We were escorted by a small pod of dolphins; They popped out of the water gracefully, beside and in front of our kayaks, as we paddled slowly across the inlet towards the boat ramp and the end of our kayak adventure...
My brother and I had spent almost four hours kayaking together, around Garden Island, sometimes in silence and at other times chatting away about all sorts of things. It was good bro-time and I'm pleased we managed to fit it in. Today is the last time we will be together for at least 12 months, probably 18 months, and a yak on the water seemed a good way to spend part of it.
After getting back to my place, cleaning and packing away the yaks and equipment, we collected the girls and my little nephew-fella and headed to the beach which you can see pictured.
This is Brighton beach in Adelaide where we had lunch at a caf茅 on Jetty Road before taking a swim. The weather was pretty nice, around 33掳C (91F) with a light breeze, so pretty damned good! As you can see it wasn't crowded and is looking very, very attractive. We splashed around a little and took a heap of photos and then headed back home in the late afternoon.
Tonight we will have our last meal together and hang around at home happily, but with an undertone of sadness, as it is the last night before they go home. We will spend some time working out their 4,500km route home as well and then just chat and play with my nephew. It'll be nice.
It has been nice to have some family about, and of course we know they have to go home eventually, but I'd really rather they did not. Still, life moves on and their life is in the far north of the country and mine is here in the south with Faith...We are thinking of doing a four week camping road trip around June 2021 and so will probably see them up in their neck of the woods at that point...And get to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef again which is an amazing place to snorkel. It will be cool to do so with my nephew who will be almost 3 years old by then. Don't worry, we breed them tough in Australia, we'll just chuck him in and he'll learn to swim pretty fast.
Today has been a really nice day, but there is a sad note to it as we will be saying good bye early in the the morning. I'm not sure how I'll handle it...Last year when I had to say goodbye to my niece 
Anyway, to all those people struggling through cold, snowy and rainy weather right now...Sorry-not sorry for tantalising you with warm beaches and sunshine! 馃槀
Have a great day.
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