8th December 08
Hi its Mummy and Georgia here, nobody has caught up with the blog for a while so here we go.
Hi its Mummy and Georgia here, nobody has caught up with the blog for a while so here we go.
Brisbane –Our first city! We stayed in a camp site only ten minutes from the city centre. This was great for all our sight- seeing, culture injections and our last chance to shop for Christmas, for anything that wasn’t going to be from a surf shop that is.
Brisbane is set up with its museums and galleries along a stretch called ‘The South Bank’ a very similar feel to London.
Brisbane is set up with its museums and galleries along a stretch called ‘The South Bank’ a very similar feel to London.
Day 1 was spent visiting Brisbane’s science museum which was really hands on and practical. Giving us a chance to sprint against Australia’s fastest 100m runner, problem solving, optical illusions, space, weight and much more. Mum says she couldn’t believe it when I tapped her shoulder and I was lifting a family size fridge, with the use of leavers, and Olivia with what looked like her head chopped off on a food platter thank goodness for optical illusions.
Over the next few days, we visited the Museum of Modern Art, The Brisbane Museum and an exhibition called ‘Game On’ a history of Video games. Great fun was had by all playing various games. Remember Ping Pong? Space Invaders (couldn’t get Andy off that) and hysterical time on the dance mat.
This year Christmas shopping just for the five of us was very strange , looking for small light portable presents that we could hide somewhere in the motor home. Happily Olivia will not be receiving any large pieces of moulded pink plastic this year. We did however start to feel a little bit in the Christmas spirit. There was a lovely large tree in the main square and children singing carols from all the local schools. There was a Australian post box in the main square which was just for letters to Santa, so the girls were able to send details of where we would be staying and asking him to climb through the vent in the ceiling, and to then balance onto the loo to get into our Motor Home (which we have now called ‘Mavis’) as we did not have a chimney. Olivia is still asking Santa to bring her Charlotte her best friend for Xmas.... Mmm not sure he will be able to do that one.
Another first for the girls on this trip and certainly a great experience for us all, one evening following a long shopping period we took them to have their first taste of Japanese ‘Teppenyaki’ We had wonderful chef who was keen to put on a great show for us pommes, all the girls could say was WOW. When it was time to make the egg fried rice we had to catch the raw eggs into our bowls......Andy did....the rest of us no way, so egg all over. Once the rice was cooked we also had to catch the rice in the bowl this time we all managed that one.
Brisbane bought more storms and high winds. The heat builds up each day and then like a flick of a switch, late afternoon the heavens open with rain, thunder and incredible lightning this goes on for most of the night, day breaks and you are greeted by a beautiful blue sky and warmth once again.
Pacific Pines, Claire, Tobi and the Theme Parks. – We arrived in Pacific Pines on the 30th of November, where we planned to stay the night saying hi, and ended up staying a week. We were visiting one of mummy’s old school friends (who she had not seen for 24 years) Claire Spillman and her gorgeous black Lab, Tobi.
We were greeted that night by a thorough face licking and lovely roast lamb. Our first roast for over 3 months! How did she know The Lucey’s love their roasts?
The next day we left the house at 10am to go to our first Theme Park, ‘Wet and Wild’. This was great fun going on all the water slides, the kamikaze, the black hole and all other sorts. Olivia managed to go on every ride. She has great guts!
Over the next few days, we visited the Museum of Modern Art, The Brisbane Museum and an exhibition called ‘Game On’ a history of Video games. Great fun was had by all playing various games. Remember Ping Pong? Space Invaders (couldn’t get Andy off that) and hysterical time on the dance mat.
This year Christmas shopping just for the five of us was very strange , looking for small light portable presents that we could hide somewhere in the motor home. Happily Olivia will not be receiving any large pieces of moulded pink plastic this year. We did however start to feel a little bit in the Christmas spirit. There was a lovely large tree in the main square and children singing carols from all the local schools. There was a Australian post box in the main square which was just for letters to Santa, so the girls were able to send details of where we would be staying and asking him to climb through the vent in the ceiling, and to then balance onto the loo to get into our Motor Home (which we have now called ‘Mavis’) as we did not have a chimney. Olivia is still asking Santa to bring her Charlotte her best friend for Xmas.... Mmm not sure he will be able to do that one.
