Pat’s Point of View

We’ve just arrived home from our trip to the Gold Coast where we spent the week between Christmas and New Year with my brother and his family and in-laws. We had a great time, even though it was too short!

We gave our car a good work-out (its first long trip) and there’s now an extra 1935 kms on the clock. She performed brilliantly and it was a comfortable 12 hour drive each way—well as comfortable as that task could be. After that drive, all I can say is thank heavens for cruise control!

The first few days weren’t great in terms of weather but that’s OK since we were just hanging out with the kids, relaxing and doing some ‘factory outlet’ shopping. I even caught a fish. We were staying in a nice quiet part of the Gold Coast known as Runaway Bay, which incidentally is where we caught the ferry to Couran Cove island many years ago.

On the weekend we spent time with Jenn’s sister and her family, who were holidaying in nearby Surfer’s Paradise. First up, Wet’n'Wild Water World, a theme park dedicated to water slides (in case the name didn’t give it away). I think it was pretty good, and I’m practically allergic to sun and water! By far the best ride was the Black Hole, Jenn screamed like a little girl.

Next day we did Sea World, which was more sedate but had the attraction of marine animals, even if most of the time they were part of some lame ’show’. The polar bear and penguins were my picks of the day.

Faced with the prospect of a 12 hour slog back to Sydney today (returning to work tomorrow) we decided to split the drive home over two days and stayed at Nambucca Heads for New Year’s Eve. That place was rockin!…not. Anyway it was the safer option.

So after a great Chirstmas we had a great little holiday, couldn’t ask for much more than that.

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