Zina's Trip to Queensland

Qld Fun

Friday the 12th November 2010 was consistant of me acting like a little kids on Christmas Eve, I couldn't wait for Zina to fly up and be here for the weekend. The last time this trip was planned it went to shit. So I was holding my breath all day and was very very pleased that Zina made it to the plane on time.


We had been messgaing each other all day with the pure excitement that comes from being able to catch up with a good friend who you haven't seen in way too long. So once the flight took off late which is normal for Jetstar, Zina arrived in Queensland at the Brisbane Airport at a ffew minutes before 11:00pm.


By the time we arrived home Zina had had her first and only beer for the night. I had to have one too. Then we just chatted and drank Vodka's with orange juice till 4:00am Saturday morning. Knowing that we had to be up and about in the morning by 6:00 - 6:30am I thought at that point it best we head to bed. Mind you we could have stayed there till well after the sun came up.


Then Blake being the wonderful man he is got up at some silly weee hours of the morning and made crepes (pancakes), eggs, bacon and fruit for breakfast. We all enjoyed way too much breakfast and then the day started. Blake took Paige and Byron with him to Chinese lesson at the budhist temple at Underwood Qld.
We followed in that direction after I had my cup of coffee. So surviving on 2 hours sleep we headed out with Myself, Zina, Song and the two dogs for a bush walk right near the temple. Once we arrived we collected Byron and headed off.

I would say the walk we went on would have had to have been at least a couple of klm’s. We were all hot and sweaty by the time we were back at the temple to collect the car and head home to drop the dogs off. After we did that we headed up to Sunnybank Qld and had some Vietnamese lunch. This was a great meal after the morning and after still feeling very tired.

Once we had finished the lunch it was time to head back home and pack to catch the train to Southbank Brisbane Qld, gathering all of our swimming gear and making sure the kids are ready with everything. We all had a quick 10 minutes or so sleep in which to re-charge the body battery.

Then we were off to the train station. Once we arrived at Southbank we wondered for a little bit then hit the pools that were rather busy compared to what we are normally used to. We started to throw those water bomb balls around until we ended up in trouble. Quite rediculas however we had plenty of time with them thank goodness.

After we were all done with the water activities we decided it was best to eat again. Anyone that knows us or at least has spent time with us knows that we love our food. So we headed off to a place called Amici’s.

This is a regular hang out for us. We normally order a whole heap of food then everyone picks at it, by the end we all waddled out of there. I was actually surprised by the price, being it was good food we all had a drink and it only came to $15 each. Couldn’t ask for much more than that.

After we had finished our yummy dinner consisting of pizza, breads, chips etc we headed off to the Goodwill Bridge, also known as the foot bridge. This is a great little walk which takes you from Southbank to Brisbane City side across the Brisbane river. As you can see in the photo’s below it shows a great view of the city. Once we arrived on the other side we started to head back again. This bridge was officially opened in October 2001 and is 450m in total length.

Then after all of this we were all still feeling pretty good, a little tired yes but pretty good. We caught the train back home again. Once we arrived Alice, Zina and myself headed off to 7/11 for Slurpees then headed home to add a little vodka. Sooooo sweet but very yummy. Once we were home the kids were already in bed thanks to Blake and Song. Then us girls settled in for some more vodka’s however not too many  and a chit chat. This was disrupted by the rain caused by Alice.

We headed in for bed time. Again waking up at 5:30am nice and early and a little harder to have everyone bounce out of bed at that hour on a Sunday morning. But we were off to the Gold Coast by 6am. Once we arrived at Southport Beach we set up to have Wonton’s for breakfast. (a chinese winter breakfast)

So after Paige had finished her nippers we headed down to Mermaid Beach. Had a little swim and Blake had a surf. Once we had started to burn we headed off to grab some Vietnamese Pork Rolls and chill and eat lunch in the park. Once we had finished out yummy lunch we headed up Mount Tamborine to Bamboo Down Under. Now even though I would never buy from here again as it is just silly how expensive they are it has a great species garden.

After Bamboo Down Under we headed further up the mountain to a pub called Eagle Heights Hotel. This pub is a really nice pub over looking the Gold Coast. When we arrived we had more than enough space even though it was a little busy. The staff were nice and the music was great. It wasn’t too loud, you could actually still have a conversation and hear one another.

After a drink at Eagle Heights Hotel we headed home and veged out for the last couple of hours of Zina’s stay then off to the airport with an almost teary goodbye.