The girls and I met up with some other Mums and their little one's for a fun morning over at Days Bay. We started pretty early by catching the 8:45 am East by West ferry from Queens Wharf. It was a small ferry and we had it pretty much to ourselves at that early hour. It only took about 20 minutes to get over the bay and we docked right as the clouds burned off. We were greeted by a local unofficial tour guide who instructed us to go to the duck pond, then took the kids by the hand and walked us over himself. He was a friendly resident who just happened to be seeing his daughter off on the ferry. He gave us some interesting info, however, we couldn't drag the location of the playground out of him.
We walked to the nearby village of Eastbourne and found another mum who pointed us in the right direction. The playground was wonderful and we all enjoyed the crazy high slides, roktopus, and various wooden structures near the beach. We headed back over to the pier and caught the 12:40 ferry back. We sat on the open upper deck for the return trip and got some great views of Wellington and the other cities on the edge of the water.
It was an amazing day trip and we can't wait to do it again when Jake can come with us, or hey, maybe just a mom's afternoon out so we could explore all of the boutique shops and yummy looking bakeries and cafes! Oh to dream! :)
I'll sign up for the Mom's day out trip! But, however will we cart home all of our shopping bags without strollers? I'm sure we'd think of something ;)