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Since my last entry Charlie has joined us again and we've been making our way down the coast back to Sydney.
On the Gold coast we stopped to see some of the attractions. We spent the day at Austrailia Zoo, which was wicked!! We fed elephants, stroked Kangaroos and patted Koalas!! There was a really cool Crocodile demonstration too, the people that work with those things are so brave!!! It was a great zoo anyway, all the animals were so well looked after, the enclosures were the cleanest i've seen and it was great to find out about the conservation projects that the zoo is involved in. There was also a massive memorial for Steve Urwin which was abit heart wrenching, Austrailia has lost a great man.
The other attraction we indulged in on the Gold Coast was 'WET 'N' WILD', a massive water park, great fun. We were there from 9am till about 7pm and could have stayed longer if we'd known we could have bbqed food there and watched the nightly movie in the wave pool!! There was loads of different water slides all very fun, and it didn't take too long to que for them considering it was still school holidays.
For Austrailia Day (26th Jan) we off course went to the beach and had a BBq. There's no other way to celebrate in Austrailia!! We stayed at a place called Kingscliff just down from Brisbane and on Oz day the surf was great, we were fully exhausted from messing around in the sea so we deserved the massive BBq!! The next day Al and I adopted a dog for a few hours. He was hanging around the beach all day without a collar and nobody claimed him as their own. He was happy enough milling around until it gott dark and he got abit scared, so we made a bed for him on the front seat of our car and he slept there for the night. We figured he had escaped and got lost and he thought it was fun durin the day being free but not so fun at night!! In the morning he was off playing with everyone on the beach again and evenutually he found his owners, I was sad to see him go but glad he'd found his home!!
After Kingscliff we headed doen to Byron Bay for a few days. The main beach there is amazing, the water was crystal clear and there is a reef and ship wreck just off the beach which is excellent for snorkling. We swam with turtles, massive schools of fish, sting rays, dolphins and sharks!! The sharks were abit scary, they were pretty big but not dangerous ones, they mainly were hiding under things on the sea bed. We stayed at a campsite just outdside Byron which was on the beach and had pretty good surf, so it was a very cool few days!!
Yesterday we stopped off at a place called Valla Beach, the weather wasn't great but we went fora swim in the estuary and Al taught me to dive, even if its not that hot the water is usually warm!!
We're heading south to Lake Cathie today where there is a cool lagoon thats fun to swim in, and then we'll carry on the Pilot Beach where we spent new year. Its hard to believe we're already heading back towards sydney, time flies...
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