The swimming pool here is weird. It's outdoors (that's not weird), and it's got a bottle shop beneath it (ok, that's a little weird), but the really weird thing is that the bar looks out onto it. So all day there are drunken yobbos - male, mostly - sitting at bar-stools leaning on the wooden drink shelf and looking at the pool and anyone in it. Quite disconcerting. So getting in the pool at 8am will be a pleasant change, as the bar doesn't open until two hours after that. And I'll feel all virtuous for having updated here first.
Um. Let's see. Wednesday! Wednesday was still rainy when we woke up (and we didn't wake up until 1pm - so having Tuesday off just wasn't enough). But it cleared enough for walking reasonably swiftly. We ambled to the post office to send the last of the postcards, then over to Infinity, which we'd been longing to go to ever since we saw the brochure. Infinity is mighty difficult to describe, so I strongly recommend having a look at the website. This isn't too far wrong, though: 'INFINITY is a mind-blowing journey into spectacular, futuristic maze like worlds of wonder - an extraordinary series of around 20 multi-sensual environments filled with unique special effects, atmospheric sound fields, ultra groovy music and illusions that appear to go all the way to infinity!' It was well worth going, and they should hurry up and franchise already! If I get back here, I'll definitely be going to Infinity again.
We got ourselves a souvenir photo (the first one of the trip), and are most pleased with it.
Thursday we were awake at a much more reasonable hour (ie: about 9am), and headed to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. That was something I particularly wanted to do (the Theme Parks were Al's desire), but we both had a marvellous time! Al got to hold a koala and get a photograph with it, while I got to do the same with a python. I was hyper for about an hour after that! Python!
We also saw dingos, wombats, more koalas, lots of snakes and lizards and birds. We lucked in and got to see the freshwater crocodiles being fed (only happens a few times a week), and we got to feed and pet kangaroos. All in all, we had a fantastic time, and I took more photos there than I have anywhere else! The Tasmanian Devils were all burrowed away looking after their babies, which made Al a bit sad, but he bought a plushy one called 'Gaz', and that made him happier. I had to buy myself a plushie wombat (and spent the rest of the day going 'Wommmmmmm' and dive-bombing Al with him), because he was so damn cute! Cute animal toys are hard to resist.
Today will be quiet. We have a sooper-sekrit mission to accomplish at 1pm, and we have to make sure we spend the rest of our Aussie $$. Oh, and we need to pack all our stuff, as we have to be at the airport by 7am tomorrow.
We come home tomorrow! This has been a fantastic holiday, and I'm thrilled we made it here. But coming home to my friends and loves (and my bed!) will be a wonderful thing as well.
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