Gold Coast

Next stop was the Gold Coast, a nice short drive. But a shock to the senses, four lanes of busy traffic, cars and people everywhere!!!! We pulled into our friends Rachel, Tim, Liv and Brooke's place for three nights in Coomera. These guys are originally from Tassie, Rachel and I nursed together. Liv and Charlotte were friends when they were little.  We were lucky these guys had room in their front yard for us!!

Charlotte and Liv get on very well and so did Brooke and Jake. Charlotte had a sleep over in Liv's room every night whilst we stayed in Coomera. Rachel and I took the girls shopping one day, was hilarious!! Little ladies wanting to be older girls!

We were lucky that coincidently our friends from Adelaide were on the Gold Coast whilst we were ther. We had a lovely dinner out at the Northcliffe SLSC with Leanne, Ronnie, Chelsea and Alisha. So lovely to be able to spend time with these guys again. 

One day I went to check out Rachel's work and got my hair cut. Then we took the kids to Burleigh for lunch and to Cold Rock for dessert. We had a walk around Burleigh then went to Tallebudgera for a look. Was pretty nice to be back here, we loved these areas when we lived here in 2012 and spent a lot of time here. We also drove past the caravan park where we lived but looked like it's closed these days. The kids really enjoyed and remembered these places and spent a fair bit of time reminiscing about old memories. 

Rachel was good enough to arranged a babysitter one night. Jake wasn't too sure, he's never had a different babysitter at home before. He kept joking that baby sitters sit on babies. The kids ended up having a great time and enjoyed it. The adults went out for yummy Thai then to the casino. We lost but at least Rachel won! Nice to be an adult again without kids around. 

We're still finding it pretty weird hanging out in houses with people. We are so used to hanging out in caravans. Our kids are loving laying around on couches and watching Tv.  Plus hiding in the other kids rooms well away from adults , yes!!

We had a lovely few days on the Gold Coast.  We eventually left after Rachel (Tim) cooked us bacon and eggs for brunch.  Was especially sad for Charlotte to say bye to Liv, they wished they lived closer to each other.  South we go.........