And The Rest !!

And so we come to the end of our time in some what sunny Queensland.

While on holidays we always like to drive around the area to check out the sights. And this is what we came across.

Boat storage at the marina, awesome !!

On our last day Sandy and I were lucky enough to escape everyone and have a morning to ourselves so we decided to head back to Movie World and Sea World as our tickets were unlimited entry for 14 days. We really wanted to ride the Superman Escape and Scooby Doo again at Movie World so off we went. We were lucky enough or not so lucky for some to have front seats for the Superman Escape Roller Coaster. Yippee it was great fun.

Next stop was Sea World so we could ride the Jet Ski Rescue which we didn't get to do earlier as we ran out of time. It was a fantastic ride too. Highly recommended !! We were also lucky enough to play a ball game with some of the dolphins.

Aren't they beautiful !!

Our last day also included the obligatory pictures on the balcony before we got dressed up and headed out to dinner at Hogs Breath. The girls were so excited to be able to put on their best dresses and head out for dinner.

There we are on the 4th Floor, the mums were on the 2nd Floor.

Pretty in Pink !!

Cheeky girls !!

Dinner at Hogs Breath, Yummy !!

Delicious

Nan's meal was huge and she enjoyed it all !!

Aaww our last holiday dinner !!!

And so that concludes our wonderful holiday to Queensland !! We loved every minute of it and personally I did not want to head home. Roll on the next holiday !!!!

Part 5 - Movie World

Here we are at the third and final theme park - Movie World !! I haven't been here for over 10 years. Nothing much has changed and it is still as good as it was all those years ago.

And as before there are heaps of photos for this post !!!

Welcome to Movie World !!

Grandma tagged along for this one.

 First stop for the day was the kids section and on the way be bumped into Bugs Bunny and Sylvester !!

I have to say that Movie World has the best area for the kids to hang out in. Plenty of rides for them to get on. Adults are also allowed to get on but I think they need to make them a little bigger. C and I went on the Tweety Cage ride and it was very, very squishy !!

Not much room in here. Felt like a caged bird :D

Grandma and E on the train, again very squishy !!

First show of the day was the Driver Stunt Show. Always a great show to watch, the stunt are great and the smell of burning rubber ..... Fantastic !!

Oh no he broke the car !!

Get Em

Great precision driving.

Next show was in the main street and included most of the characters, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Sylvester and later in the day was a show with Marilyn Munroe.

Back to the kids section !!

This as well as the dodgems were E's favourite

If you have read the post about Sea World you would remember C being on Big Birds Bounce by herself and E not getting on at all. Well the next sequence of photos show how brave (or not) E was on a similar ride. Third time lucky maybe .........

Yay we got on the ride, all strapped in but a little concerned !!

A smile !! this isn't so bad.

Ah maybe this wasn't such a great idea.

OMG !! Get me off this thing !! What was I thinking !!

Needless to say the ride was stopped and E was allowed to exit the ride without to much mental damage !! Also during the day I made C get on the kids roller coaster. She loved the one at Dreamworld and went on that one 3 times so I assumed that she would like this one as well. I was very wrong !! She started crying about 2 minutes after we got in the line. But I made her go on it cause I assumed that in the end she would love it. But alas she was not a great fan and was crying from start to finish. She later let me know that she did not like it as she doesn't like coasters with carriages, she prefers to have her legs hanging. Go figure !! What sort of mother am I !!!! My kids are going to need a lot of councelling when they are all grown up. 

Maybe some friendly faces will make her feel better !!

Marvin the Martian

E waited all day just to have her picture taken with Scooby Doo.

At the end of the day they have a big parade of all the characters. While Sandy and I were in the Batman ride mum and the kids secured our spot.

So that is our day out at Movie World. Sandy and I also were able to get on the Superman Escape ride and the Scooby Doo ride. Both were very scary but great fun all at the same time. So thanks to Grandma for tagging along and looking after the kids so Sandy and I could enjoy some adult rides !!

Part 4 - Paradise Country

Paradise Country provides tourists with a look at how farms run and Australian Native Animals. We thought that the kids would love to see the animals, sheep herding, sheep shearing and cow milking. They did and we ended up playing Spot The Aussie !!! I wish I had taken a picture of our group as I think there were about a dozen Aussies the whole day and we were 6 of them !!!

Obviously this place is geared for the Asian market but we enjoyed ourselves none the less. They also loved E, yes Tracee we had the Asians taking pics of our child to !!! Imagine what they would have done had R been with us to !!!!

Welcome to "Spot the Aussie" !!!

 
First up was a demonstration of whip cracking, sheep herding and milking a cow. It was quite a good show and funny at the same time. The guys would do their speech about how things worked and what they were doing and in some parts it was funny so we would laugh. Then the Asian interpreter would repeat what was just said then the Asians would laugh !!! Talk about delayed reaction !!!

The Asian thinking that they were really using the whip to hit a piece of tree from her mouth.

After this they had the sheep herding with Rosie the herding dog. E loved her as she is just like Bud, then they brought out a cow for the milking demonstration. Boy was she HUGE !!. I have seen plenty of cows in my time but nothing as big as this one.

E could have stayed with Rosie all day !! She loves dogs !!

Between shows they had photo ops with other animals. E badly wanted to hold the lamb but was to small so Nan stepped in. Thanks Nan !! E also got to pat the horse and have her picture taken. We purchased the pictures at the end - as you do - but also took my own.

Thanks Nan, I know you had just as much fun as E !!

The next show was making billy tea, which was interesting and they had fresh damper and billy tea to try at the end of this one. Yummy !!!

Next, off to the sheep shearing and learning about the different types of sheep we have in the country. This show really had a great set up as the sheep come onto the stage from the back of the room, so they get to run past everyone. The kids thought this was great. At the end of the show you can get up on the stage and have a cuddle with the sheep.

C was a little nervous about this sheep. Huge horns !! Thanks Josh for your input in the background.

After the shows it was off to see the other animals, kangaroos, koalas, lamas, goats, pigs, calves etc.
At the entrance to one section they provided feed to give to the animals but no bags to put them in, so NO we are not feeding them Tiny Teddies !!

These were taken in the animal nursery. Plenty of food provided to feed them !!

These babies were so cute. We all had a great time feeding them.

Yep Grandma got in there to and had a great time.

Paradise Country was a great place to take overseas visitors and also filled in half a day. We all enjoyed ourselves and loved feeding all the animals. And we also enjoyed "Spot the Aussie" !!!