Straddie - Day 2 - Sandcastles

Tuesday afternoon was spent on the beach - swimming in the middle of winter no less.

And most notably having a sand castle building competition. Nature was the judge - each castle had to have a shell as a flag on its highest point and the last shell to be knocked over won. A line was drawn in the sand and all building had to stop when the first wave reached the line - the idea was that the sand castles would be more or less in line - and they were - more or less.

The first shell to go was..... drum roll .... Nathan

Then David and Robert.

Then Jesse and Monica - who were so happy to have beaten Nathan that they might as well have come first.

Simone and Louisa.

Closely followed by Roger.

Then a long wait till Alec and Max fell.

A longer wait till Brenton's washed away.

Down to the final two. Daniels went first.

Making Peet the winner - though video evidence later that night cast doubt on the result as Peet was seen making some running repairs.

Some of the spectators got a bit a cold:

A few extra smaller sandcastles were also constructed - below the water line.

A bonus photo of Louisa because I love it.