This is a slightly unusual photograph in that it shows the whole of our family, plus a small boy sitting in front of my father. It's also unusual because my father rarely came on to a beach, and I have only one photograph of him in swimming gear. He looks ill-at-ease. In contrast, my mother is in her swimsuit and smiling. Her love of beaches was passed on to Richard and me.
To the left, in front of my mother, is a kikapu, a woven basket which will have in it the picnic. Just in front of it is a tin bucket for making sandcastles and, to its left, my mother's white swimming cap.
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