Day -1 – Wednesday 14th November, 2012

Well, even though the trip starts tomorrow (thus the day -1), we had to send Bambam over to my aunt's house today. My Dad aired out his kennel, and we cleaned all his food/water bowls (3 total, the spoilt dog!), and we've just dropped him off at my aunt's place.

I took his mattresses to the front, and dropped his toy on one of them, and he got so excited, so I played with him for a bit. BUT MANNNNNNNNNNN I felt so bad for the poor thing! He probably knew we were going away, so he wouldn't be at his normal home =( That was probably the only time he looked happy at home today =(

Look how sad he looks!! =(

So, it's a 10-ish minute drive there, and bam was sitting in the car, ON THE HUMAN-SEAT! HE DIDN'T EVEN SIT ON THE FLOOR! HE GOT A HUMAN SEAT! Anyway, the poor thing was shaking and so scared! He was whimpering, and he just looked so sad =( But at least I knew he was going to be okay at my aunt's place =)

When we put his kennel amd mattress down, he got so happy =) I just realised I've started rambling, and posting about something really silly xD

Anyway, we had dinner at their place, and the whole time, Bam kept looking into the back door and scratching at it xD

I'm sure Bam will be happy there because my cousin's family will love him just as much as we do =)

Turkey Whisperer

Queensland trip - Day 05: 19/02/2012

Our last day!! =(

We woke up, cleaned the apartment, and checked out. We had all our luggage with us, and because it was a Sunday, we couldn't leave our luggage at the front desk because they closed at noon, and we didn't have to get to the airport til later.

We tried to figure our where to go, but Ann, Andrea and Ben wanted to explore the GC, go shopping, etc, but I didn't want to carry my luggage around, so those three went to the GC while Michael, Thomas and I headed out to Brisbane!

Hopped on a bus, then a train to Brisbane where we went to Thomas' friend's (I think his name was Ben) apartment. We dropped off our bags there, and Thomas took us around Brisbane =)

He took us to an artificial beach first, which was mega cool! Was sort of like an outdoor pool though, but with sand =D

Then we crossed the river on one a rivercat to get to Thomas' uni =) there was a realy nice breeze going, too! =D

We got to UQ, then walked all around, where I spotted this -

 I thought it was pretty interesting xD

This was outside a museum that was inside UQ. I think the only reason we went to the museum (which was full of weird art) was because it had aircon, and that day was BOILING HOT. SOOOO HOT.

We headed off to some place where they had pizza names from A-Z, which was pretty cool. Pretty yummy, too! We walked towards the pond which had DUCKS AND TURTLES! IT HAD TURTLES! WHY CAN'T UNSW HAVE TURTLES!?!?!?

Then we caught a bus back to Ben's place, then Michael and I headed off to the airport! =D

So... fast forward to landing back in Sydney, and it was absolutely POURING RAIN!!! We were stuck on the plane for 30minutes or so before they let us off (even then, the pilot wasn't even allowed to come in, but he did anyway).

Anyway, while on the plane, waiting to get off, BEN.. he starts talking about stupid things again, and his street name. The lady behind him said that they lived on that street too, but luckily for Ben, they were from a different suburb. Imagine how embarrassing that'd have been if she lived down his road! Ben is so embarrassing on planes! Don't think I'd ever want to fly with him again x_x

So that was the trip! Overall, was very enjoyable, would definitely do it again! =)

Queensland trip - Day 04: 18/02/2012

On our last full-day, we headed to Movie World! Yay =)

 

The day wasn't too eventful, so I'm just gonna spam a tonne-load of pics =) 

So Thomas decided he wanted to have a go at ring-toss... the carny kept telling us bs like "one side of the ring is heavier" and shit like that.

Thomas kept saying bs like "I'm aiming for that" *points at all of the bottles*, or "I'm gonna aim for the wall, and hopefully it'll rebound and get a bottle"

 

 then he realised he wasn't winning, so he tried something new..

they let him keep the hat that the rings came in :D

 

Queensland trip - Day 03: 17/02/2012

DAY THREEEEEEEEEE…. WE WENT TOOOOOO

YAY FOR DOLPHIN SHOWS AND SEAL SHOWS, AND PENGUINS! YAY PENGUINS!

Instead of taking a bus down to Sea World, we had planned to go jet-boating! We ended up soaking wet! And because it was salt-water, our hair was all tangled and sticky, which made me quite grumpy (sorry Michael!) xD 

 They dropped us off at Sea World, off we went =)

We started off with a dolphin show, which was quite cute =)

 some pre-show photos :D

Then we saw the fairy peng'ins.... 

They're so tiny and cute!

 ... and the polar bear (which was disappointingly brown, and not white)

Watched a seal show (incredibly bad puns involved too, I might add)

THEN WE GOT ON A CAROUSEL!!! =D

 

This was a shark mask I bought for my 4yo cousin xD 

After all that (great recount, I know xD), we went to the beach, and had a little swim =) Thomas and Ben headed back to the apartment, while the rest of us decided to do a little bit of sight seeing! =D There was a market happening, and sand-castle competitions, and here are just a few:

Check out what I got from the market! (Arrived two weeks after I got back)

THEN WE WENT TO CONDOM KINGDOM!!!!

And check out what Andrea found! ;)

We had spaghetti, chips and garlic bread that night =D

Ann: oh my god, guys! This garlic bread is amazing! It’s soooo good!

Me: Ann, it’s just Woolies Homebrand garlic bread… it’s like $1 per loaf!

Ann: BUT IT’S SOOO GOOD! I’ve paid a lot for garlic bread, and it’s never been this good! =O

Queensland Trip - Day 02: 16/02/2012

 DAY TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........

 

We went to WET N WILD WORLD!! WOOOOOHHH!!!


Michael and I woke up extra early to go down to the beach to catch the sunset. Was definitely worth it! Was an amazing view!

 We came back, made sandwiches for everyone from last night's left-over burgers, put them back in the sandwich bag (because we'd forgotten to buy sandwich bags) and brought them with us to the park.

So we got on the bus to Wet n Wild, hopped off and had to get our pictures taken for the VIP pass. We got a locker to share, and then headed down to the wave pool for a warm-up! YAY! FUN! The wave pool there was nice =) Maybe about the same size as the one at Jamberoo though, so nothing too special.

I think we went on practically all the rides. Ann was a bit nervous on some of the ones that involved free-falls, so what Thomas did to help her nerves was to scream on all the rides, regardless of how scary it actually was. You could hear Thomas coming down the tube going “AAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!”  xD

The really awesome ones were the Kamikaze and the toilet (I think it was actually called the vortex). 

The Kamikaze

The toilet

 We also started this thing where we would just yell out WOOPWOOPWOOPWOOPWOOP!

So. We came back to the Kamikaze a second time (because feeling like you're gonna piss yourself once isn't enough, it seems), and we all went, except Ben and Ann. This is the part that annoys the heeby jeebies out of me! ><

So we left our thongs there, and when we came back

Andrea and Thomas had already returned, and chucked their thongs on

I threw my thongs on, and Michael and I are both looking for his thongs

mc: hey guys, where are Michael's thongs?

ann: I don't know? 

mc: seriously, it's not funny! Give em back!

ann: no, I seriously don't know what happened! Some lady came and asked if these were ours, and I said I wasn't sure, so she said they were hers, put them on, and walked away.

LIKE WTH. MICHAELS THONGS GOT STOLEN UNDERNEATH OUR VERY NOSES!! ><

Oh wells. Michael ended up with a new pair.

On our way home, we popped back in to Centro to grab some more bread (cause we'd finished most of it already), and took some silly photos next to a dog statue =D