It all started when we were at the airport in Christchurch after the dance comps. Mum and dad made me and Noah think that we were going to catch a plane back to Hokitika, but who flies into Hokitika at half past 3 in the morning when it's just like a 30 minute flight?
When we went to the check in a guy at the counter asked if our final destination was Brisbane. We said Yes. But guess what? I didn't know where Brisbane was until mum and dad said we were actually going to Australia which is where Brisbane is.
I couldn't believe it. I didn't believe it.
But then mum and dad said that we were going to the gold coast to. And that we were staying for 10 days and we were going lot's of theme parks. And Guess what?
THEY HAD PLANNED IT SINCE CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR!
When we got to Brisbane we went to the Queensland Museum which had the natural history of the Queensland area. Things in there were extinct and existing species, Bugs, Snake skin, Gems and minerals and ancient artifacts. They were also setting up a mummy exhibition but it opened when we left.
Next we went to Movie World on the Gold coast. It was so cool that I am doing a separate post on it so have a look around my blog if you haven't seen it already.
After Movie World was Wet N Wild which is next to Movie World. At Wet N Wild there were heaps of cool hyrdroslides. The ones we went on was the Black Hole, a long black slide, The constrictor which you have to 2-3 people in a raft down a red and yellow slide. There was a racing slide, a river rapids and a wave pool.There was also the Kamikaze-which was one of my favorites because it just when down vertically and a up slope in a little raft. Another favorite was the tornado, which is pretty much the same as the Kamikaze but a lot colder.....
Next in line was Seaworld, an action packed park full of Jet ski stunts, Penguins, Stingrays, Sharks, Polar Bears, Dolphins, Pelicans and lots and lots of fish. The did have 3 rollercoasters we went on two of them because the third was closed. One coaster made you wet and the other started at 0 and went up to 70 kms in speed in like 2 seconds.
Jumping, running, flying and climbing after Seaworld was none other then Australia zoo! That day I met some of the creatures I had wanted to meet all my life like, Chameleons, Koalas and Kangaroos. The tricksy Chameleon was hard to find but I got there. The Koala was so soft and lazy but here's a tip with Koalas. NEVER stand underneath them because somebody nearly got peed on. Oh and that lazy Kangaroo, either eating, sleeping or having a rub on the tummy. That Kangaroo reminded me of my cat. LAZY.
Last but not least was Thunder egg hunting. We drove up to Tambourine Mountain, a no longer active Volcano. We were given a Bucket and a Picaxe. We were looking for round rocks that we could crack open later on to find Agates. We thought we found one but it turns out we had found like 9. They were all different patterns, one was rainbow, one was shaped like an eye and one was shaped like two owls.
Here is some photos of my down under adventure!
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