Friday, May 27, 2022

Week 9- Sunday 15th May - Friday 20th May

Dicky Beach

Star Rating:★★★★ 
★=One star☆=Half a star 
There isn't many photos because we spent most of our time in the sea swimming, we finally had some good weather! The waves were super big so heaps of things got washed up on the beach and we found around 50 pairs of sunglasses, heaps of dog toys, many flippers, googles and snorkels, an old picnic rug, a frisbee (we kept it) and heaps more!

Jackson and I spent a while catching tadpoles and little fish with our homemade nets in an inlet we found!

We went to a different beach and it had heaps of rock pools in which we found heaps of cute little hermit crabs. When we were exploring a crab climbed up Jackson's leg and nipped him!


Kondalilla Falls

Star Rating:★★★★

★=One star☆=Half a star

I loved Kondalilla Falls but I only gave it a 4 star rating because of the leeches and the wet sticky mud.... 

πŸ‘‡We saw heaps of amazing views of all the mountains.πŸ‘†



There were quite a few cool fungi on some of the trees.

We saw lots of big spiders everywhere.

 πŸ‘‡There were heaps of beautiful waterfalls.πŸ‘‡ 


                   





Mitta Glen, Flaxton, QLD
https://mittaglenguesthouse.com.au/
Star Rating:★★★★☆
★=One star☆=Half a star 

We went to Mitta Glen to visit Deana, who is my dad's cousin. She owns Mitta Glen which is a beautiful B&B, the house itself is an amazing old Queenslander from the 1890s! It also has a huge yard and a pool. On our first morning at Mitta Glen, Deana made us a breakfast that was absolutely unforgettable! There was a huge fruit platter with many different types of fruits including grapes, passionfruit, cantaloupe, papaya and heaps more! There was also warm croissants, freshly baked bread (made by Deana in the morning) and a cheese & salami platter! If you were a sweet tooth you were in luck, there was also freshly squeezed orange juice and a delicious gingerbread spread!



On our first morning with Deana we had an a amazing breakfast!
                                       
Deana had a beautiful cat called Narla. She was so cute!🐈
                               

πŸ‘†Deana's house (Mitta Glen) was super beautiful and so
were the gardens that surrounded it❤.πŸ‘‡
         
πŸ‘‡The inside of Deana's house was amazing! 
It was super beautiful!πŸ‘‡


           
πŸ‘‡ If you thought that the inside of the house wasπŸ‘‡   
beautiful then just look at the outside!






                                   

                                                      

                                   
 
                      

             
                                       
                                                             

Maryborough, QLD
Star Rating:★★★☆                                           
★=One star☆=Half a star       
When we went to Maryborough (the town where Pamela Lyndon Travers, the author of Mary Poppins, was born) we really needed the toilet so we started looking everywhere for one, when we finally found one it took our breath away!....


There was a gold toilet! 

There were heaps of beautiful paintings (the toilets were fully hand painted) that looked amazing!

I think out of all the rooms the Parent's room was the best because in it was a whole scene from the Mary Poppins movie. We also got to meet the artist that designed and painted the room!

The lights in the Parent's room looked like hot air balloons and they were amazing!

πŸ‘†As it was a Mary Poppins themed town all the red and green lights looked like Mary Poppins!πŸ‘‡  


There was a bronze statue of Mary Poppins which had been placed by Pamela's best friend.

And away I go!☂

Lol!


Saturday, May 21, 2022

Week 8- Saturday 6th - Saturday 14th May

 Gold Coast

Star Rating:★★★★☆
★=One star☆=Half a star 

Whilst in the Gold Coast we stayed with our friends, Bretty and Ally and their kids Ryder(9), Zanthe(5/6,she turned 6 on our last day there) and Billie(4). They also had a super cute Great Dane called Duke (can you spot him in the photo below? Hint: he's standing at the door). We did lots of fun things with them including when we went out for dinner at an amazing food and music market called the Miami Marketta. We also went to a beautiful inlet called Tallebudgera Creek where we swam and fished. Dad went snorkeling and he brought back a huge mud crab (we had it for dinner the next night).                             

This is on our first night staying at their house. We were watching a movie, Billie is lying on my right and Zanthe is sitting on my left.
  
It was Zanthe's birthday on the day we left and we got her a snorkel and flippers kit.πŸŽ‚

When we went to the Miami Marketta I got calamari, chips and a can of soft drink. For dessert I got an amazing choc caramel brownie with ice cream and caramel fudge.

🐟🐠When we went to Tallebudgera Creek I was fishing a lot and I caught some puffer fish.🐟🐠

The view of Surfer's Paradise from Burleigh Heads.

When we went to Paradise Country and we saw a 5 month old koala, it was so cute. It's hard to spot because it is nestled into its mum!
                                       
                                          
We went out for lunch and a walk in Brisbane with our friends and their kids, Xavier and Aidan.
                                                                                       

Theme Parks No.2
Star Rating:★★★★☆
★=One star☆=Half a star
We went to the theme parks a second time because we got the fourteen day pass which gave us fourteen days of unlimited fun at Movie World, Sea World and Wet and Wild! The first time we went to all the theme parks it was sunny and there were lots of crowds, but the second time was a different story! It was super wet, rainy and cold, there were also no crowds because everyone was scared of the weather..... so over all I think the second time we went to the theme parks was the best because we didn't have stand in any queues!
↕Spot the difference!↕

'Follow the yellow brick road'!

We went on the Road Runner roller coaster heaps!
On our last ride on the Road Runner roller coaster Mum and I were the only ones waiting so we got to pick which seats we wanted, so we chose the front! 

When we went on the Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster and an evil demon who looked like my dad started
strangling my mum!! 😈

We went on Spongebob's Roller Coaster a heap!




Week 74- Monday 30th October- Sunday 5th November

Alice Springs , NT Star Rating:★★★★ ★=Full Star  ☆=Half Star This time around at Alice Springs we spent the whole time in the pool.....again...