Nothing like the beach! This place is great, unfortunately shore dumpers one end and flat as a lake at the other - but still great fun. Lots of bush walks and a lovely waterfall to walk to which has a number of water holes and a swing rope which the kids love.

I live in the country and am completely reliant on tank water. I also have a grey water recycling system and can tell how much water has gone through it at any one time as the filters need to be cleaned after so many litres of water go through them. I can almost guarantee that the bath with a couple of grand kids splashing about for twenty minutes having fun will use less water than any of their parents showering does. Even topping it up with more hot water if needed. Unless you are very conservative with your showers baths are not that bad and the value they add to the resale of the average home outweighs any downside. I definately wouldn't buy a house without one. I have had a house that has a bath the size of the shower though, about 1m x 1m by maybe 40cm deep and I think it was called a hip bath. My sister in law has one at her house, she got it from Lanark, as her house only had a shower which is not practical and it was the cheaper option than redoing the whole bathroom. I dont know if that is what you are after or not.

We used to have a swim spa, but found that it wasn't all that they are cracked up to be. Despite the heating, if you live somewhere cold and/or windy (eg Canberra), it is still very cold getting in and out in the winter - indeed we could slip on the ice on the ramp up to the spa! And even if you have it indoors or the weather is good - swimming against the jets isn't as good as real swimming. We used a snorkel to deal with the jets in your face and that worked well, but I had difficulty getting a good setting on the jets for my stroke. I'm now pretty sure that was due to a crooked stroke as my husband had a lot less trouble but it wasn't fun being pushed constantly out of the stream of water and finding myself at the side of the spa. Another thing is that you can only really have one person actually swimming at a time. I reckon kids can actually have a reasonable amount of fun in the spa - they do love the jets! There isn't as much room for a proper game of water polo etc.

Well done! You have done not only a great job, but you also added value to your property by introducing the glass fence! I think you should get maybe two or three bold coloured urns with some greenery.