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Swimming in the Best Natural Pool – EVER

Posted on June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by Willemijn

Never thought I would use this phrase, as Gorden Ramsey used it in almost all of his Hell’s Kitchen episodes and that got annoying pretty quickly. But now we have been to the best natural pool I have ever been to. The one in Iceland was pretty impressive, swimming in hot water in the snow, but I have to admit this Australian place truly is a little piece of paradise.

Imagine a slow streaming flow of 30 degrees Celsius, with bright and crystal clear water in a natural surrounding. Yes, that is what we came across in Bitter Springs up in the top end of Australia, as the Northern Territory is called here. Continue reading “Swimming in the Best Natural Pool – EVER” →

Victoria

Swimming with dolphins

Posted on April 10, 2018April 11, 2018 by Luka

On the Sunday the 8th of April, my family and I went camping at Mornington Peninsula. Before we got to our campsite Kai started nagging us about when we would get there which started to get on my nerves. When Kai finally stopped nagging us we arrived at the campsite. I was so glad! Continue reading “Swimming with dolphins” →

School

School swimming competition

Posted on February 17, 2016February 17, 2016 by Willemijn

Two weeks ago Kai received a letter that all the children from Essex Heights could enter the qualification for today’s swimming carnival. Being the sportive kid that he his, no doubt that Kai wanted to try out. You needed to be up to a certain swimming level, but since we are not familiar with those levels, we just signed him up. Even though he finished his swimming lessons three years ago.

Last Monday, during school time, they drove up to the swimming pool by bus. To our surprise, we found out that Kai qualified for the breaststroke in the school swimming team a couple days later. Freestyle is the stroke that children in Australia learn first. In the Netherlands we start with breaststroke. This and his competitive nature, is probably why he made it. Continue reading “School swimming competition” →