Bel Air Resort Broadbeach

... again straight away. Next was the Tower of Terror which even Toby went on (altho he did come out very while afterwards). After a few more big thrills we decided it was time for some more easy rides, so Dorothy Teacups it was, not sure what was worse. Those spinning Teacups aren't fun!
Lunchtime came the FlowRider, 30mins of water fun!! We loved it so much booked it in for Friday at WhiteWater World too.

Thursday 20th August
Relaxing day ...

... sind wir noch durch den Nationalpark gegangen, wo Logan dann seinen Spieltrieb wieder ausleben konnte.

Da Currumbin nicht weit war und dort im Hinterland ja die schönen Wasserfälle sind, haben wir dort auch noch einen Ausflug hin gemacht. An unserem ersten Stopp, haben wir Rollen getaucht. Ich habe das Auto gefahren und Tourguide gespielt, während Logan Fotos und Videos von uns und der Umgebung gemacht hat. Die Wasserfälle ...

... because of it but eh, no biggie! Anyway as my mouth wouldn't open wider than the width of a finger and i was given gargantuan sized tablets to swallow I had a really fun time in Surfers Paradise and I didn't even get to see the famous sex shop Condom Kingdom, which Dave and Jess told me doesn't actually have all that many condoms in. Our next stop was Brisbane one of the biggest cities in Queensland,.

... weeks before. I think I could go back and do that again while learning to surf for real... maybe next year! We also went down south to check out Warren's plot of land on which he was contemplating putting a rental house as well. This was an experience in itself as we did a bit of off-roading and I did my best to avoid the million or so bees he had on his property. The redeeming aspect of the bees is that we had fresh honey the entire ...

... he was a no-show. We're in the one place we were told not to bother with in Australia but the flights were cheap, so cheap we flew business class. It's not bad here but a bit overcast and humid. Off to a water park tomorrow and then a short hop to Adelaide.

... the obnoxious little pidgies. I relented once in my quest to chase them off, for a quick camera shot with one on my shoulder and two in my hand. The tea was lovely. After that we had a little jaunt through the woods. Where we hiked down to some waterfall thing... that was completely dry! On the plus side the woods were really nice and I enjoyed the walk. It's a beautiful place. After our time in the mountains we ...

... the proceeding years to make the area flat again. The result is an astonishingly beautiful vista, with large flat bedded sandstones and shale deposits (described first i think by none other than Charles Darwin) which have been cut through by several rivers to form huge canyons with large gum and eucalyptus forests held within. On top of the plateau are large mounds which i think are the remnants of the old volcanic episodes mentioned. Hopefully you have a good picture now, then on ...

... entry, free drinks, and about 75 other backpackers to drink with. How can you go wrong? Let me tell you. The free drinks were actually buy one get one free or a thimble with a mixed drink in it. Not going to get you drunk. We ended up spending quite a bit of money. However we managed to get drunk. I don't remember even being in the third bar. Yeah... it was that bad. People dancing everywhere and drinking is all I remember. However, the bars ...

... That night, after a massive dinner of fish 'n chips, we bought beer and drank in the room with our new roommate from France, Emily. The Germans had left so it was just the three of us. We sat around talking for ages about everything from boys to more serious things like culture in France and the US. We then went out to Shooters, a pub I vaguely remembered being at the night before. Of course we attracted the creepers from New Zealand - I don't know what it is about me that attracts ...

... day dossing in their hostel as they've got a free pool table. That night we went out for a massive chinese, which makes me feel sick thinking about the amount of food I managed to get down. For some reason we then ended up having a bit of a session over at the bar at Bunk and the pub under their hostel. I managed to walk the road full of drunks and abbo smack heads unscathed and got a good night sleep in. Monday was a chilled out day and I managed to chill out ...