Another first for the girls on this trip and certainly a great experience for us all, one evening following a long shopping period we took them to have their first taste of Japanese ‘Teppenyaki’ We had wonderful chef who was keen to put on a great show for us pommes, all the girls could say was WOW. When it was time to make the egg fried rice we had to catch the raw eggs into our bowls......Andy did....the rest of us no way, so egg all over. Once the rice was cooked we also had to catch the rice in the bowl this time we all managed that one.
Brisbane bought more storms and high winds. The heat builds up each day and then like a flick of a switch, late afternoon the heavens open with rain, thunder and incredible lightning this goes on for most of the night, day breaks and you are greeted by a beautiful blue sky and warmth once again.
Pacific Pines, Claire, Tobi and the Theme Parks. – We arrived in Pacific Pines on the 30th of November, where we planned to stay the night saying hi, and ended up staying a week. We were visiting one of mummy’s old school friends (who she had not seen for 24 years) Claire Spillman and her gorgeous black Lab, Tobi.
We were greeted that night by a thorough face licking and lovely roast lamb. Our first roast for over 3 months! How did she know The Lucey’s love their roasts?
The next day we left the house at 10am to go to our first Theme Park, ‘Wet and Wild’. This was great fun going on all the water slides, the kamikaze, the black hole and all other sorts. Olivia managed to go on every ride. She has great guts!
The Aussie air seems to have given Mads a growth spurt!
The day after that, Claire had the day off work from the Gold Coast Hospital where she is a child’s physiotherapist. She told us about a place called ‘Tambourine Mountain with lots going on. I, Maddie and Daddy went on a very testing, 4 course of high ropes. That took us 3 hours, while mummy and Claire took Olivia horse riding. The day was great fun, having a picnic lunch, and afterwards an ice cream in a little village. 
Decorating the tree at Claires.
On the 3rd day of December we went to Movie World. The Superman ride was the best rollercoaster. So fast, with vertical climbs, drops and loops.! The batman rides were good fun, as well as the soaking log ride and Land of Looney Tunes. Mum is sooooo not good at roller coasters so the land of Looney Tunes was about her level. Ha Ha
with mum in the Land of Looney Tunes!
School work couldn’t be forgotten, so another day catching up with that and our scrap books, which are beginning to look really interesting. That same day, dad went out to the supermarket and came back with his hair coloured peroxide white! Okay, okay, we all know that you were bleaching your hair for blond highlights, but now this!
Blondes have more fun.....
Last stop a day at Dream world. What a week of theme parks. We have definitely had enough of them for a long long time. At least we had experienced them before all the schools broke up for their summer holidays, they were quite busy with ‘Schoolies’ though which are the 16 and 18 year olds all out having fun after their exams.
We left Claire and Tobi who had been such great hosts all week. We did not want to leave our beds with cotton sheets, great showers, flat screen T.V the comfort of a home and good company. The aim for the next week was to travel south of the Gold Coast to explore as far as Coffs Harbour, about a third of the stretch to Sydney. That afternoon we met up with Pad and Lynn for lunch who were staying in Sanctuary Cove, just 10 minutes away. Unfortunately a few minutes after we had sat down, I went back to the Mavis – the van, to get a jumper only to find the glass smashed and the van had been broken into. Mummy’s new Orla Keily handbag which we had bought her for her birthday to use on the trip was the only thing that had been stolen but it contained a matching purse, mobile phone and everything else in the bag. Dad was amazed how much mum kept in her handbag...... So if you don’t hear from mummy that’s why. She was most upset about her photos she had in her purse of us since we were tiny, Olivia’s important glasses and of course her phone. At least the robbers had gone before I arrived back at the van. The rest of the afternoon was spent getting to the police station to report the crime and then trying to sort out fixing the glass.
So we are now in Kirra near Coollangatta the border to New South Wales catching up with our insurance company, getting the glass fixed in the morning and mummy and Daddy have just said we can do some school work. Yuk.
Hopefully we are going to see high school Musical this afternoon.
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All our love to you all,
Mummy and Georgia,
xxx
1 comment:
Again, wonderful to catch up with, everything sounds very exciting, but not too sure about the blonde!!
Anyway, look forward to the next update. Take care,
Lots of love
Mum & Dad
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