Public holidays provide a perfect opportunity for families to use the downtime together, renewing a bond that may fall on the wayside as they carry on through the often tedious daily routines. One Vistabella family was determined to ensure their matriarch was not left out of the Easter Monday public holiday fun at Vessigny Beach.

Encumbered by mobility issues Grace Douglas, 68, was lifted across several meters of shoreline into and out of the waters by her grandson Zion Callendar, 19.

It was not an issue for the young man because the entire beach day was for his grandmother.