{"id":184,"date":"2013-10-02T16:05:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T16:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summerfunguide.ca\/blog\/?p=184"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:01:03","slug":"184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summerfunguide.ca\/blog\/184\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun in the sand in Tobermory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"b12171e95ca29a06569361a76d0dc3e3\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6144103376590397\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>I have had such a craving to dig my toes in the sand lately \u2013 the sun has finally come out and to me, warm weather and beaches go together. Everyone keeps telling me that I should take my kids to Sauble Beach, the second longest freshwater beach in the world after <a title=\"Wasaga Beach\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wasaga_Beach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wasaga Beach<\/a>. The sandbar deposits along the Huron shore mean the beach at Sauble is always shallow and warm. \u00a0Or go check out the great Blue Flag beaches in Toronto, which is awarded to beaches that meet an international set of criteria. As of last month, there are now 8, including Bluffer\u2019s Park Beach, Centre Island Beach, Cherry Beach,\u00a0Gibraltar Point Beach,\u00a0Hanlan\u2019s Point Beach,\u00a0Kew-Balmy Beach,\u00a0Ward\u2019s Island Beach,\u00a0Woodbine Beach. (hard to believe that only a few years ago, you couldn\u2019t put a toe in the Toronto Beaches \u2013 they were so gross \u2013 now they\u2019re gorgeous and clean! But I just have never been a \u201cfollow the others\u201d kind of gal. I decided that we\u2019d spend a day in the Tobermory.<\/p>\n<p>Tobermory is really interesting and different. First of all, its soooo beautiful. <strong>Flowerpot Island<\/strong> has these really different and unique geological formations that people come from all over to see. Believe it or not, the largest concentration of orchids in North America is also in Tobermory.\u00a0 My camera finger was going crazy on the shutter \u2013 I really didn\u2019t know what to take pictures of first. Tobermory is also at the centre of the <strong>UNESCO Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve<\/strong>. Since there are only 16 of these in Canada, its kindof special to see for yourself what all the fuss is about.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019d had enough of the looking around.\u00a0 We were ready to find water, and lots of it.\u00a0 Our only issue was\u2026should we do something we\u2019d always wanted to do and take scuba diving lessons near Fathom 5, Canada&#8217;s first National Marine Conservation Area? We were dying to see the 22 shipwrecks in what is really an underwater national park. Or\u2026should we hit the beach and finally sink our toes into the sand.\u00a0 We decided that after all that wandering around Tobermory, we deserved a little break.\u00a0 We headed to this really cool beach called at &#8220;<strong>Singing Sands<\/strong>&#8221; beach on Dorcas Bay. The water is really warm and shallow so even early in the summer, it\u2019s beautiful. The beach got its name from the sound of the sand blowing over the dunes and the kids really enjoyed trying to listen for the song every time the wind came up.\u00a0 We asked someone and they told us that this beach was one of the only sandy ones on the northern ends of the Bruce Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>We finally packed it in after having a picnic and an ice cream cone,\u00a0 and tired and sandy, we headed home.<\/p>\n<p>There is such a long list of beaches around Ontario, we can hardly wait to try another one.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had such a craving to dig my toes in the sand lately \u2013 the sun has finally come out and to me, warm weather and beaches go together. Everyone keeps telling me that I should take my kids to Sauble Beach, the second longest freshwater beach in the world after Wasaga Beach. 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