Blogs from Upper Coomera, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Wow this was a fabulous but VERY tiring day! Up early enough and Shan, Elijah, Rob and I headed off to Waterworld at Dreamworld. Half an hour before opening we were standing in the hot sun with a heaps of other excited people. The doors opened and we piled in. We were ready to climb our first set of stairs for the day! Up to the Hydrocoaster. A water roller coaster! Queues weren't too bad so not too long we were ready to go. Shan and I shared a raft and off we went. Arghhhhh!!! It was seriously scary! Well for me anyway! But awesome fun! Screamed all the way though! Thats how the day continued, climbing up floors and floors of stairs and flying down various tunnels and vortex's of water! Crazy fun! Recommend this ... read more

After leaving Sydney it finally feels like our trip has really started!! We arrived in the Gold Coast and while waiting in the airport for our shuttle all of these camera and tv crews started pouring in. Not knowing what was going on we asked someone and found out the Quicksilver surf team just flew in for a competition. There was a big press event with free food and drinks for everyone. Our hour wait definately went by fast when we had all those hot surfer guys to look at. And we saw Kelly Slater, to be honest I had no idea who he was but someone pointed him out for me. After the big festivities ended we boarded our shuttle and of course the second we left the airport it started to rain. Actually it ... read more

At Dreamworld we got to go in early, because we bought tickets through RACQ, which is different to RACV. The first ride was The Cyclone for Dad and Kate. I didn’t want to go on, so Mum stayed off with me. We went down and the next ride was Thunder River Rapids and we got wet, but it was fun. Next in line was the Log Ride. We got drenched, otherwise it was a lot of fun. Then we went to the Motocoaster. Dad & Kate went on first, then we all had a ride. After that we went to have lunch. On the way Kate wanted to go on the Nickelodeon ride, so Dad went on with her. Had lunch then went to White Water World. The first ride we went on was the Temple ... read more

What a triumph!!! After travelling 54,000 kilometres around the world my journey finally came to an end at The Magical Scarecrows LET'S MAKE MAGIC FOR A DAY event of 2009 at Dreamworld theme park on the glorious Gold Coast of Queensland, Australia. Forty-five children touched by terminal illnesses or other disabling conditions and their families were treated to the time of their lives when Auntie Lynn hosted a Variety spectacular with the first and last STARS WITH HEARTS to sign me. The chart-topping super hero of pop music, Leo Sayer, was there, so was acclaimed veteran Aussie star of stage and screen Barry Crocker, and heavy-weight boxing champion, Joe Bugner, as well as Aria award winning Australian Idol Cosima De Vito and host of the hit kids TV series "The Shak" Kendal Rae better known as ... read more