Day 89 Seaworld

Today it was the third and final 'World' day out for this trip - 'Sea World'.

First thing to check out was 'Fish Detectives', a seal show with good guys, bad guys and a bunch of seals doing party tricks.

We also fed the stingrays at 'Sting Ray Bay'. Funny thing was though Bridget's arm rashed up where the flaps of the sting rays were rubbing her arm. We forgot she was allergic to fish, but I wouldn't have thought just touching them would bring on such a response.

We also checked out the shark enclosure and the Dolphin show which was quite impressive seeing how high they could jump (my guess about 3 stories).

Late in the afternoon everyone got drenched at this pirate boat ride where you could shoot each other with water canons. Then last event for the day was the speed boat and jet ski show.

Richard

Day 88 Coomera (Wet & Wild)

We knew the weather was going to be particularly average today and the forecast was for 2-3 inches of rain. So we figured one place that wouldn't matter too much would be 'Wet & Wild'.

Unfortunately there were a lot of school groups that all turned up the same time as us - must have been an end of year activity sort of thing. That didn't stop us though - all three kids and Dad were right into it. We dropped our gear under a big tent, sheltered from the rain and then hit the slides

My personal favourite was this vertical tube where you stood on a small platform that pulled away from under your feet.

Richie crashes the water..

Just after lunch Bridgie fell asleep in Mum's arms and pretty much stayed there for the rest of the day. Richie, Flickie and I kept at it, hitting Mach 5, the Black Hole, Tornado, Mammoth Falls, Kamakaze and Aqua Loop. We would spend about an hour out in the rain on the rides then come back to our spot to cover upin our towels and warm up a bit.

Regardless of the weather - Top day out!

Richard

Day 87 Surfers Paradise

Penny was unfortunately crook today and needed an easy day, so I took the kids and headed to Surfers Paradise for the day. The weather was terrible - a howling south easter and intermittent rain. So guess what the kids went swimming.

After the swim we got changed and had some lunch. The kids also enjoyed a walk up Cavill Avenue and some ice creams before we headed off home.

Richard

Day 86 Coomera (Movie World)

The day the kids were all hanging out for - 'Movie World'.

Richie and I went on the Superman escape ride. Flickie was about 2cm too short. Richie loved it, I felt giddy and disorientated. I think I'm fast approaching the point where the kids are keener than I am for these sort of things.

We caught up with lots of characters including Mystery Inc., Flash, Batman, Austin Powers, Green Lantern and Marylin Monroe. We also hit up the Scooby do ride and watched the stunt cars exhibition.

It was a great day of fun and there is no better way of finishing up with one last stomach dropping ride- "The Batwing Spaceshot".
Penny was feeling sick just looking at it, Little Rich was undecided whether to go on, Bridget was wanting but too short. Flickie was ready and awaiting, she needed to be accompanied by an adult- Lucky Dad.

The picture below tells the story.....

Day 85 Brisbane to Coomera

Time to pack up and depart the most luxurious campsite so far (Dan and Jul's house). Took a while to break camp as we had managed to cart quite a bit inside over the three days and it all had to go back in the camper.

Today we travelled just down the road to Coomera (Gold Coast) to my Uncle Rob's and Aunnty Barb's place. On arrival we also caught up with my cousin Chelsea, husband Andrew and their sons Torby and Spencer. First item on the agenda for the boys was a quick dash down to the local tavern to sample the local ale on tap and then back to the house for a BBQ.

Oh yes we also got to meet the two hounds that reside there too - just another wedge to drive Dad to get the kids a dog when we get home....

Richard

Day 84 Brisbane

Little Richie had been looking forward to this day, free tickets to the cricket courtesy of Uncle Scotty.

The normal scheduled start was 10am, however, due to lost time from rain they re-scheduled to 930am. We thought this might happen so we planned to meet there at 930am. Would you believe that the new Victorian bowler, James Pattinson got three wickets (nearly a hat trick while we were on our way in and we missed it (I think it went something like .w.ww. and the last dot ball nearly got a fourth wicket.)

Anyway despite missing all of that we had a good day admiring the cricket and the scenery, and watching Australia whip the Kiwis. After the game Richie was able to meet and take photos with some of the players.

And yes - one of them being "Punter"

Day 83 Brisbane

Saturday morning, the kids were up early, relaxing in front of the T.V. catching up with all of the reruns on Foxtel. By mid morning, we were able to feed them and move them out of the front door to a local free water park. The kids also had a swim at the seaside pool where Richie was doing a freestyle lap but swam staright into the concrete wall head first and grazed his scone. We headed back to Dan and Jul's to prepare for the late afternoon B.B.Q. We were catching up with old Queensland friends Cam and Tracy, who we had not seen for 12 years. Uncle Scotty who was in Brisbane for the first test- Australia vs New Zealand, also came along. The kids were very excited about see Uncle Scotty. Dan and Jul's son Nickolas was having a great time playing with the kids too.