A day at the beaches.

Well with some of the kiddies away with other things to do, I was left home with the middle kids Harrison and Oscar so why don't we do something...

And it gave me a reason for a drive in our new 'Storm trooper', so we decided to have a day out at a couple of beaches. Our first beach was at the new beach at Alkimos, and as you can see it was a ripper clear day for our swim.

We then drove up to Two Rocks and had a quick trespass walk up to the old King Neptune statue, I still reckon they should clear away all the old bush and build a ripper park with some B.B.Q's. Fairdinkum there's nothing to do in old Two rocks, but if they had a ripper park with a few beaut slides inside this old park it would become a tourist attraction over night.

And Oscar found his restaurant up at Two rocks, but he isn't to keen on the sons bit! ha,ha.

I suppose this is what they named the town after... Two rocks?

And after a little stroll up the beach we came to Leemans landing where we went in, it was bloody beautiful and as you can see it was still a ripper day. As you might know I love history and I found out that the Dutch ship, Vergulde Draeck foundered here in 1656. Only 75 crew reached shore with a few provisions. Seven of the crew sailed to Batavia for assistance, leaving sixty-eight poor buggers stranded on this barren shore.

In March 1658 two friggin' years latter, Abraham Leeman van Santwits, first officer of the Waeckende Boey and thirteen sailors came ashore in this area where they found wreckage from the Vergulde Draeck but no sign of survivors. Unable to return to their ship because of foul weather, and abandoned by Samuel Volkersen, the skipper of the Waeckende Boey, Leeman set sail for Batavia in an overloaded open boat. He and three sailors survived the epic journey, arriving there on 23 September... cool.