Were Here!

Well today is Thursday 8 May. Its 7.10pm and we are all feeling like heading off to bed! Its been a couple of busy days. Headed off to Auckland on Monday and caught up with Rachel and Nick - had tea out at their place in Waiuku. Up early on Tuesday to get the plane it left at 6.40 in the morning. We had a good flight although Bec was a bit bored. Callum got a fright as the plane did a side step. We hit Brisbane and got a taxi out to the Campervan depot where we had a couple of hours wait - the good thing was thou that they decided to upgrade us to the Maui Sprite instead of the Britz one so Phil is driving around in a Mercedes Engine, Maui Sombero Van! He is so enjoying it. Once we got the camper we drove out on to the Bruce Highway then onto Steve Irwin Way - we passed the Australia Zoo and on to Colundra where we went to the Supermarket and Kings Beach. The kids had their first swim in Australian waters - they enjoyed it and seemed to appreciate the break. We went back to the Glasshouse Mountains Camping Ground and stayed there for the night. The next morning Bec and I found a Green Tree Frog in the bathroon and got chatting to another lady who showed us another two of them above the showers. Great excitement as there was a race for the first one of us to see an animal that we had not seen in NZ. Onwards to Australia Zoo where Callum had been wanting to go for a couple of years. What a place to get up close to the animals. The koalas were very sleepy lol. Nic held the koala for the photo - it was very stinky. Bec enjoyed feeding the kangaroos and we all fed the elephants. We then watched the show in the Crocoseum which was a great showcase for wildlife conservation and education. Bec wasn't well and we went back for lunch - while Nic and Bec stayed back at the camper, Bec had a sleep, Phil and the boys went and looked around the rest of the park. Bec and Nic went back out but didn't manage to see the whole place - its quite big. We all had our photo taken with a snake and it was the first time that we had touched one. This was the highlight of the day for both Callum and James. We left there all walked out and tired. Headed to Mooloolaba which was only about 20 km away. And stayed in a camping ground right across from Underwater World which we visited today. The had a really cool car aquarium called A Fish called Honda. Great place but didn't have a lot of the fish on signs so you didn't really know what you were looking at. Nic had a good fall outside on the road here and is nursing a nice sore knee and jarred body. Travelled on to Bundaberg which took around 3.5 hours - which was about 1 hour less than everyone had told us. There is a lot of sugar cane grown in this area. We are off to the Bundaberg Rum Distillery tomorrow and Ginger Beer Factory then on to Town of 1770. Kids have been really good and everyone is enjoying the holiday so far.
Hope all is well in New Zealand!
Love Nic, Phil, James, Callum and Rebecca