Excited

Well I'm getting excited! This time next week we will be waking up with the anticipation of traveling to Auckland for a long awaited trip to Australia. On Tuesday 6 may we fly out at 6.40am to Brisbane and have 1 week touring the Sunshine Coast in a Camper van then 1 week at the Gold Coast. While over there we have tickets to Australia Zoo, Underwater World, Australian Outback Spectacular, Warner Bros Movie World, Dreamworld and White Water World. Yep we'll do all the theme parks - not going to visit Sea World thou as have heard that after visiting the other two - Australia Zoo and Underwater World that Sea World isn't as good. Soooo I have brought new rechargeable batteries for the camera - as it has been sluggish to take photos - so am hoping that this is what was needed. Also brought a gorilla pod (tripod) so that we can all be in the photos at some stage - if I can drag Phil into them! Have borrowed mum and dads digital video camera and also brought a underwater camera for our visit to here www.lmcruises.com.au its a 35mm camera that is encased in a plastic casing - quite airtight as you can hear a little poof as you open it. I got some extra films for it so that the kids can use to take some pics from their perspective. The kids are really looking forward to their trip - the last time they were in a plane was when Bec was a baby and we were living in the South Island. The last time I was in one was the same time and the boys had gone on a separate plane to me (with their grandparents) and it was when the Ansett strikes were on and I ended up going on what they called the Crayfish Plane which was an old old felt really old DC3 plane that was used to fly cargo/crayfish etc over to the Chatams and I sat their with Bec on my knee she was only a few months old and (a) wondered if it was going to get off the ground (b) was going to land at the other end! I was on one of my never ending diets and when morning tea came round and it was a lamington or some sweet cake I thought I'm gonna eat this cos it might be my last! But it did get off the runway and we did land at our destination safely although it rattled and made a lot of noise as it went (and I still didn't lose the weight!) Anyway I'm packed, the kids stuff is packed, Phil is packed so all I need now is to go and pick the kids up this weekend - we have had a week without them and I'm missing them. Then come Monday its OFF!!!