Dinosaur Isle

We went across the island to Dinosaur Isle today.  It is a relatively small museum-like place with a few fossils and a few models.  Most of the exhibits and texts were aimed at older children, certainly school age, so we didn't linger too long.

We had brought along a picnic to have on the beach, since we were at Sandown, which is one of the sandy beaches.  Grandma and the boys paddled a little at the sea edge - I wasn't prepared to venture into the undoubtedly frigid sea but after, Ethan, Owen and I dug in the sand for a while before we had lunch.  The tide was definitely coming in - where they first paddled at the sea edge was now underwater.

Walking along Culver Parade beachfront

There was a really nice set of parks next to the Dinosaur Isle building, one had sports equipment aimed at adults, one had a roundabout, swings, a rubber-tyre zipline etc. and yet another had some interesting almost space-like sculptures for climbing on and around.

We had fun there for a while before getting an ice cream cone for the boys and eating it at the seafront.  There was an amusement arcade there, so Alison and her mum played there while the boys and I went back to the zipline for more turns.

One last time on the beach, again with me digging with the boys.  We made a couple of small sandcastles and small holes together before heading back.  The sea air seems to be good and helping tire the boys out.