Beaches and Boats - 1770

Although we were slightly out of season for spending a day at the beach, we managed to put in our fair share of beach time while in 1770.  The water was just a little too cold (for us anyways, there were plenty of brave people swimming), but the weather was perfect for sitting in the sun with our feet in the sand. 

My mom kept saying how soft the sand was and how it looked like brown sugar.  I had never really noticed it myself before, but the beach sand in this part of Australia really does have that appearance. 

Walkway to the beach in Agnes Water

 

Mom admiring the amazingly sparkly water

These two have walked many a beach together

 

We spent one afternoon on a LARC tour.  This is one of those amphibious boats that can go wherever the heck you want it to.  Water?  Easy.  Sand or other land mass?  Why not.  At first I thought this pepto bismal pink vehicle was a little hokey, but it was actually a really fun tour.  It's perfect for a place like 1770 since there are so many sandbars during low tide.  Our tour guide got a kick out of driving full speed off of some of the really steep edges of the sand bars in order to try to splash us... or throw us off the boat. 

Sweet ride

Sparkly water with our boat tracks on the sandbar in the background

Interesting pattern and texture left on the sandbars during low tide