2013-08-12 - Day 8 (Saturday) - Coastal Tour

Our last day - no worlds today. Decided to take a tour, across the border to NSW, and visited the Natural Bridge, which was an amazing walk through the jungle. Beautiful waterfalls, trees and undergrowth. On the way we also went to the Hinze Dan, which was, er, big.

We had a lunch at a lovely cafe, and then just happen to go past Tropical Fruit World - funny! Daddy wanted to go there all holiday, and just when he thought there was no chance, we pass it by accident! Had some nice ice creams there, and walked around. Nice lizards!

Drove to Coolangatta and sat on the grass on the hill watching breaching whales - unbelievable! A few lizards too! We decided to stay for an italian dinner after finding some pressies for Aiysha and Clara's friends.

Back late, and spent out last night packing.

2013-08-11 - Day 7 (Friday) - Wet and Wild

Could this beat yesterday - would be pretty amazing if it did!

Hmmm, very crowded from the start - hottest day of the week, so not surprising. However, we had a plan! As we saved money on our flights using our points, we decided to purchase the Fast Track All Day ticket - this meant we had priority on all rides, and could get to the front of the queues without getting into the big queues! We felt a bit bad about this, but so glad we did it, as the queues were huge. We must have saved at least 3 hours of lining up!

Rides included - Kamikaze, Tornado (like the Green Room), Black Hole, Sidewinder, Aqua-Racer (Daddy and Roxy racing on mats), Aqua-Loop (just Daddy similar to Wedgie, with a mat strapped to his back) and Mammoth Falls. We went on them again and again, it was amazing fun! We stopped for lunches and ice creams, then got back to it right until the end of the day. What a day!

Roxy decided to do the Mach 5 - a ride which she did on her own, with a massive drop! From being scared of the log flume to doing one of the scariest rides in any park, it was amazing! Aiysha said she wouldn't even go on it!

Stopped off at Laurels Cottage for pizza, then hope for a goood sleep!

2013-08-10 - Day 6 (Thursday) - White Water World

Had to take it easy today with Aiysha's leg, so went to white water world - fail!

Hydro coaster, green room, head banger, green snake, wave pool, RIP, Little rippers (one lady couldn't get out of her ring - funny, sort of)- crazy rides! It was a bit chilly, but it was sooooo much fun! We were the last people to go on the hydro coaster, the only ride to go uphill by magnets! Amazing rides all day, and the queues were not that big!

I decided to go on the Wedgie - sheer drop out of a capsule - that was pretty scary stuff, but great fun!

Had our snacks, some burgers, but ran out of time to get our ice creams!

What a day - so much better that what were expecting!

Dreamworld was next door, but full of roller coasters - not what we fancied at all.

Smart Ass again!

2013-08-09 - Day 5 (Wednesday) - Sea World

We were all looking forward to Sea World, and it was every bit as good as we thought it was going to be! The dolphin show was amazing, with no unnecessary tricks, and we learned a lot - we were all amazed at what they did, it was something else! We had fish and chips right above the dolphin sanctuary, and watched them while we ate - amazing!

We went on the cable car and the monorail around the park, got our photo taken on the log flume - Clara is getting more use to the scary rides, saw the baby polar bears (well Daddy didn't), watched the shark feeding, went on the pull-up ropes, as Aiysha thought she could beat Daddy and Clara - unlucky!

We got some food to feed the stingrays which was amazing - they just sucked the food out of our hands! We ended the day watching dolphins in their pen, which was lovely.

Aiysha's leg was a bit swollen at the end of the day, which was worrying. Too much walking, so much to see!

No movie again! Smart Ass, risotto and other stuff! Everyone so tired!

2013-10-08 - Day 4 (Tuesday) - Movieworld

Coolish day, so decided to check out Movieworld, and were were shocked by the queues! Everywhere had queues! We couldn't get into the first stunt car show, so we headed to the log flume which was pretty empty - only because everyone else was in the show! It was a very cool ride as we went backwards down a pretty steep drop, and got pretty wet. When we tried to go on it again, we queued up for over an hour, which was not great.

We made our lunches again, but did get a few treats. We visited the Harry Potter and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory shops, but both were pretty disappointing.  Shows were running through the day, but all very old characters that Aiysha and Clara did not really relate to - Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marilyn Monroe?

Other rides - Scooby Doo (Mummy and Daddy, pretty scary), Taxi ride which Clara overtook Aiysha on - very funny, small dodgems, and also the big dodgems. Clara was pretty scared on the log flume, but she went on it twice which was amazing, and she deserved to win Mr. Brave! We also watched a 4D movie of ice age, which was a bit disappointing. We never made it to a show - just too busy, but ended the day in the dodgems that Aiysha and Mummy found, which was so funny!

Smart Ass, home made burgers and sausages. Yummy, and tired.