Williamstown Beach

The temperature was a warm 30 degrees today which instantly meant 'beach!'

I took Ant to Williamstown Beach, which is conveniently under 40min away from where I am.

To get to Williamstown, we caught the tram to Moonee Ponds interchange then hopped onto the 472 bus which took us right up to the Esplanade.  How's that for Melbourne bus service?

For a work day, the beach was quite full so I can only surmise most people were taking an extended holiday like I am.  The majority of people there were kids on school holidays and young tots with life's free babysitters; their grandparents.

Today I learnt a very valuable lesson; do NOT go to the beach with your Ant.  He was a huge pain in the rear end and disagreed with practically everything I wanted to do.  We were grumpy with each other the entire hour we were there.  It was only an hour because he didn't want to go in the first place, so I compromised by saying we wouldn't do the whole tanning and swimming thing.  Little did I know it meant a grand total of 1 hour only on the beach with Mr Grouchy.

However despite his poor attitude and disdain for Melbourne beaches, I took the below snaps