Moe Sue Kay Chris

Woke to breafast in the room which was a suprise as we had forgotten we added it when booking. With breaky done we went to explore the complex and view the Sheraton Hotel in who's grounds our villa is situated. As always the brochures over sell things and we soon found we would have to pay extra to use the facilities at the Sheraton along with extra payment for electricity if we went over our allocated amount. As things here are that bit cheaper we took the news with smiles and just got on with our holiday. On the up side the villa is very good value for money and has a one and a half kilometre swimming pool going straight past our balcony, along with all the essential additions such as hair dryer and tele ... read more

Packed and tidied house. Stopped at nice beach cafe in Melbourne for lunch before being dropped off at Airport. Said our sad goodbyes before boarding our Thai Airways flight to Bangkok. Flight fairly empty so could spread out and had 3 seats each. Service very good and the kids managed to get some sleep. Unfortunately waking up to be offered noodles with prawns and chilli was too weird for Chris and he had to make use of the sick bag. Taxi was waiting for us and we made haste on the empty roads to our Blue Lagoon Villa. ... read more

Andy arrived late last night so stayed up chatting. Wilson decided the change of routine was not to his liking and got up at 5.30 so not the best start to a day for Sharon. Drove to Cowes. Pretty town and bay. The girls took time out to do a quick look around the shops whilst Moe entertained Wilson making balloon models. Moved on to Nobbies Point to try and see the seals on Seal Rocks. Could make out their shape but not that close. Good visitor centre though. After grabbing some warm clothes and dropping off Andy and Wilson back at the house we went to experience the Penguin Parade. At dusk, hundreds of fairy penguins come ashore and waddle in groups to find their burrows and mating partners for the night. Amazing experience watching ... read more

Time to leave Melbourne and head for Philip Island, our next view of Melbourne would be from the airport on Sunday. The drive to Philip Island was to take about two hours and with Wilson coming along we planned a halfway stop for lunch and a leg stretch. Timboon was our lunch stop and we found a nice picnic area with toilets and a play area to entertain Wilson. We were staying in another rented house and we arrived to find another fantastic holiday property again with sea views, well done Sharon. We settled in and did some unpacking. Another lie in and a late breafast was had before heading out for a walk around Rhyll, the village we were staying in. One convienence store and two coffee shops along with a few boat yards was ... read more

Today was not as eventful as others and we took a leisurely drive back to Melbourne stopping at Lorne for lunch and coffee. After feeding the kids and getting Wilson to bed we left Kay and Chris to babysit for the evening while we headed out for a meal at a local Cambodian resturaunt. The food was great and it was nice to get away from the kids for a few hours.... read more

My turn to make breaky so bacon and omlette was the order of the day. Our travels today took us further along the great ocean road and we visited several view points along the beach such as London Bridge, The Twelve Apostles and the Arch. We also drove up the road to Ottway Lighthouse where we stopped to do wild koala spotting which the kids thoroughly enjoyed. our next stop was to view a local cheese factory and a local distillery where of course we did some tasting. After a full day on the road we returned to the house for home cooked lasagne and another bottle of red wine. After dinner we settled the kids and jumped into the car to go find Apollo Bays stonking nightlife, we didnt find it and settled fot the ... read more

A leisurely start to Saturday with a quick trip to the local store to buy food for breaky and lunch. With lunch packed we set off and headed to Kurumba a small village inland located beside Barron Falls waterfall. The trip only took about 30 minutes and the falls was our first stop where we got some breath taking views and some awsome pics. A short trip into Kurumba and we parked up to walk around the over inflated tourist shops which was pleasant but did not hold our intrest for long. we headed back down to the coast and before heading back stopped to eat our late lunch at Trinity Beach Resort which is the next one down from Palm Cove. We returned to our apartent where after typing this I will be cooking tea ... read more

This is where the story gets interesting, the next two days didn't go as planned and we will remember it for the wrong reasons. This being said we all had a good experience. We met at Rainbow beach Surf Club with our guide Andrew who was to show us around Fraser Island, we all climed aboard a Toyota Hybrid 4x4 and set off to the ferry at Inskip Point. Once on the island we drove along 75 mile beach which is the main highway beach road along the island. Our first stop was at Eli Creek, here we had the chance to swim or paddle in fresh spring water. CRASH BANG WALLOP!!!!!!!!! This is where our plans took a big change in direction. Before heading on to our next stop we all made use of the ... read more