Charlie was a little nonchalant as she explored the kids playground, drove her car around the boardwalk and chased the ducks across the grass at Long Bay. Even a jog jog jog on the beach and the destruction of several sandcastles [uh oh] only raised a fleeting smile. Eventually we struck gold however at the rock pools were Charlie transformed into the energetic and animated young lady we are more accustomed to. She spent ages testing out the depths of the vario...

Charlie had been talking about the zoo all week so we knew where to head as soon as we woke up, which was a very lazy 9am! After the obligatory coffee and fluffy stop we made our way to Charlie's new favourite the Emu, past some very loud monkeys and then to view the sea lions swimming under water. We had just enough time to squeeze in a quick tour round the pigs and rabbits and a couple of goes on the long egg slide before we got madam home for her nap. In th...