Dawn's Blog: Gold Coast 2013 (Belated post!)

Realised that I had not blogged for a long time... 2 years?!

I do not know where to start, so i guess i will start from our trip in 2013 to Gold Coast.

We choose the place because of the Beach, Sun and theme parks and thought that it is very suitable for our teenage kids and also our little princess. :)

We stayed in Xanadu Holiday Resort and it really suits our needs. Near the beach, cafes and the fridge, utensils, and microwave were very useful as we are one hungry family and bought alot of food from supermarket everyday and had supper every night... hahaha...

There's also a washing machine and we washes our own clothes so that we can travel lighter and do not need to bring so many clothes for our trip.

Day 1:

The car rental shop arranged a bus to pick us up from the airport to the car rental shop to pick up our car that will accompany us for the next 10 days.

Waiting for the bus...

Checked in our hotel very quickly and with our rented car, we began our journey! :) Its so fun!

Stopped to take a pic while hubby was checking the directions to bring us for dinner.

Our dinner was Vietnamese meal @ a nearby mall

View from our hotel room... cool!

Day 2

Woke up to a wonderful day view from our hotel.

GoldCoast Fisherman where seafood were so fresh and cheap!

Huge and Yummy Prawns, so much that we cannot finish... Keke...

Had our lunch @ Mac before heading to Seaworld. Their mac have macaroons.. hoho...

Seaworld is just nearby the Fisherman wharft

The only game in Seaworld that the boys were interested in...

Family pic before leaving the park

Day 3

The kids had been bugging to go for a swim at the beach since day 1....

Today they finally get to enjoy the Sun, Beach and Sand!

Getting ready...

Into the sea!!

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Ah gal amd me play sand:)

After the swim, we drove to surfers paradise for dinner. After walking on the street for some time, we decided to settle our dinner @ Hard Rock Cafe

Day 4

We had breakfast at our fave cafe just next to the hotel. Yummy Yummy::)

After breakfast, we bring the kids to Paradise farm.

Watching the entertaining sheep show. Fur being removed from the sheep.

Digging for Opals in Paradise Country. Fun activity for the kids. Its a very short activity though... about 5~ 10mins per person.

Having Cowboy's tea

Day 5

We wanted to go to Pacific Fair shopping centre and on our way there, we chanced upon another open air fair. Thus, decided to stop-by and have a look. Its what i loved about Free & Easy tour, we can stop-by any interesting places and travel at our own pace:)

My precious's fave game... She's so excited to see this game there!

Weather super hot as we went in Dec...

After shopping, we drove back to surfers paradise. Nice sunset view!

At Beach front market.

Day 6

Today is a long ride to Mount Tamborine. We thought that it will be cooler in the mountains, but to our dismay, it was very warm! :(

We had lunch @ Cedar Creek Estate Vineyard & Winery. Food was pretty nice and we opted for a table outside and surprisingly, it was more cooling than the other parts of the mountain.

I am not hungry, so only share this with my gal...

Cannot remember this place, but still within the mountain. we walked down to the waterfall and found some youngsters having picnic and swim

Day 7

Day 7 is a specially for me... :) shopping!

We drove to Harbour Town outlet and below were our buys! Things weren't as cheap as i expected them to be, but there were still some good buys, like Adidas, which i bought some jackets for less than 50 bucks.

Day 8

We spent our day at Dream World. Noted that alot of cafes were closed and the place did not seem to be as fun as it used to be when i was there few years ago.