On the Coast – Families Issue 98 I February/March 2019 | Page 29

DILF CLUB’s Recommends:
Ferry to the Footy
the reigns. Darcie was about 2 and her
day-care called to ask me to pick her up
because she was having stomach pain. I
brought her home and spent the arvo
thinking ‘nah, she’ll be right’. She wasn’t
very well during the night, but I didn’t
want to panic or anything so just kept
an eye on her. When I changed her
nappy the next day, I saw something
shiny in her nappy. It was a hairclip she
must have swallowed the day before. I
think I muttered to myself “f--- me!”. I
felt so bad; I probably should have taken
her to the hospital. Then, to top it off,
she started repeating what I’d said when
I found the clip! *Laughing* Ange wasn’t
impressed.
Finally, what’s your best advice
to a new Dad?
Be your own parent and do your own thing.
Google is the worst – try not to get tied
down with looking things up online and
going through all the parenting apps. Every
experience is different, so just go with your
own style. Whatever works for you.
Luke is a 29 year old father-of-two from
Wamberal. He’s the founder of DILF CLUB,
which runs Australia’s largest network of
Father’s groups. A former Officer in the RAN,
Luke now works a fly-in, fly-out job and spends
much off his off-time at regular Dad catchups
with his two little girls’.
The Dads of DILF CLUB are always looking for something new to do with our
mini-me’s and we reckon it’s definitely worth a look-in at taking them on the
ferry to the soccer.
We’ve done the trip a couple of times with the kids and it’s a top evening! Let’s
be honest, we all know the Mariners have had a rough season with a new
squad, but results aside, it’s a cracker of an afternoon if you’re keen to get out on
the water, have a couple of cold frothies and want to skip the muck-around of
parking in Gosford.
Central Coast Ferries operate their service from wharves in Empire Bay,
Davistown, Saratoga and Woy Woy – so get Mum to drop everyone to the
wharf before she has a night to herself, load your own esky and cruise Brissy
Water in style. The Ferry arrives thirty minutes before the game so you can
take a casual stroll across the training field and have a kick around on the way.
The Ferry departs about twenty minutes after the final whistle. After the game,
make your way back to your waiting esky onboard and down the chook and
coleslaw bread rolls you packed for the ride home. Another couple of coldies
as the light disappears on the cruise home, before Mum meets you for a pickup
from the wharf.
So, if you live on the southern peninsula or by our beaches, skip the drive into
Gosford and cruise our beautiful waterways in support of our Coastie Dad, Matt
Simon, and his Central Coast Mariners.
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