Monday 27 April Yallingup - Sand dunes, swimming, fishing, caving, Simmos ice creamery

Spent the morning with David, Libby, Kate, Karri and Huey at the Injidup beach. Lara and Nick showed huge amounts of energy running up and down the nearby sand dune. Sammy chose to hang out with the boys and fish off the rocks nearby. According to her she would have caught a lot more fish if Tim hadn’t kept taking over her rod. Between Tim, Sammy and David, they managed to catch enough herring for tomorrow night’s dinner (supplemented by baked chicken). I think they would have kept on fishing if it weren’t for the loss of much fishing gear on the rocks.
Although Tim thought he might need a little nanna nap at lunch, he managed to reenergise with a scooby snack and coffee for an action packed afternoon. We spent a couple of hours touring the local Yallingup caves which we all enjoyed. It was discovered in the late 1800’s and opened up for visitors in 1907. Felt a bit sorry for the guide that sits at the bottom of the cave with his flashlight to show tourists the unusual shapes in the various cave formations. Didn’t necessarily understand what he was pointing out half the time. Just nodded, smiled and said sure we can see the funny elephant. (refer to serisier’s blog (serisier.blogspot.com) for more detail on the cave – good work on the blog Tom!)
Hustled out of the cave to ensure we could make it to the Simmos ice cream factory before it closed. The kids (and Tim) were in ice cream heaven. Every taste was satisfied. There was an Emu nearby surrounded by empty ice cream cups which was all that remained of the ice cream of those children that chose to ignore the “Ice Cream Eating Emu” warning sign.
Bought some Rum Raison ice cream for David in exchange for all the fishing gear we lost off the rocks earlier in the day
Highlight of the day was the lamb roast dinner that Libby made. Yummo!