We'd worked out that an early start was required if there was any chance of securing a bed beside the pool so we were up at breakfast for around seven. Even with that early start we got one of the last two beds! Seems the towel game isn't restricted to the Europeans.Our plan was again just to relax by the pool for the whole day. Turns out our bed was one of the best for getting the sun with it rarely being shaded. Time was spent reading, baking and jumpin...

After having to return to the room early last night (we think Mandy was dehydrated and a bit dizzy but is fine now), we were up early for breakfast before setting off to the water park. We knew it would be busy as the school holidays are still on, but we were there before 0930 and still couldn't get a sun bed or even a chair! We eventually got one chair and a corner of a bench, as you can see by the photo of Mandy's unimpressed face, this wasn't ideal...

A late night meant a long sleep so didn't see the morning at all. We always like to sample the local fast food that we don't have at home so headed to a place called Mos burger. Both had a rice burger, "bun" is made of sushi style rice and the meat was shredded. Was very tasty.We headed to the pool deck for the afternoon and made the most of the sunny weather.We started the evening in the usual way in a much quieter lounge than it was last night, had a re...

We set ourselves up for the day with a little breakfast then literally got waved off by the lovely Mark from the lounge. It was just a short stroll to the train station, and even with 3 suitcases it was an easy journey.The next train to Nerang was about to leave when we got there, so we rushed to the platform and we were off on our journey to Surfers Paradise. The train only takes about 1 hour 30 mins and was a pleasant trip.On arrival at our hotel, which is love...

First of all we'd like to thank everyone for both viewing our blog and thanks for all the comments that have been left, please keep them coming everyone as we love reading them. We weren't sure how it would go writing this but it's been fun. Today was the first full day in Australia. Brisbane has one of the most well know Koala sanctuary's and that was our destination as Mandy has wanted to cuddle a Koala for ages. A straight forward half hour bu...