Weekend Excursion: NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher

Despite other plans, we decided to head south to Fort Fisher to visit the Aquarium. Our first stop was at Carolina Beach to visit Grind. Well almost, the cafe is called The Grind. In many ways similar to the Cronulla counterpart - it mainly serves coffee (minimal food options), has a good atmosphere and is near the beach. Just missing our good friends Dave & Kel! The staff loved the grind t-shirts and had already talked about doing their own so they were further inspired. Lots of space to spread out with a lounge room, indoor coffee area and outdoor verandah.



We then headed further south to the Aquarium. We saw lots of fish, turtles and alligators. Andrew went eyeball to eyeball with an alligator and was very pleased when it was the alligator that backed off rather than him. Lucy had a great time pointing at lots of animals and got a super cute tshirt as a souvenir.










Next stop was the beach at Fort Fisher. It was late in the afternoon so it was pretty windy but Andrew and Lucy still braved it for a swim. Lucy had an awesome time swimming and loved looking at the many dogs at the beach.