We had a fantastic 5 days in Queensland staying at the Grand Florida Resort on the Gold Coast. The place was just beautiful and I could easily live there. We arrived on Wednesday February 1st after driving all day on the Tuesday. After 14 hours in the car we stayed in Tenterfield on Tuesday night and I slept like a baby. The scenery was spectacular on the Great Dividing Range and I can easily see why people want to move up there. Everything is so green, with trees everywhere. Nothing like around Junee where it's brown and dry and dusty. Farmers there would have little to complain about, I imagine.
Wednesday morning we had another 5 hours on the road. We travelled with Lauren and Daniel and we had frequent stops because of Zeke. That made the trip less hectic and gave us a chance to look around a bit. We got to the resort around 2 pm and the kids had a swim in the pool before I drove them to Carrera, where they were staying with mum and my uncle and aunty. I got lost every time I went somewhere so took much longer to get anywhere. By the end of the 5 days there I knew my way around much better. Always the way!
The rooms were just beautiful. Fully equipped with washing machine, clothes dryer, dish washer and even a garbage disposal unit. That was a buzz. The balcony overlooked tropical gardens and we sat out there most nights. The ocean was 100m away and I took the kids there a couple of times. The surf was warm, which was surprising, and the pool was like a luke-warm bath. After the freezing rivers here it was a nice change.
Our days were rather hectic, trying to cram everything into 5 days. On Thursday we drove to Kirra to visit my dad and had a swim at Rainbow Beach. Zeke wasn't overly impressed with the ocean and cried every time a wave came. He loved the pool at the resort and was in it every day. We all were. You can't walk past the pools without wanting to go for a swim and the water was warm enough to swim at night. Friday we went to Harbour Town where all the factory outlets are and had a shopping day. We spent lots of money and bought lots of new things and everyone had a great day. Friday night was Emily's hen's night and we had a fantastic night. More about that later. Saturday I took the kids to Wet n Wild and Saturday night I went out for tea with Emily and Kai and a few of their friends to the Lone Star Restaurant (huge steaks, yum) and Sunday was the wedding, which went off beautifully. I have some photos so will post them later.
We left about lunch-time on Monday and drove down the coast road, stopping in Byron Bay for a late lunch and a swim. The sea was colder there, but beautiful. I could easily live there too. We stayed the night in Coffs Harbour and set off early on Tuesday for another 14 hours in the car and got home at 8.30 pm in time for Lauren and Carly to watch the OC. A fantastic holiday but too short. I came home with $40 in the bank and will definately start saving to go back there next year but I think we'll fly.
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