Whilst the car might be still locked away, here in Lorne we have found other competitive opportunities ... The Lorne Sandcastle competition ... At the point we registered I reckoned we had a reasonable chance of a podium (we were the second team to enter!), so we constructed a 'Proper Anglo-Saxon Castle', complete with Norman Keep, crenellations, inner and outer defensive Walls and moat, to keep the marauding enemies at bay - in fact the marauding 'enemy' was 10 month old Freddie - look Son, at your age I wasn't expecting any creative input, but if you just want to destroy it, can you attack someone else's! Our castle was modelled on Arundel (I'm a Sussex boy!) - anyway the rest of the Aussies turned up, made Geckos, turtles, Mermaids (bit saucy too considering the age of the audience...) and sea monsters... I did think of calling for a Stewards' Enquiry as it distinctly said sandCASTLE (but didn't want to explain 'gamesmanship' to a 4 year old) ... we were 'Highly Commended', the only genuine 'Castle' to be so.
Later in the day, Emily and I were climbing some steps up from a viewing point above the coast, when we came face-to-face with a Koala, maybe 3-4ft away, he/she (they're fluffy, i've no way of knowing!) ambled off completely unperturbed; we, on the other hand were very excited to see one so close in the wild.
This blog is supposed to be about the motorsports elements of this trip, hopefully I can fulfil that promise soon and get away from stories of the beach or wildlife encounters!
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