A Southbank Adventure

After playing around at the Bike Shop, we headed into the city to Southbank to have some lunch. We recently discovered the kids really like to have picnics (especially if it's anywhere near a park), so we've been trying to have more of them.

Southbank was the perfect location! It's on the south side of the Brisbane River and is just beautiful. Heaps of eateries and places for a barbeque, well layed out, beautifully landscaped and a perfect inner-city escape for families! One really special feature of Southbank is Streets Beach - a pool that is really a man-made beach, with heaps of water features the kids can run through. (Of course, we HAD to do this. And the kids LOVED it. So did we! So much so we forgot to get out and take pictures!)

But perhaps the funniest part of our time at Southbank was during our picnic. Young Hunter took it on himself to be our protector. As you can see below, the birds were getting just a little to close for his comfort.
It was really a wonder we could get him to eat anything at all! Everytime he chased a bird off, well, they came right back, didn't they? And as our picnic protector, it was his duty (or so he felt) to chase them off. (Did I mention he learned the behaviour from his dear step-mum?)


And, for as much as he was chasing the birds, Dad was up chasing him. I'm sure you can understand how hard it is to chase a two year when you're buckled over in laughter at his antics. Most times, he slipped away. But, Dad always wins. Even if it means using the whole "I'm bigger than you" fact.

But, his passion for protection could only be contained for so long. It was merely minutes before the pesky birds were back and he was itching to chase them away!

How to get him to stop? Pack up and head for the beach. For as much as he couldn't resist the birds, he can not resisit a swim even more! :-)