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Australia, Biggera Waters, Gold Coast, Movie World, Queensland, Sanctuary Cove, travelling with family
A long weekend with family and friends
Canberra is pretty cold in the winter so it’s always nice to travel interstate mainly north to Queensland for a few days of warmth. That is what I decided to do last month and took my brother and nephew along too. I booked an Airbnb home at a suburb called Biggera Waters which is about an hour’s drive from Gold Coast (Coolangatta) Airport.
It was really nice to see the home was exactly as stated and had a fabulous outdoors area with views across the river; lovely during the day and equally as nice when the sun was setting.It was too cool to swim in the pool so we spent many an hour on the patio reading and just watching the swans and ducks swim by. The swans would arrive at 8.30am every morning; you really could set your clock by them.I had made plans to catch up with friends who have a holiday home at Sanctuary Cove and my friend Steve kindly offered to come and pick us up in their boat so we could sail along the river to their home. How lucky were we!! So Steve and his son Ryan arrived on our private mooring and off we went…Until we reached the open waters the boat is legally only able to travel at six knots (no wake allowed) so this afforded me to time to check out houses and gardens that back onto the river…wow some people have gorgeous homes! Once away from residences we could go a little faster which was really nice with the wake behind us.Also nice to see the Gold Coast skyline behind us as well as views along the shore.After a glass of wine at my friend’s home we took their golf carts and drove to Sanctuary Cove restaurant area where we had a wonderful lunch at a local Italian restaurant which had a lovely wine bar and to enter you walk through a huge wine barrel. Definitely my sort of place. Along the way we drove through the golf course and were fortunate enough to see a mob of kangaroos and one mum with her baby!After lunch we returned to my friend’s home to watch the sunset – I never grow tired of watching either a sunrise or sunset…beautiful anywhere around the world.And I love it when the sky changes colour whilst the sun is setting…One other day we took my nephew and godson to MovieWorld on the Gold Coast. Rather expensive and really not what I like to do but I hope my nephew and godson enjoyed themselves. It was my godson’s first time to eat a snow cone; he loved it and enjoyed some rides.And the sweetest thing about the trip was my godson absolutely loved my nephew (they had met some three years ago) so followed him around all weekend and just wouldn’t let him out of his sight…very lovely and my nephew even though he is seven years older, was incredibly patient and loving!We also had a meal at a local Chinese restaurant on our last night with another friend (my godson’s mum) and as usual I enjoyed an eggplant dish and some dumplings…delicious. A great long weekend away!
Gary said:
What a great looking trip. The photos are fantastic.
I love the extreme rides at Movie World 👍😃
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Amy said:
Love the changing colors of the sky. Beautifully captured, Sue. 🙂
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Lyn Douglas said:
Hi Sue. Your trip sounds so good. Biggerra Waters is my favourite area on the Gold Coast and Sanctuary Cove is one of my favourite places to go to for lunch.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thanks Lyn…I really liked the area and loved Sanctuary Cove – saw a boat there the size of a small house – incredible!!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you Amy – very kind.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thanks Gary but you know what I didn’t write about it as I only went on the children’s roller coaster and had my eyes closed the whole time and nearly vomitted. My nephew wanted to go on the HUGEST one, but there was no possible way I could and my brother feels the same way…
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Chocoviv said:
I would love to visit 🙂
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Emma Cownie said:
Amazing – How nice to have a friend who will come and pick you up in his boat!!
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Gary said:
The super man ride has a gas catapult at the very start. The acceleration is fantastic to feel.
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JohnRH said:
Wowwww. Beautiful beautiful. What a treat!
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joliesattic said:
Beautiful!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you so much.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thanks so much John. It was a really lovely time away.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
OMG. No way!!!! Never!! Ever!!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
I know. Felt so special Emma.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Hope you do. A really lovely place.
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Chocoviv said:
Definitely on my bucket list!
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Lignum Draco said:
It sounds like a lovely break from a Canberran winter. Your friend has a boat AND golf carts? I’m jealous.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
I know and he is just off to NY to work for next four years. Wow!!! Me too jealous.
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sidran said:
That was a lovely break, Sue.
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vinneve said:
Very nice view and love to see your families with you to enjoy! Enjoy life, cheers!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Yes it definitely was an enjoyable few days.
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Thank you so much Vinneve.
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vinneve said:
I hope to meet you one day!
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SueT唐 梦 琇 said:
Yes me too. It would be really lovely.
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