Seeing as we went to Ekka already this week, we took our day and went exploring. We decided on going to the Daisy Hills Preserve area, about 20 minutes from here. It is a great area of native bushland, and about the only area that is still native in the Brisbane area. No houses for about 1000 hectares (about 3500 acres), but bordered by koala friendly housing developments. This is one of the few areas koalas can still live in their natural setting. Every other koala we have seen has been in a zoo type setting. We didn't see any wild ones today, but plan to go back to see! We did see a wild kangaroo though! The area is riddled with walking, biking, and horse trails and we can hardly wait for the bikes to get here now. It appears to be mostly dirt roads, some terrain, and nothing technical to ride. It rained a bit and was quite cool, so we only stayed for a few hours. Annika and Ian both fell asleep on the ride home! Nice for them to have a midweek nap.
The kids are home again on Thursday for a teacher comp day. The plumber is coming to do the water conservation certification for the unit and the electrician will be back to see why the front porch light is not working AND to connect the phone line to the phone company box. Then maybe, just maybe, we can have our internet connection working! Skype, here we come! To be able to call home on the Vonage and TALK to someone again-glorious!
We decided to splurge and buy passes for everyone to some of the theme parks down on the Gold Coast. Wet and Wild water park, Sea World Australia, and Movie World (Warner Brothers) are included. You can visit as many times as you want until June 30 of next year. Sweet! We're hoping to go to Sea World next weekend and break these things in. Seeing as we are 45 minutes away, we figure we will get plenty of use out of them over the next year. And the beaches down there-apparently some of the best in the world, so planning on relaxing there whenever possible as well. Bring it on!
The kids are home again on Thursday for a teacher comp day. The plumber is coming to do the water conservation certification for the unit and the electrician will be back to see why the front porch light is not working AND to connect the phone line to the phone company box. Then maybe, just maybe, we can have our internet connection working! Skype, here we come! To be able to call home on the Vonage and TALK to someone again-glorious!
We decided to splurge and buy passes for everyone to some of the theme parks down on the Gold Coast. Wet and Wild water park, Sea World Australia, and Movie World (Warner Brothers) are included. You can visit as many times as you want until June 30 of next year. Sweet! We're hoping to go to Sea World next weekend and break these things in. Seeing as we are 45 minutes away, we figure we will get plenty of use out of them over the next year. And the beaches down there-apparently some of the best in the world, so planning on relaxing there whenever possible as well. Bring it on!
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