Brisbane Day 6: Aussie World

We drove past Aussie World and noted that it was a small theme park. We doubted if it would keep the kids occupied the whole day. We checked and saw that Aussie World would be opened from 10am to 3pm. The kids were presented with the alternative of a tree top adventure that will take about 3 hours. Our kids are indeed theme park trained and opted for Aussie World anyway, much to Daddy Lim's disappointment. Lol. He is no theme park fan.

Given that it was a late start day, we decided to sleep later. That kind of wish never happen; Zaky was up at about 7ish. Soon after, he was screaming hungry.

We had decided that it would be an eat out day and walked to the street opposite the beach in search of bfast. It was the 1st time that we paid real attention to our "neighbours". We noted that the campervan park was a lot more crowded than the ones we were in Perth, even though it was winter. More interestingly, many of the camper homes seemed semi-permanent and the folks were elderly. Maybe this is a cheaper option than owning a home?

A number of cabins were also well decorated, which meant longer stay. I was jokingly telling Daddy Lim that we should do this too when we retire - visit Aussieland for a month during winter and nuah in a campervan. Haha.

Anyway, back to bfast and to my pleasant surprise, there was a bakery waiting for me. Hohoho, I love bread and pastry. Of course they were freaking expensive but money doesnt separate me from my beloved pastry.

Bcos we were early, we took a walk to the beach after bfast.

This signboard is so interesting. For a while, I thought the Aussies are so humorous. Chey, somebody pasted a sticker over the duckie's head lah.

Johnny was... just different. Haha.

After much slow mo-ing, we finally start our drive to Aussie World. It was a short 15 mins' drive away.

We were still too early and ended up shopping at the stalls nearby. We found delicious chocolates; the honeycomb ones were so good that we headed back for more during lunch.

The park was really empty given that it was a Aussie school term mid week. We were told that the park was manned on minimum staff too and there would be some waiting for the staff to attend to us at the rides at times. Nevertheless, this was made up by how friendly and warm the staff were.

The park is really more suited for younger kids. The most exciting ride is opening soon and the 2nd most exciting ride is under long term maintenance. Win already. But that didnt stop the kids from having fun. They happily hopped into their 1st ride of the day - kiddy tea cup. Nice, bcos the parents can relax one corner.

There arent loopy loop rollercoaster or upside down crazy rides. The thrilling rides are mostly super fast round and round rides.. my bfast! Even their viking was so tame.

What we did enjoy a lot was the bumper car ride. We went on that so many times.

We had an incident at one time; Zaky got a whiplash from one of the bumps. There were some tears and then more bumper car rides. Lol.

The parents decided to take a break and went for a slow ferris wheel ride, much to the kids' protest. They ran off to other rides and we found them nearby thereafter.

It was lunch time and we saw a restaurant serving decent burgers but decided to head out for lunch as we were allowed re-entry. I had so wanted to try the Beefy's pie bcos I saw their advertisement everywhere. Best Aussie Pie wor, dont play play.

The pies in Australia are really good; warm and moist. People usually take them as a full meal, not like what we do in Singapore and treated pies like snacks. We returned to the park for more rides. It was also nearing closing time.

While the park doesnt have thrilling rides, some of them are quite interesting. This illusion house is one of them. Just think mirror maze, luminous lights and optical illusions. At one point, we turned into vampires.

Our clothes were lit up too. Daddy Lim wore the wrong shirt to the park and the staff kept teasing him if he had feared yet at the park. Lol.

The giant slide was interesting too. The only down was the need to lug the mat and climb the many steps for that 5 sec adrenaline rush.

The last bit of time was spent at the kiddy golf. Zaky was pestering to pay and play kiddy golf at the Bellingham Maze. Luckily we didnt and got to play it at the theme park. Daddy Lim even got a hole-in-one!

With that, our theme park adventure came to an end.

We had plenty of time to spare and thought of booking a laser tag session but were put off by the price tag. Ended up, the kids had fun at the canpervan park heated swimming pool. Daddy Lim said that it was still quite cold and surrendered before the kids. Here, he was trying to warm up before going into the water. Apparently that didnt quite work.

The kids had fun despite the small pool and cold.

Dinner was again near to the beach - the usual fish and chips and burger. I was so sick of fish and chips by the end of the trip.

The kids were totally exhausted and willingly crawled into bed in the early night.

The parents had to do one last laundry to do and, to drain the grey and black waters. Daddy Lim had the noble job to clear the black water (aka toilet) bcos Zaky took a pee in it on the 1st morning. Hahaha. I also realised that I now like doing laundry during trips having done so for the last few trips. While it does take some time, we now pack lighter for trips and still get clean clothes to wear throughout the trip.

Mummy Lim