A morning at Southbank

I am guessing that over the next couple of years you will hear a lot about Southbank. It is by far one of our favorite places aroudn these parts. It is super easy to get to from our house. Oftentimes when Erik and I are sick of each other (did I just say that? well I would be lieing if didnt admit to that, sometimes we just start to push each others buttons couped up in our little house), or on the weekends when we are bored we seem to find our way here. The pictures below are not all of what southbank entails, there is also a man made beach, a different pool area when people can swim with cool rocks around it, a playground, bbq's to cook, different little gardens, food court, and a multitude of other things.

One morning, when I knew it was going to be hot and I didnt have much planned for the day I decided early on to head there before the crowds and before the heat got to be too much. This is part of the kids splash pad type area, but way cooler than any that I have seen.

Below you can see there are little humps that sprout water, it's on a slant that runs into kiddie type pool that gets deeper in some spots but mostly Erik can walk across it. On the other side are dumping buckets overhead and stairs. (to the left...off the picture). Erik is in the hat and his friend that happened to be there at the same time is in front of him.

 The water that spits out of the bumps changes and moves which keeps it exciting. Then below shows Erik standing in big yellow circle. Its a map of the river system of the area with different sprouting water. Behind Erik and to the left a bit is a concrete walrus (you can only see the tail) that kids can sit on, but watch out because at some point in the cycle it spits water onto you!

 The boys fascinated by all the ants (they are EVERYWHERE here)

A happy little man

We LOVE Southbank and it will definitely be a place that we hold dearly in our heart and will miss when we leave Oz.

Remember this was december....CRAZY but so nice to have a summer after so long without one due to our moves.