Justin and I have been patiently waiting for this weekend. Why? you might be asking. Cos Row is finally finished studying and wrote his exam this past Wednesday. In anticipation of this weekend, we made plans with friends to take Justin and their children to a petting farm with koalas, kangaroos and other Aussie wildlife. But the weather has been rather unpredictable with a few showers and drizzly patches so we opted for somewhere indoor. We decided to go out to the Manly Aquarium which is quite small but nice for the kids. This was Justin's first time to an aquarium and generally, he loves fish. Row has this huge fish tank on his floor at work and Row's taken him there a few times and Justin loves staring at the fish. Even when we go to the supermarket, Justin wants to be taken to the fish section so he can look at the fish. So, we had quite high expectations that this would be a lovely outing for Justin...well....he was enjoying looking at the small fish, standing by the glass and pointing at the fish until a huge turtle swam by. He didn't want to stand by the tank, he wanted to be carried. We carried on walking through the aquarium and into the tunnel where you are "surrounded" by the fish. At first, Justin didn't seem to be bothered but as we walked further into the tunnel, he started becoming clingy and not wanting to even look in the tank, he just wanted out of there.
It's quite a small aquarium so we were done within the hour which was fine as the weather had turned out quite nice and so we took the children to Manly beach. For lunch we bought fish/ calamari and chips take away and sat on the main boardwalk and then it was back to the beach for a bit before heading home. Row and Justin enjoyed some daddy-son bonding time on the beach, making an octopus and burying Justin's toes under a heap of sand.
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