On a beautiful sunny day in the summer of 2019
we went to the beautiful Cobourg beach. Cobourg beach is located on the North
shore of Lake Ontario halfway between Toronto and Kingston. It takes about an
hour east of Toronto along 401. To reach there, you can take any of the Go
stations near you and get off at Oshawa Go station. From Oshawa you need to
take the VIA rail up to Cobourg station. The fare from Go train to Oshawa will
vary depending on your location but the fare of VIA rail from Oshawa to Cobourg
: Escape class: $20.00, Economy class: $25.00 and Economy Plus: $40.00.
We started our journey at about 10.00 am in the
morning to enjoy a full day beach activity. It took us 1 hour from our house at
Scarborough to reach Cobourg town. We packed our lunch, fruits, chips, water,
towel and a ball to have a great picnic by the beach. The beach offers many
services including: picnic areas and tables, canteen, washrooms and change
rooms, 2 playground and splash pad, foot bath area and a fenced basketball
court. All the activities are free except the parking. Parking rates at the
Beach for pay and display and metered areas is $2.00/hour.
After reaching the town we parked at the marina
near the beach. The sidewalk beside the marina leading to the beach is very
picturesque as you can see many boats lined at the shore. You can see the iit
my youtube video, the Cobourg beach Marina. The sidewalks are also decorated
with flowers and trees. On the beach we first picked a spot to settle all our
stuffs. And then without any delay we plunged in the cool water of the blue
Cobourg beach. The beach was clean and though there were many people in the
weekend but it wasn’t over crowded. In the hot sunny day the temperature was
just perfect to enjoy the water. There are some lifeguards on the beach also to
make your whole experience a safe one. After enjoying the water my son, Aayan
started making sand castle with his bucket and spade. My wife also joined him
and together they somehow made a pyramid but not castle. After some lazy
activities we ate some apples and started for a football game with my son. You
can watch in my vlog our football game to see how I amazing it was. I enjoyed
our game by the beach which made me both tiring and hungry.
We then all went for the water one last time
and retreated to change our wet clothes. There is a footbath and splash pads to
remove the salt from your body before changing. The changing rooms and splash
pads are all very clear and well maintained. After changing our clothes we took
our lunch at the canteen. Since we already packed our lunch from home so, here
we just bought some drinks. And to finish off with desert we had ice cream from
an Ice cream corner at the town.
After a full of fun and activity day we started
off for home with smile in our faces and a great satisfaction.
The Cobourg city has many parks, trails,
conservation areas and a Victoria park campground. If you want to stay here for
the weekends then go to my website for the links of the hotels and you can even
book for your stay to have a great short vacation in a planned way.
