What a day, where to begin.

The day started at some time before 6. When Ethan needed his iPad unlocked as it hadn’t ticked over to ‘free play’ time.

At breakfast both Kelsie and Ethan stocked up on everything that would not be considered part of a nutritious breakfast. Chocolate croissants, dry Rice Bubbles, muffins.

Mummy went to swap Ethans new rashy for one that would fit her and the ordeal to do an exchange was probably only cut short with the agreement to pay cash for the difference.

Kelsie and Daddy wanted to go for a SUP only to find out that the water sports (canoes, paddle boards etc) are only available during high tide which is between 7 and 9am. It’s not clear why this is a requirement as the low tide still has several feet of water for the canoe and paddle-board to float in.

Kelsie and Ethan were at each other from the get go. Pushing, shoving, hurting each others feelings, not sharing. Trying to convince Mummy and Daddy that the other was the devil. Mummy and Daddy had had enough. A set course menu for lunch was enforced by Daddy and both were sent off to Kids club in the afternoon. Unfortunately both Kelsie and Ethan found their way back to the pool and hour early without being signed out, and no visible supervision was seen.

Ethan managed to submerge a slushy mock-tail in the pool wile drinking it, completely oblivious to the chlorine mixing with frozen Fanta.

Forget doing firewalking at Fiji, head to the Naviti Pool at 1pm on a sunny day. The tiles around the pool could fry an egg.

Speaking of Eggs. The Poole-Wain family participated in the Fijian mini Olympics consisting of Egg throwing (egg shortage be dammed) and Watermelon cracking. Both sports could have been potential money makers for Victoria for the Commonwealth games.

Mummy and Daddy tried to sneak in a private dinner at the Chinese restaurant, only to be told they were fully booked…. The dozen empty tables seemed to contradict this. So they moved to the Adults only restaurant and feigned an attempted yet forgotten booking by the breakfast staff. This wasn’t questioned and table was found.

The quiet romantic dinner took an unusual turn when the Fijian wait staff egged on the acoustic band in a spurring rendition of ‘Living next door to Alice’ by Smokie. A sing along that would have not been out of place at the Edgy or Wild Bills back in the day..