At the end of March, we were lucky to have Nana and Pop Pop come and visit us. We decided that a trip was in order! We set off for the Gold Coast spending a few days at Seaworld. The kids loved it! We stayed at the Seaworld Resort and were able to walk to the park. Very handy when you have little ones. There was a great section especially for the young'uns called Sesame Beach. Much fun was had by all.
Then we jetted further North to Port Douglas for a visit to the Daintree Rainforest and the Great Barrier Reef. I should have known that a tropical rainforest would be wet and steamy, but of course I was not prepared ... a raincoat would have been handy!
At the rainforest, we took a gondola ride over the tree tops to the village of Kuranda. A quaint little town with plenty of gift shops to browse through, and a great market to find some local wares. The highlight for me was finally getting to hold a koala. Princess was the most docile koala ever and I just wanted to keep cuddling her forever <3 Alas I had to put her down, but not until everyone in the family had a chance to get a photo!
Our last stop, even though it was a wet drizzly day, was the Great Barrier Reef. The only way to reach the reef is via boat, so we took the Quicksilver boat out to one of the pontoons that floats on the Reef. Armed with our underwater camera, we snorkeled out to see what we could see. If the weather had been better, the Reef would have been a lot more colorful, but even if it was not super colorful, the shapes and beautiful designs of the coral was clearly evident.
The blue wet suit is not the most flattering thing to wear!!
Our peanut surprised us all by suiting up, donning her mask and snorkel and diving into the ocean. Clearly not phased by size of it! We obviously have a little fish on our hands :o)
This was definately a great trip, one we would all love to do again one day. Hopefully next time, we will get to the Reef on a nice sunny day.
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