Vicky and Brad's families and friends are all involved with the boating community on Lake Eildon. So on our first day in Eildon when it was 35 degrees, they invited us out on their 'day boat'. The day boat is like a big pontoon with a platform off the back to jump into the water. They drove the day boat out to the middle of the lake and tied it to a dead tree, and then Brad drove their speedboat up along side and tethered the two together. We then spent the day jumping in the lake from the day boat (particularly the kids in their life jackets - they jumped in an out of the water ALL day), and when we got bored, we would jump in the speedboat for a cruise around the lake. Jack and Justin had a ride in the 'biscuit', a tyre like thing which was towed behind the speed boat, and Vicky's dad had a water ski. It was just magnificent.
The following day was trout fishing at the local trout farm where Jack caught his first fish:
After that, we went back to the caravan park to practice bike riding on the grass opposite our caravan, and Jack made the transition to bike riding without training wheels!!! YAY!!
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