10 DAYS OF THE GOLD COAST!!!
SUNDAY:
All of us at the airport waiting to board our plane to fly far, far away...
Amira loved watching them land and take off!
Amira introduces herself to the baby in the mirror at our room.
Zac explores his room! He had two bunks and his own Playstation 2 & TV as well.
Needless to say it was a big hit!
Then we put Amira in the washing machine!
Just kidding! She is looking out of Zac's portal from his bed.
MONDAY:
Seaworld! Here's us watching the dolphin show.
And here are the dolphins! There were 6 or 7 dolphins and the show was incredible. Most spectacular was the way they fling their trainers in the air and let them surf on their backs!
On to Shark Lagoon. Lots of sharks, stingrays, and the occasional Nemo or Dory!
We made Zac pat a starfish. "But it's spiny!!!!!"
Then it was time to check out all the rides.
Zac's favourite part of the day was this robotic UFO maching which swirled and sprayed water. Gunny said it was a Darlek but I have no idea what he's on about!
Here's Zac waiting to get splashed...
... getting splashed...
... gee that was fun!
The first time we visited the polar bears, they were curled up asleep. We came back a few hours later and one of the cubs jumped in the water right in front of us! This is Lia showing us her doggy paddle. One of the twins was still asleep on the rock - either Hudson or Nelson - they are very hard to tell apart!
She put on quite a show, playing with her toys just like a big white furry dog. She was tossing her yellow thing into the water then jumping on top of it!
Time for more rides! Zac was good value, as kids are free to enter the theme parks until they are 4 years old, and he made the minumum height requirement for a lot of the rides (but only just!!).
TUESDAY:
We checked out the beach!
Zac and Gunny made sand castles then a dragon to go with it.
That night we met up with Mud who happened to be in the area! We found a great Chinese restaurant (altho we had been looking for Mexican....!).
Mud and both grandkids!
WEDNESDAY:
Movieworld!!!!!!! Goodbye Spiderman, hellllooooo Batman!!!
We forgot to pack the camera so until we can scan our 'film' photos this is it. We all went on lots of rides, saw the Shrek 3D movie, and Amira slept through the parade at the end.
THURSDAY:
We put the kids in the "Zone for Kids" Club (otherwise known as childcare) for the morning!
Zac tests his new water squirter out on a handy target...
Luckily the target doesn't seem to mind!!!
FRIDAY:
Wet'n'Wild!!!! The new Buccaneer Bay for kids.
They loved it although it was a bit cold.
Amira went through a stage of sticking out her tongue sideways for some reason. Of course we laughed at her and now she does it all the time just to be a clown!
A handy place to store little kids!!
Amira and I raced Zac but we both lost - the water was freezing and we all got drenched!
We retired to the hotel early for a hot shower followed by cocktails/dinner! Mmm...
SATURDAY:
Bought Zac pair of goggles. Only saw him when he needed to breathe after that.
SUNDAY:
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary! We saw an excellent bird show with pelicans, kites, owls and even a wedgetailed eagle.
Here's a bald nosed Zac in front of a hairy nosed wombat.
And checking out an echidna. It seemed to be checking us out too!
There was a brilliant play area for kids where they could dig up dinosaur bones in a sandpit, climb, go through tunnels etc. It was based on a predator/prey theme and was quite interesting!
Amira narrowly misses out on being eaten.
Zac is climbing along a lizard wall and 'eating' bugs on the way.
A couple of girls chasing Zac on the flying fox.
Then we got to have a cuddle with this enormous python!
By the time we got to the kangaroos it had started to rain.
Zac hand feeding a rather large red kangaroo.
MONDAY & TUESDAY:
The rain turned into the worst weather the Gold Coast had seen in a hundred years or so!!!
We stayed at the hotel for most of it, and only ventured out for bowling and enchilladas.
A brilliant holiday! But we all missed home, especially Angel and Tayla. They were very glad to see us again!!!
