Surfers Paradise

The photos from our trip to Surfers Paradise, Australia, have been sitting in my machine for a while. The holiday was fabulous although we did get caught in our of Queensland's worst storms in 25 years. There were lots of news about power outages and flattened homes. We were at Dreamworld when it all started. Suddenly, the sky darkened and the rain just lashed down like a crazed person. We managed to make it back to our service apartment late in the evening when the rain stopped. In spite of all the raining, we also managed to visit the David Fleay's Wildlife Park and saw 2 platypuses. It was quite amazing! As platypuses are nocturnal, they are housed in a darkened room so we can watch them in action. Unfortunately, that also meant we didn't get any photos :(


We also saw some koalas -





We visited the Carrera market. It was hot there but the many interesting things made the kids not want to go :)

My little girl even tried out the reverse bungee thing -