It was Sue's Birthday so we decided we'd venture to Queensland and the Gold Coast. We were staying in Broadbeach south of the infamous Surfer's Paradise. Our apartment had a view of the Pacific Ocean.
Our first night meant going to the Outback Spectacular which I wasn't too sure about but turned out to be really great fun. Impressive horsemanship, equally impressive food service with the main course being served to around 1000 of us in about 7 minutes. This also happens to be the duration of "The Man from Snowy River" a classic poem from Banjo Paterson that was recited during the food service [a little aside is that he is an old boy of Sydney Grammar, some where I was fortunate to visit just a couple of weeks later]. Just in case you were thinking, who's he, well he's the poet that wrote Waltzing Matilda.
We were all given hats on entry to the Outback and here you can see Harry after being picked to do the Pig Chasing with a couple of other kids.
The next day was Sue's birthday. We started with a trip to Sea World.
After the Dolphins it was on to the thrill rides.
And then on to see this fab Turtle.
Sea World is also where a national kids TV show is produced, called Toasted, so we sat and watched it being filmed for a while.
In the evening we had a slap up meal at the Kurrawa Surf Club along side the beach. You cannot fault the quantity of food that is produced and quite delicious too.
Someone might have being playing on the playground later that night.....
