Banana bending

And all of the sudden, we were in Queensland!

We are staying at a real resorty type place called Treasure Island. The kind of place that could be anywhere in the world really, because you don't really ever leave. The pool has a waterslide for goodness sake. There is a massive shopping centre within walking distance, a bistro, mini golf, a jumping pillow, etc etc etc. It's kind of wonderful. There is a buffet breakfast on Sunday morning. I'm not sure if we'll be here then - probaby not - but it's worth noting. I love breakfast.

We weren't sure what exactly we were going to get up to on the Gold Coast. There are loads of theme parks and stuff here, all really expensive and mostly too old for our kids with crazy rides and stuff. Nick and I mentioned Seaworld in passing, and Maya said, "Seaworld?? Can we go right now??" Treasure Island offers discounted theme park tickets which was an added bonus. Screw the budget.

Last night Nate and I discovered that our tent leaks. You get what you pay for I guess, and our $30 2 person Big W tent doesn't stand up to subtropical storms. At around midnight I got Nate out so that I could pull it under the awning, but at around 3am the wind was blowing the torrential rain sideways, the thunder was booming, and we were getting very wet. We had to take our wet selves inside the motorhome. Nate was amazed at the colour of the sky - "It's orange!" But the Queensland sun has dried everything up already as if it never happened. Weather can be amazingly strong and intimidating.