Playing "Tourists" again...

Mark's soccer team which he coaches is an Eastern Suburbs side, so all of the games are at various grounds in the city. It's a bit of a hike (around an hour on average) but some of the spots are just gorgeous. Pair that with perfect weather, and off we go!

Last Sunday, they were playing at Reg Bartley Oval at Rushcutters Bay. Mark was suspended as coach due to some colourful language directed at the referee at a previous match; I still find this highly amusing and am not yet sick of telling everyone the story!!!

ANYWAY, this meant he was a "normal spectator" for the day, so we took the dogs as well and headed out for an afternoon of fresh air.

Beautiful Rushcutters Bay - 3 minute walk from the oval

An absolutely gorgeous spot to walk around with the dogs and the pram.

Walking back from the water - the game is underway in the background!

 We felt obliged to do the tourist thing again, what with such gorgeous scenery and all!!

After enough walking, we sat down on the grass and watched the game.

Growing up and becoming interactive - Hannah LOVES the dogs!!

Here is Mark, doing his "suspended coach/normal spectator" pose...

The dogs were so good; they enjoy getting out and about too. I didn't get a photo, but they had a run around off lead once the game was finished.

The only downside to these outings is the drive home. It's long - an hour plus, and Hannah hasn't yet figured out that there are two pleasant options to choose from; sit quietly and play with a toy, OR, go to sleep (or a combination of both)... instead she chooses the "I'm-tired-of-being-out-all-day-and-not-happy-any-more-and-I'm-going-to-scream-for-most-of-the-way-home-and-only-fall-asleep-for-the-last-twenty-minutes" option *sigh*!! How does it go... "this too shall pass"!!!