Saturday, September 10, 2011

Queensland - Part 1

Here we embark on our 10 day trip to Queensland. In tow were Grandma and Nan.

Sandy & I were lucky enough to be able to drive to Queensland on our own as the Grandmothers were gracious enough to escort C and E on the aeroplane !! Thank you to you both.

Our first adventure after the rain cleared was the Aquaduck. It is an amphibious vehicle that takes tourist sightseeing around Surfers Paradise then enters the water at the Spit and travels back down the river past Sea World and the Marina.

Waiting for the DUCK to arrive
My happy little family. Love you guys !!
The Super Duck has arrived
Nan and Grandma were there to !!!
Both kids were lucky enough to "drive" the Super Duck.
Now E's turn !! They both had a great time.


After the Duck ride we headed back into the mall for some lunch and a picture on the famous seat. The girls also scored their own Superduck cape and mask so when we got home they pretended to the Superduck all night !!


My Superducks to the rescue !!
Another great highlight for us all were the 3 swimming pools and spa at our accommodation. If the kids had their way they would have been there the whole holiday. We had 3 pools, an indoor heated pool, outdoor heated pool and outdoor heated wadding pool. Unfortunately we didn't get to spend to much time in the outdoor pool due to the weather but the indoor pool was fantastic.

Enjoying the indoor pool. Thank goodness we had this one.

The kids in the wadding pool. Behind them is a big drop into the main pool.
Grandma waving for the camera from the spa.
Our apartments, The Mantra Bel Air at Broadbeach.
  There is much more to come in the following posts and heaps more pictures !! Stay tuned.

2 comments:

  1. Everyone loves a good vacation! Can't wait for mine in about 7 weeks!

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  2. What a great hotel. It looks very nice! I have heard about the duck vehicles. Now I know someone that has been on them!

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