Bundaberg
Day 1 - Monday
15 December
- First stop at Eumundi – only a small delay due to traffic
- Quick stop in Gympie for lunch; seems like it should be nice but felt ramshackle
- Stopped at Childers for a walk around
- Apartment is nice with good views of the ocean
- Ben fractured a tooth and had an emergency dentist visit tonight to fix it
Day 2 - Tuesday
16 December
- Went for a walk along the water
- Decorated the ginger bread train
- Afternoon swim in the pool
- Mon Repo Turtle Centre
- Saw 2 Loggerhead Turtles; 1 nested and 1 didn’t
- Boys got to help move the eggs above the water line
- I got a turtle toy I named seaweed, Brad
Day 3 - Wednesday
17 December
- Monsoon Aquatics Coral Farm tour
- Had black & ultraviolet lights to see the coral glow
- They had many different types of Nemo
- KFC for lunch
- Amandine Lavender Farm
- Watched Finding Nemo
Day 4 - Thursday
18 December
- Nielson's Beach for morning swim
- Rick’s at Bagara for lunch; Slow but decent food
- Ice cream
- Afternoon Nap
- Afternoon swim in the pool
- Watched Futurama Christmas episodes; got worse as the went along
Day 5 - Friday
19 December
- Hinkler Hall of Aviation,
- Bundaberg Botanical Gardens
- Saw turtles and an eel
- Train ride through the gardens including seeing Santa on the Christmas train
- Red Rooster for Lunch
- Spent all our holiday money at the lolly shop
- Bakery for afternoon tea
- Afternoon swim at Nielson's Beach
- Watched Zootopia ★★★★
- Still a fun time. Brad
Day 6 - Saturday
20 December
- Nielson's Beach for morning swim
- Bundaberg Barrel tasting; bought A LOT of ginger beer Bran
- we tasted all the juicy flavours and chompers looked how they made ginger beer Brad
- Picked sunflowers at Amandine Lavender Farm
- Afternoon swim in the pool
- Fish & chips at a seaside park with ice cream for dessert
- Brad: Cookies & Cream ★★★★★
- Bran: Golden Crumb ★★★★★
- Ben: Peanut butter fudge ★★★★★
- Benita: Boysenberry ★★★★★
Day 7 - Sunday
21 December
- Macadamia farm
- Trip home
- Lunch stop at Tiaro
- The trip home was REALY fun Brad