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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