'Land down under' (Part 1)

So...I have not blogged in what seems like forever. Sorry about that. I know that last time I published a post, that I vowed to post again from Australia. Turns out I was faaaar too busy and having too much to fun to find time to update.



So here it is, bits and bobs from my first oversea's trip to the Gold Coast.



Saturday Dec 5th



We left the Coast at 4.15am, on an airport shuttle. We had a cooked breakfast at Wellington airport, and boarded our Pacific Blue flight around 7.00am NZ time.



The flight was longer than I had thought it would be at 3 hours and 45 minutes. Luckily I had my ipod. Not so lucky that Brad didn't bring his, meaning I had to share one headphone with him. Also noted, not so lucky that we also have vastly different tastes in music and that through my un-headphoned ear I had to listen to him complain about my 'flight playlist'. Once we got in to Australian air-space ther was free T.V though, so I watched 'Everyday Italian' with Giada de Laurentis. It made me hungry.



Getting off of the plane was a shock. When we hit the joining-us-to-the-building-tunnel-thingy I felt the heat. Boy did I feel the heat. At that point I was unsure of how I would survive the 26 degree temperature, keeping in mind that it was only 9.45am in Australia. What the heck was midday going to bring?



We went through customs, and even though I am a good girl, I still found it scary. Chapelle Corby situation sprung to mind at the time. Until I was met at the customs desk by a typical Aussie 'Sheila'. She straight up made me laugh (in my head) and reminded me of what Kim from Kath & Kim will look like in her late fifties and Magda from 'There's somthing about Mary'



After that, we picked up the rental van and headed straight to the DFO. Ooooooh shopping. I was running round the outlet like a mad woman, when suddenly my shoe broke. It was so embarassing. I had to limp in to a shoe store, buy some sandles, and hurry on my way. We only had an hour there, so by the end I was literally runnnnnnning! I ended up buying a few tops, some sunglasses, a few belts and a black maxi dress...and of course the shoes.



We then drove from Brisbane to Broadbeach, which is just a few minutes from surfers.



We then stopped at Pacific Fare, to do some more shopping and pick up some groceries.



The place Brad's parents had rented for us to stay at was amazing! It had a pool. Need I say more?



We unloaded the car, got changed and headed straight for the cooling comfort of the water.

After a long day we cooked dinner at the house and all had a pretty early night. I was so excited to be on holiday. The weather was awesome, the house was awesome and we had lots more awesome stuff planned for the next nine days.

Tune in tomorrow, for more adventure's from Kanga Counrty.