squidgetandgiblet

We got up at a silly time of the morning and took Dad to work before carrying on to the highway and down to Surfers Paradise. We got to Seaworld at roughly 09:40 and it took us about 10 minutes to get in as the queues were quite long. We first went into the penguin house and there was a really friendly inquisitive penguin who came right up to the glass to see us. A lot of people came in just after us and it got too crowded so we left and went to see the other penguins who were outside as they are native to Australia. Then we went to see the polar bear who was wandering around above the water. There were a lot of people there to, so we went to the underwater ... read more

We left Brisbane on Tuesday morning at 11:40am. We got a taxi to the airport and once we had found our gate, we settled in and watched the planes taking off and landing. We got on the plane and found that we had three seats between the two of us which was nice! The flight took just over an hour and when we landed in Sydney it only took a couple of minutes to taxi to our stand. We got off the plane and made our way to the train station where we got tickets to Central station. There was a train waiting in the platform which we had to run to get and we made it on just in time. When we got off the train at Central station, it was about a five minute ... read more

We got up early (at about 6:40) and had some breakfast and got ready to go to Australia Zoo for the day. Sophie packed us a picnic lunch and after dropping Dad off at work, we attempted, aided (what I really mean is hindered) by the sat nav, to find our way out of the city and onto the M1. It took about an hour to do a journey that should have taken about 15-20 minutes. In the end, we gave up using the sat nav as it should be used and ended up just using it as a map and finding our own way there. When we got to Australia Zoo, we opted to pay $2 extra each so we could visit the wildlife hospital and look around inside. But before we went to the ... read more

We had a good (but rather turbulent) flight. We are pleased to announce that we both managed to avoid the temptation of killing a small child who kept randomly screaming throughout the 14 hour flight, the parents you ask?! Well, they were fast asleep and ignoring the child.... GRRRR! We landed in Brisbane on time and got straight through passport control and customs with no problems at all. We walked out into the arrivals hall expecting to see Dad and Sophie waiting for us, but in fact they had just got a coffee and were having an argument with the lid as it did not want to go onto the cup! We were driven back to the appartment where we had some food and then got freshened up and changed into some more Australia weather friendly ... read more

Only three days until we are on our way! We are leaving for the airport in exactly three days! We are really excited! We have only just done our packing, although compared to Lauren's normal last minute rush to pack, this is very organised! Chris' dad has just given us lots of Australian and New Zealand dollars in coins, which we now have to find a home for... Lauren votes for Chris' wallet as a home for these coins! Chris says (quite firmly) no! This blog is just to make sure that everyone can see our blogs as we are travelling, so for now, goodbye, we shall no doubt be blogging again soon! Lauren and Chris ... read more