laurenzia49

Today was Father's Day in Australia, so I got up at 05:55 and waited for Dad and Sophie to get up at 06:10. When they woke up, I gave Dad his Father's Day card and he did a little treasure hunt to find his present which was some vouchers for certain things, like a BBQ and me washing his car. We then had to get ready to go to the Gold Coast for a practise run of the World Championships Triathlon Course. We were ready by 06:45 when Nicola phoned to say that she was downstairs. We set off - Dad and I in one car, Sophie and Nicola in another - and we got down to the Gold Coast (Southport) by 07:00. Sophie and I were ready to leave before Dad and Nicola, so we ... read more

I woke up at 08:45 and got up at 09:00. I had a shower and got dressed, then had a banana for breakfast whilst watching a bit of television. At 10:30, we (Ranee, Billy and I) left to go to Kelly Tarltons. We had to drive through Auckland to get to Orakei and the centre. We queued up to get in and then went straight on the penguin experience as it was feeding time. We saw the penguins being fed and also saw the king penguin chicks being fed, they were so cute! We went through the shark tunnel and saw plenty of different types of fish, sharks, rays and eels. There was a travelator that you stand on and go round the route and that made Ranee and I quite dizzy! We got out of ... read more

Today we left home at about 08:40, drove to McDonalds and grabbed some brekkie. We ate it as we drove towards the sunshine coast along the M1. We stopped at the bait shop and bought some worms, mackerel and some new hooks before we left the mainland and headed over the bridge to the island. When we got to the island we stopped in the car park near the beach and let some air out of the tyres. Dad drove down the sand track to get to the beach and we were skidding all over the place. It was really fun. When we got down onto the beach, Dad and I swapped places and I drove all of the way to the other end of the beach where we stopped and parked up. Dad and I ... read more

So, what have I been doing since Sunday? Well, lets do this in a sensible order. Monday- Monday morning I spent sunbathing a reading a book. At about 11:50 I started walking along the boardwalk towards the Goodwill Bridge and it took me about half an hour to get to the Botanic Gardens on the other side of the river. I met Dad and John and we went for a walk through the gardens and Dad showed me where the swimming pool is. Then we dropped John back at work and Dad and I walked along the boardwalk past Eagle Street and nearly to the end where Dad turned round and went back to work and I carried on across Story Bridge. It didn't take me long to get back to the unit, and when I ... read more

Today I woke up at 6:50 this morning ( I had been asleep since 19:45 lastnight!). We had breakfast at 'Butter Bistro' just round the corner from the appartment. I had bacon, scrambled eggs and pancakes and freshly squeezed orange juice. It was lovely. We went straight from there to Mount Coot-tha where we went to the lookout and took some photos of the cityscape and the other views. We went from there to the bottom of the mountain to the Botanical Gardens, where we saw fish, Sacred Ibis and a lizard and lots of cacti, it was quite warm and sunny. We then went to Toowoomba shopping centre and I got my watch strap sorted so now it won't fall off my arm! Sophie went food shopping in Coles whilst Dad and I went into ... read more