March 17     Burrum Heads - Bundaberg After a lovely nights sleep and no pack up this morning we enjoyed a yummy breakfast before heading to the beach for some shell collecting. It was already starting to warm up even though the rain had broken a bit of the heat. With an abundance of shells added … Continue reading Outback Wanderings

March 13     Gympie - Rainbow Beach - Fraser Island (Dilli Village) After a lovely, peaceful nights sleep we woke early and packed quickly. The children were highly motivated this morning as they were promised a final goodbye to the animals before we left. Much to Clarissa's disappointment the guinea pigs were still in hiding which I … Continue reading Our Island Getaway

March 9     Gold Coast - Brisbane - Beerwah  With our Mission accomplished, it was time to pack up our tent, load up our trusty Blu and hit the road again! But first, it was back to Movie World, so that Zach could have one last fling on the big 3 coasters. With our … Continue reading A Trip Down Memory Lane

March 8     Movie World - Wet n Wild - Sea World So, with the theme parks well covered over our week on the Gold Coast, we decided to set ourselves a slightly crazy challenge as our last hurrah before hitting the road again... Our mission; to hit every open and included ride and slide at all … Continue reading Your Mission; Should You Choose To Accept It… 

We arrived at Sea World with lots of excitement for what we might see today.  I was looking forward to seeing all the animals, especially the dolphins. On the way to Penguin point (where we watched the fairy penguins being fed) we went past Ray Reef and patted the slimey manta rays. These were Zach's … Continue reading Adventures at Sea

The kids and I visited Paradise Country on Sunday afternoon while Adrian did something with Blu. It was really hot! We donned our cowboy hats and ventured into the farm themed park. The first stop was the baby animal nursery. Clarissa loved the baby pigs. They were cute its just a shame they don't stay … Continue reading It’s Hot in Paradise

After a long day at Movie World it was quite lovely to know that we would be enjoying a delicious 3 course meal and I didn't have to prepare it. We didn't really know what else to expect so hurriedly dashed through the rain into  the world of the high country. Our tickets were checked … Continue reading The Outback Is Spectacular

As we first went through the Movie World gates, I saw the coasters and was very excited for the fun we would have! We wandered down the main street and enjoyed the old time movie set feeling. Our first stop was the stunt car show. The show was loud, smelly and awesome. The cars were looping … Continue reading There’s no Business Like Show Business

Wet 'n Wild was the first park we hit, as well as being our go-to at the end of almost every day to cool off, so it seems fitting to cover it first. We decided to walk there on the first day, after being assured by the caravan park staff that it was only a … Continue reading The Wet and The Wild 

1-8 March      The Gold Coast 8 whole nights in one place! No setups! No Packdowns! No long drives! And Sunshine! And Themeparks! Awesome!  We pulled into the Gold Coast Holiday Park full of anticipation, this was a stop we had been looking forward to all trip... Friends who had travelled through couple of … Continue reading Bring on the GC!