On the 6th October Mum, Alison and I set off on our journey up to the Gold Coast. There was a little bit of worry about how were going to get there without a car, but in the end we bought plane tickets so we still got to go! Luckily there was plenty of public transport up there and so we didn't even bother hiring a car while we were up there.
I was really excited about going on the plane even though I have been on a plane before but I was too young to remember so it was like a new experience for me! I'm not sure if I liked it. The ear popping thing drove me nuts! And when we landed one of my ears stayed blocked for a couple of days! Grr. We stayed at Turtle Beach Resort which is at Mermaid Beach just a bit further down the Gold Coast Highway from Surfers and it was great! They had heaps of pools and they were always packed, especially the spas but we were lucky enough to get in there one night and we even had it to ourselves for a while!
On Monday, Alison and I went to Movieworld thinking since the Queensland holidays were over the lines wouldn't be as bad. Boy, were we wrong. We still got to go on all the rides we wanted to go on although I might have to rethink before I got on the batman rides again, they were pretty anti climax sadly. Luckily meeting Batman himself wasn't a let down at all! Batman and Robin are the bomb and here's a photo of the two rockin' fellas for you to see for yourselves. Pretty spiffy eh?
And I was also lucky enough to meet the candy man himself Willy Wonka!
The best ride is the new Superman one, zero to 100 k's in two seconds. Although the line was pretty bad for that one. It was a good day though. I got a badge for my guitar case and a batman mask too!
Alison had to fly home early for her friend's wedding and also some study days at school where she luckily also got to meet Prime Minister John Howard and was interviewed for channel seven news.
For the rest of the days we really just hung around at the resort and the beach which was only a five minute walk away. We went to the Wax Museum and into Surfer's and down to Coolangatta where they have the nicest beaches.
Then on Saturday Uncle Steve came down from Brisbane and picked us up and took us to his place for the weekend. He took us up to Mt Coot-tha look out which has the best view looking out over Brisbane city out to the ocean. Then we went to the little Italian restaurant that had the best food ever. I was so full after eating there. We didn't get to have a long stay with Uncle Steve though because we had to fly back today because I have school sadly and so it is back to normal life for me for now.
Oh and I was so happy because Sizzler was just down the road from our resort which was cool and I know if any of my friends ever read my blog they would be jealous too bad they don't HINT HINT. I know Naomi is jealous lol.
Now that I have written this it seems really gay but I'm not getting rid of it now I'm too tired.
Hope you enjoyed reading my ramblings
- Steph oxox
