Day 5 - Something Different

Today we tagged along with Dads, Yan's and Jackie's trip to Wollongong to see the Nan Tien Temple and the Kiama Blowhole. I have been to the temple years ago but couldn't remember much about it and Nathan had never been so it was good to go back and have a look, I do remembering it being bigger though. It was so lovely and peaceful and remarkably well maintained, although we didn't see a single person cleaning or actually doing any work that wasn't specifically related to the visitors praying.

Once we have left there, we went down to Kiama to see the blowhole, both this time and last time I went the blowhole didn't spurt right up into the air like I remember, bit it was still pretty awesome. The Blowhole has always amazed me, although when I was younger I was a little terrified of it as well. With all the accidents that happen there, its probably a good thing I was more scared of it than I was interested in how it works. It turns out that Jackie and Yan have never seen the beach or ocean, so they were excited. That they haven't ever seen it is such a strange concept to me, and I am still amazed by it.








We also went to a little beach in Kiama for Maddie to have a play in the sand, and for Yan and Jackie to actually see a beach. Auntie Dianne took Maddie into wade in the water, which Jackie wandered out to knee depth and Yan tried to only get her toes wet. It was very funny when a wave took her by surprise and she got a bit more wet than planned. The water was freezing cold down there, there was no way I was getting in.