Back at Dreamworld November 25, 2007
Posted by a1291762 in : bree, emily, family, isaac , add a commentWe went back to Dreamworld today. My dad was off watching a bike race in the morning so I went on a bunch of rides with the kids. I took Emily on the chain swings, the bumper cars and on the Avalanche (now called the spooty spin). She enjoyed all of them.
We had lunch and then I went on some rides with my dad. The tower of terror was open this time so we went on that and scored the front seat. We did the Cyclone again and scored the front seat on it too. It’s quite a different experience to the back seat. We went on the Nickelodeon coaster which was ok but not really something I’d go on again. We went on the Wipeout and my dad managed to miss his car key when we emptied out pockets. As you can imagine, it came flying out during the ride. It’s a good thing we’re in a drought because otherwise it would have been under water (the whole ride is dry at the moment). One of the attendants was an ass, saying we would have to wait until the end of the day for someone to get it but one of the other attendants got it for us.
The kids got to see Captain Feathersword and Wags the Dog and they played in the play room again. They went to the feeding zoo but it was really busy.
We met up and headed over to the wet rides. I was hoping Emily wouldn’t be too tired and would want to go on and she did. Bree watched Isaac and the rest of us (pop, nanny, Emily, me) went on the rapids ride. Emily managed to pick the worst seat, going backwards the most and both Emily and I got wet. Emily loved it though and wanted to go on it again but we went over to the log ride instead. Pop and nanny were in the front and Emily and I were in the back. When we came down the hill the water came surging over the sides of the log and Emily and I were both drenched. Luckily Bree had purchased a new shirt for Emily, I just went topless.
One the way out I stopped at the chip vending machine. I saw it the first time but didn’t get any so I was determined to get some this time. It’s a machine that vends freshly fried chips. It takes about 2 minutes and the chips were pretty good, though they were also $5 which is pretty steep for the amount we got (to be fair, chips from anywhere else in the park would have cost a similar amount, my sandwiches both days cost $8.50 each). I suppose it’s not so crazy to think about a chip vending when they’ve got pizza vending machines. It’s also a chance to get some greasy food. Unlike the bad food I remember from visits years ago Dreamworld seems to sell mostly healthy stuff everywhere these days. Of course, there’s still sugar-loaded products everywhere, it hardly seems worthwhile to make us eat a sandwich and then give us a slurpee to wash it down.
Another fun day. The kids were again totally worn out. Emily was as good as I’d expect but it’s Isaac that has really surprised me. I really didn’t think he’d handle the long, wearing days as well as he did. He even walked most of the time, covering a huge distance. I guess he’s growing up.
Christene's 60th April 8, 2007
Posted by a1291762 in : family , add a commentMy aunt had her 60th birthday party last night. It was really good to see all the people. While I didn’t know all of them I knew quite a few and I hadn’t seen many of them for around 10 years (ie. since I was at school)! They were all surprised to hear that I was married with 2 kids. I guess I didn’t seem like the marrying type at school.
Jordan and I ate some long, red chillies that were on the side of a plate of calamari. They were a bit hot but the looks we got were worth it :)
The food was amazing. I must have tried a hundred different dishes. There was some awesome stuff that went with crackers. I think it was made from beetroot because it was pink. The cooking guys had a half-sized oven, a deep frier and some other cooking things. One of the deserts was a little custard and fruit tart that was as good as it looked.
There was even a comedian that came in for a while. He was quite good, reminded me of Hal Roach (My grandparents had a few tapes of him that I listened to). Bree didn’t really like him but then I think his stuff was aimed at the older people in the room. For example, he did a few “accent” jokes, which the older people laughed at but us younger people think they’re just racist (or is that just me?). Bree also didn’t like the level of crudeness but to be fair he did test the room out at the beginning of his set and the majority was definitely in favour of somewhat crude jokes.