The Sunshine State

I woke up to the sound of the Lorikeets in the nearby Banksia trees. We checked out the Red Rock beach which looked like it been hit by recent storms. The kids had a ride around and we left about 10.45am headed for the Gold Coast. We decided to stow one of the kids bikes in the van because they were copping a hard time on the rack rubbing against each other. We detoured 10km off the highway to check out Yamba. It is quite a chilled out town - what I imagined Byron Bay to be like before it became super popular. It was raining and quite cool. We went for a stroll up the street and had a bite to eat at one of the many cafes. Then it was another couple of hours in the car before we crossed the boarder into Queensland and headed for the Gold Coast and our three night stay at Treasure Island. We were excited to see blue skies and people wearing shorts and t-shirts (probably Victorians!) The park is a Big 4 so has all the extras - pools, jumping pillows, kids club etc. Rick set up while I took the kids to the pool. Marcel you will pleased to know we had our first BBQ for dinner.