Frankston Sand Sculpures

Once again we go backwards in time, back to Labor Day weekend.

Sally, a workmate from IGA, and I decided we needed a day out, and so decided to head off to Moomba (I had never been, and Sally hadnt been for years) and then down to Frankston to the sand sculptures.

Moomba was a bit disappointing, but still nice enought, we went on a couple of rides, and had a go at the sideshows. Amazingly I actually won something, and ended up with an oversized pink care bear, cute but a few years too late.

Then it was onto Frankston to the sculptures. I went to them last year when they were at Rye and loved them, and once again I wasnt disappointed. They are massive structures, some of them at least 3 meters tall.

The theme this year was fairytales, and there was a selection of sculptures from fairytales from all over the world. Most of them I knew, although a few I must admit stumped me. From the Swan Princess, The Princess and the Pea, to Red Riding Hood and The Wizard of Oz. I would love to watch how the sculptures are made, they are so large, and the details on them are so delicate. It takes thousands of hours to make all the sculptures.

No matter how long you spend there, you can never see all the little details that have been carved into the sand.

Because the sculptures are supposed to be lit up at night, we decided to go and have dinner and come back to see them in the dark, as it was advertised as being really good. However when we came back after dark, there were barely any sculptures lit up, and those that were had the lighting from the back so just cast shadows over the details. It was very disappointing, so we didnt hang round and just headed home.





Puss in boots-oh so cute!
The Princess and the Pea
The Gumnut Babies
3 blind mice
Alice in Wonderland
Goldilocks and the 3 bears
The King and Queen of Hearts, Alice in Wonderland

Little Red Riding Hood

Easter and the raft

Putting the raft together


Gwilym and Brent testing it out

A rafting we will go!!!

Pulling the raft apart

Gwilym and Brent with their raft

Ok so we have gone back in time, but oh well they were kool photos. I went down to Rosebud with my brother, Gwilym, and his then fiance Bec, (they got married the next weekend), to help organise the wedding that was taking place.

We spent most of the 4 days getting things ready and getting organised but took some time out to try out a raft that Gwilym and Bec's brother Brent had built. Their aim is to raft it down the Murry, but it needed to be tested first.

It weights an absolute tonne, and can literally carry a tonne, but somehow we managed to carry the 2 halves from the trailer, down the beach to the edge of the water (it is too large to carry on a trailer in one piece, and would be too heavy to carry in one piece anyway!). It was then screwed together, and tested out.

On the up side, the raft is never going to sink, no matter what is put on it, but was basically unmovable in the water-it was just way too heavy. As the only place we could then get the raft out of the water was 1.5km away, and as you could walk down the beach faster, Gwilym and Brent proceeded to push it instead. Regardless it took us a good hour and a bit to get to the end point-the result.....it needs some work.

Overall though, a lot of good fun

Gwilym and Bec's wedding

Exchanging vows

The rings

Cutting the cake

The wedding party-Hester (best man), Me (bridesmade), Gwilym (groom), Bec (bride)

Me, Gwilym and Bec

Family photo-me, Gwilym, Bec, dad, mum
Dad with Gwilyms bottle-this was bought the year he was born.

Beach Cricket

Beach soccer

My brother Gwilym finally married his partner Bec on Sunday!!!! It wasnt the nicest of days, very windy, and somewhat cold, but at least the rain held off until after everyone had left, and we had almost got everything in the cars.

It wasnt what you would call a traditional wedding. Held at the Mc Crae Yacht Club, the groom and best man were in shorts, open necked short sleaved shirts and thongs, while the bride was in a lovely aqua, brown and cream dress!!!!! But the ceremony was short and sweet, which left plenty of time for the beach games (mainly cricket and soccer) rather than the bridal waltz and other dancing.