodney Fox doc was playing on a big screen and had loads of sharks on it. The kids were a little freaked at first, they have become a bit concerned about sharks lately. Anyway after a while they felt comfortable and walked around taking photos and asking me a million questions. In the end it went down well with the kids. Hamish later asked to go back in.

After this we went into Subway and got lunch, then headed over to the finish line again. Our great spot had gone but we found another one where the kids stood right up the front, we sat ourselves down and ate lunch. I feed Lachlan and we just relaxed. Soon the sponsor's came along handing out freebies, we got a hat, blow up clappers and inflatable jerseys. The kids loved these.Hamish especially loved the clapper sticks which make a lovely sound when banged together.

We sat here for a good hour and not once did the kids complain, in fact i hadn't heard them complain all day. After watching the riders and seeing a few with their war wounds from the falls that day we headed to the playground. The playground was great, they have done it up since we were there last. Hamish is a train fanatic so loved the old steam train, and the playground themed as a train, although he equally loved the pirate ship one. Emma played on the swings and spinning things.

Since it was so windy we gave the beach a miss and we ran out of time to go over to granite island, so next time.

Overall I had a great day and so did the kids, they didn't argue, complain whine or whinge all day. The only bad part of the day was Lachlan got sun burnt, how i don't know but he was the only one who did, he was in the pram with a hat sunglasses the cover over and a towel over for shade and shelter from the wind and he still got burnt.