Next time I take my camera with me I'll need to remember to charge it first. A small group of us went to Ultimo to try the newly opened Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre today and this is the only picture I could take before my camera spluttered and went to sleep.
Shortly after this centre opened there was some scuttlebutt about the tiles being too slippery. And they would be right. However, we all survived despite the children having no other speed than flat out. It's a lovely inner city centre, if a little lacking for excitement for the 7-12 yo kids we had with us (ie. no wave pool). *
After a swim we walked over to Chinatown for some Yum Cha. My kids hadn't been to Yum Cha since they were tiny so it was a bit of an exciting experience for them even if the food looked "a bit weird" for their liking. A lot of steamed rice was eaten.
The six kids we had with us asked the waiter if they could have "prawn crackers please". It really wasn't the sort of place that puts prawn crackers in the middle of the table and we are quite certain we saw a perplexed waiter rush to the Chinese grocer next door to grab some. The kids then spent the next 15 minutes licking them and sticking them to their noses. The Maitre D' looked very relieved when we asked for the bill shortly thereafter.
After lunch we wended our way back to the parking tower, paid our $21 parking fee (@!&**!) and took some very tired, carbo-loaded kids home.
*Mary, you must've been next door at the Powerhouse seeing the Diana exhibition while we were swimming. Did you happen to notice three frazzled mums and six exuberant kids?
Shortly after this centre opened there was some scuttlebutt about the tiles being too slippery. And they would be right. However, we all survived despite the children having no other speed than flat out. It's a lovely inner city centre, if a little lacking for excitement for the 7-12 yo kids we had with us (ie. no wave pool). *
After a swim we walked over to Chinatown for some Yum Cha. My kids hadn't been to Yum Cha since they were tiny so it was a bit of an exciting experience for them even if the food looked "a bit weird" for their liking. A lot of steamed rice was eaten.
The six kids we had with us asked the waiter if they could have "prawn crackers please". It really wasn't the sort of place that puts prawn crackers in the middle of the table and we are quite certain we saw a perplexed waiter rush to the Chinese grocer next door to grab some. The kids then spent the next 15 minutes licking them and sticking them to their noses. The Maitre D' looked very relieved when we asked for the bill shortly thereafter.
After lunch we wended our way back to the parking tower, paid our $21 parking fee (@!&**!) and took some very tired, carbo-loaded kids home.
*Mary, you must've been next door at the Powerhouse seeing the Diana exhibition while we were swimming. Did you happen to notice three frazzled mums and six exuberant kids?
2 comments:
That is an awful lot to pay for parking.
Surely friends and a swimming pool is enough excitement for any kid? Don't tell me that this is what it's come to....
More to the point we were having yum cha at Marigold !!! Too weird!!
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