Australia Day

Happy Australia Day! Last year at this time, we were jumping off a floating dock just behind the Sydney Opera House to kick off the day with a 2.5km Harbour Swim. This year we started off the day by swimming to our car from the hostel...just kidding! It was actually a really nice morning, so we went for a 40 minute run from Main beach to Surfer’s Paradise beach and back. Then it was off to Dreamworld Amusement Park. It had stopped raining and there weren’t as many people as expected with it being a public holiday. Even though we were mainly there for the rides, we walked around for about 45 minutes before we got in line for the first ride called the Buzz Saw. We made it to the front of the line, with our feet on the footprints for the next spot on the ride, but then from behind, we heard the supervisor ask “Is that broken?” Unfortunately, Willy was not allowed on any of the six major rides with his cast. Well, at least we tried, it’s probably for the best! We got back in our car and headed to the city of Brisbane for the Australia Day celebrations...that were cancelled because of the weather. Talk about bad luck! There were still a lot of people around the South Bank Park along the Brisbane River, so we hung out there for a few hours, went for a walk through the Botanical Gardens and called it a day.