Australia
I was 40 this August much to my disgust (kidding), and was treated to a very special holiday to Australia. FANTASTIC!! That’s all I can say!!
No really, it was fabulous!! The flight was very long and very exhausting, but I was determined not to get too affected by jet lag. Luckily for me, I was ok both going and coming back. I decided to stay up and go to bed when it was a normal bed time and it seemed to work both ways. Trust me, it was very difficult to do but it really did help.
We went to lots of really beautiful places and had lovely weather. Spot the tourist!! They are the ones in shorts and tee-shirts while the locals wear jeans and jumpers and the odd person wore a coat in temperatures of 25 degrees +!! Well that’s cold to the Aussies and it was their winter after all….
Australia Zoo, the home of the crocodile hunter, excellent!! The animals are all so well cared for and their environment is as close to the wild as possible. We stroked the kangaroos and wallabies and the koalas. They smell of eucalyptus and sleep for around 20 hours a day. When they are awake they are eating. Their fur is so thick and soft. They have a wonderful memorial to Steve Irwin underneath the crocoseum. He truly was a remarkable man.
Roma Parklands in Brisbane is absolutely stunning. So clean and tidy and lots of water dragons popping out from drains. I caught one on camera and I will upload some of the photos to this page once I have sorted them out.
I loved the Brisbane river and James loved going on the city cats, which are like busses on water. They are quick and easy to get from the South to the North suburbs. On one of the days on the cat, the air was so warm it felt like a hairdryer was being blown in my face.
I also couldn’t resist taking part in the Brisbane 10k. It was a fantastic experience and everyone was so friendly. I am so glad that I took part. David snapped away with his camera so I have some very good memories to keep. The best part was getting into the swimming pool fully clothed just after the race. The swimming pool is free and is on the south bank next to a man made beach, which I look at every day as I have it as my backdrop on my desktop. Its stunning!!
We also did a sky walk in the rainforest. That was amazing! It was so cool underneath the canopy and when you went into the sun, it was really hot and you started sweating straight away. James and David also enjoyed it very much. It was a very memorable day.
There is so much I could write about our holiday in Australia, but I’m sure once you see the photos, you will be wishing you had gone too. Tiff didn’t come with us as she went to Amsterdam with some of her friends. It would have been fantastic if she could have been with us, but she had already booked to go with her friends.