Brisbane

We first moved up to Brisbane where we stayed for a week. When there we went to Dreamworld which is a scaled down version of Florida's theme parks. We decided ( rather stupidly in hindsight ) to go on the wet rides first so that we would dry out in the sun, but we didn't quite realise just how wet we would get. So the majority of the day was spent with a wet butt, but we still enjoyed ourselves on the rollercoasters and amusements. Part of the park was a section where you got to hand feed kangaroos, and hold a koala bear which was brilliant. Just to see them so close, feed them, and pat them was something that we both had hoped to do when we were here, so thats another thing ticked off the to do list. The following day we went to splash world ( a water park ) where we spent the day thoroughly soaked but at least we were prepared this time and as it was winter(24degrees,lol) both parks were empty, so there weren't any queue's at any of the rides, so it was simply amazing.

From Brisbane we moved north to Hervey Bay where we stayed for 3 days, just to get a feel for the place as we return here later on, to go to Fraser island. After here we moved up to Woodgate beach, where we started the first of our house sits. Woodgate is only a small holiday village, having only 900 permanent residents, going up to 2500 in the summer. As its winter here at the moment, there isn't that much to see or do, but has the best beach that we have ever seen. Every time that we have been on it there has been only 4 other people max along the entire beach. It's only been between 24 and 27 degrees, so it's been a struggle to sunbathe and relax.ha! The next best thing has been the 2 dogs that we have had to look after. One is a shitzu, and the other a maltese shitzu cross, and both love going out to the beach. Both also have taken a real shine to us, and apart from jumping on you when you are trying to get a long lie they are no trouble at all.
Rodney and Dee ( who's house we are staying at ) only left for 1 day as the hospital mucked up his appointments so we are sharing their home with them while the hospital tries to sort out their mistake. So it's been good to get to know them but as a result we are not too sure how long the house sit will go on for, we may be moving on as quickly as this weekend, or we may be here till the start of October.

As we dont have much to do in looking after the house at the moment we decided to use the time to explore the surrounding area. The two closest towns are Bundaburg and Childers, where we went to “Snakes Down Under” There we saw and got to hold native reptiles, snakes, and crocodiles. The crocs were stunning up to 4.5m long, and frighteningly quick as they jumped out of the water at feeding time.(this was not the crocs we held,lol) Next we are going to tin can bay to hand feed wild dolphins, and and to 1770 which is meant to be beautiful.