Today the family and I enjoyed a picnic above Wanda Beach, just north of Cronulla. Earlier in the year we purchased a pop-up sun shelter that makes it easy to get outside without worrying as much about Australia’s brutal sun. I intend to use it at every opportunity.

There’s something very nice about grabbing some simple foods (today my menu was merely fruit, gourmet potato chips, and a roll I stuffed with some salami) and being outside in a sea breeze. Grogu also found contentment and we had to work pretty hard to pull him away, even after nearly three hours of just sitting and being – usually a tall order for a four year old.

One always runs the risk of taking the benefits of their local area for granted. I’m desperate to avoid being a person who lives near the beach but never sees it.