We saw lunch places enrouted to the Kondalilla Fall and wanted to stop for lunch after the hike. Unfortunately, we didnt find a parking spot that we can park the campervan comfortably. The woes of driving a campervan.
While nearing Mooloolaba where Sea Life is located, Daddy Lim spotted a fish & chip joint and did a drift turn to park into the lot right in front of the restaurant. The luggage which was lying at the back of the campervan floor slided across the campervan in protest. Sorry, lunch is important. Hoho.
The food was so-so but we were happy to proceed with a filled tummy. It didnt take us long to arrive at Sea Life only to realise that it closes at 3pm. We had less than 2 hours to spare but knew too that aquarium visits wouldnt take too long. The staff said that 1.5 hr should be good.
The staff also informed that we had missed all the shows already. Our alternative was Target shopping but proceeded with Sea Life bcos to the boy, the aquarium was definitely more fun than Target shopping. Haha.
The touch pool greeted us with different sorts of star fishes. There were also the usual suspects exhibitions - fishes, frogs and jellyfish. Now that I put the pictures together, I saw how colorful they were.
The aquarium has the big water tunnel too. That must be one of the highlights.
We caught a picture of the other star of the aquarium- the seal.
With that, it ended our Sea Life visit. We indeed took about 1.5hrs.
The Sea Life was located along some wharf. We took a little walk and had some coffee and ice cream.
You can see that we were totally chilled by then, just like the Aussies.
The next and last stop of the day was Target and grocery shopping. The kids were hoping to score some toys; I had wanted to buy new short sleeves for the kids. Though winter, it rarely feels cold. The kids had been running around in their short sleeves and without jacket. The long sleeves tee were all tucked in one corner of the luggage.
Dinner was simple instant noodles pot with spam meat and stirred fried broccoli. Daddy Lim's pasta definitely tasted better but it was no fault of mine. We could only find 1 type of instant noodles in the supermarket and that maggie brand not nice leh.
The sun had already set by the time we were done with the washing up but it was in fact still very early. We decided to explore the beach near to the campervan park.
The beach was only about 5mins walk away. We could see the waves rolling in the dark.
Mummy could see even more clearly the yellow warning signboard about the huge waves, the submerged objects, etc. In other words, to stay off the water especially in the dark.
The kids kept wanting to waddle into the waters depsite their old mother's protest until Daddy Lim had to declare that we were leaving and to visit another day when there is daylight. Yes please.
The same night, we decided to change the sleeping configuration. Daddy Lim continued to sleep on the "top cabin" with Lil Shauna.
Zaky and I moved to sleep in the back of the campervan instead.
The space was definitely longer and I could fully extend my poor legs. While the campervan was still parked with a slight incline, it was still much better than the 1st night sleeping space.
Mummy Lim
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