We
said goodbye to Fraser Island, taking the barge back across to
Rainbow Beach and headed towards Brisbane. On the way we met up with
fellow Great Dividing Range inductees – Doug, Sharon and their
kids Ella and Jarrod for coffee at that great Australian institution,
Macca's. They were on their own 3 ½ month odyssey across the
eastern half of Australia.
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| Catching up with Doug, Sharon, Ella and Jarrod |
Then
it was off to Brisbane to catch up with old friends Peter, Jacqui and
their kids Kaitlyn and James. Allan, Vickki and Jessie from Perth were also there so it was a great catch up for all. We all 'squished' into
Peter and Jacqui's house, we had a few cooked dinners, some great
wine and plenty of laughs as we caught up on old times.
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| Roughing it with drinks at the pools |
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| Jacqui the pool shark, slaughtering us at pool |
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| Cheers! |
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| Time for a visit from tooth fairy |
The boys all cooked an Indian banquet on the first night. Allan drew the short straw and cut up 4kgs of onions – which was so funny that we all joined in and cried - though ours were of laughter, joining an exhausted but good humoured Allan. Peter manned the BBQ for the kebabs and chicken tandoori. I tried not to be too bossy or messy in the kitchen – a vain hope.
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| Peter, Allen and Vin - ready for action |
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| For heavens sake - chop finer man! |
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| A job well done! |
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| Peter handling his balls - I mean kebabs! |
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| Jacqui to the rescue |
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| Dishing up for the kids |
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| They had to wait a while but all smiles |
In
our stay in Brisbane we had a ride on a rivercat, walked around
Southbank, visited museums and art galleries, parliament house and of
course, visited Movieworld.
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| Kaitlyn and Jasmine at lightshow, Brisbane Festival, Southbank |
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| Biggle and BIG Pie at Yatala |
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| Good pies! |
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| Cheese Factory at the Witchery, Tamborine Mountain |
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| Marking art at the Modern Art Gallery |
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| Surrealism by Adam |
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| Queensland Museum with Jassy and Ella |
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| Chinese in Brisbane |
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| State parliament house |
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| Reading room at State Parliament House |
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| Mace |
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| Biggle and BIG Redback Spider |
The
kids had a their first ride on a serious roller-coaster – Scooby
Doo which started out as a tame ghost train and ended up opening into
a large cavern and being a roller-coaster. Jassie and Ben found it a
little scary and enough for their first experience. The three older
boys - Allen, Peter and I - went on the larger rides – Superman and
Lethal Weapon rides which were exhilarating.
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| Kids ready for Movieworld! |
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| The ride looked easy.... |
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| Marilyn doing her magic with Peter |
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| Jacqui not looking to amused |
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| Stunt cars |
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| We're still alive after the Superman ride |
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| Every boys favourite cat-woman |
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| Kodak moment :) |
We
also visited Customline and got a few thing fixed in the trailer –
like the handbrake and zipper!
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