Update from Paradise

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Hi everybody,

Well another update from Paradise. We had a great time at the surfing lesson, the kids all got up, standing and surfing !!!!! (Please Mr Bloch, tell this to Mrs Bartel !!!!!!!!!!!)
That afternoon (Saturday) we drove up to Surfers Paradise, and it is paradise !!!!!!!!! Waves are very strong !!! There were about 17 people that had to be rescued that day. The beaches are very well patrolled, you can only swim between the flags. The city itself is shopping heaven !!!!!!!
Then Sunday morning Kirsten had to go to the doctor as she had a huge splinter in her feet and it got infected. So we gave ouselves a lazy day and did nothing, just sitting on the beach.

Monday morning we left early to go to the Australia Zoo. Here we dropped off the flag with all the names from the Cheam School kids. It is a great Zoo, not as big as we expected, but very well set up.

The croc show itself was soso,

Last night we drove from the Zoo straight to Harvey Bay, where we will stay for about 4 nights. We will go to-morrow (by plane) to the Great Barrier Reef (Lady Elliot island) We will stay there overnight and snorlkel. Have changed our plans a bit as there is a big cyclone forming in front of Cairns. So we will be hanging around Brisbane area a bit longer and we fly back to Sydney on March the 8th.

It is amazing how many things we have done so far, but slowly we are getting ready too to come home. there are so many impressions you get, we need time to really absorb them. Both Thailand and Australia are great countries to travel especially with kids, we all love to come back here one day


Not too many pics this time as it takes more than 4 min a pic to download on this superfast computer !!! and the pool is calling for me !!!

Will updated again somewhere in the weekend, after our trip to the Great Barrier reef

Take care every one

Love Mir

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Photos

Dry land training
Surfing at Kings Cliff Beach, teacher Jo

Meindert
Yes, Mrs Bartel this is Meindert !!!!!

Kirsten
Yes, Mrs Bartel this is Kirsten !!!!!

Sabien
And yes, Mrs Bartel this is Sabien, now the parents is a different story !!!!!!!! I think we need a couple pf more lessons

Meindert reading
Just want to show you what kind of books Meindert read these days, over 600 pages !!!!! a book. Grade 5 he is coming back as a changed man !!! A bookwurm (maybe got that from his older sister ????)

The flag
Here is a wall of all things send from all over the world for Steve Irwin. This is where the flag will be hanging. It was very impressive what adults and children made and wrote

Comments

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paradijs
Het is fantasties zoals jullie ons op de hoogte houden van al die evenementen, zo'n beetje rondtoeren in een rv is natuurlijk een enige manier. Ja wel veel impressies, maar met de photos en dagboeken zullen jullie er nog jaren plezier van hebben. Aan weer heb je niets gemist hier, dus geniet van zon en zee en als jullie gaan surfen op Long Beach, kom dan even langs!!. Love to you all, L.