Eight weeks flew past and I can’t believe that what we had counted down so many months for, was gone before we knew it. She was here for a long time though and got to experience our new lives here with us.
Mom’s last day down under
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Q1
On mom’s second to last day down under, we took the elevator up to the observation deck in Australia’s tallest building, Q1, to watch the sunset.
Lunar Eclipse and GC Regional Botanical Gardens
In September, there was an astronomical event I haven’t witnessed too many times in my life; a full lunar eclipse. And it was visible in the southern hemisphere. The main problem was that it took place at 3-4am.
Continue readingCoombabah
I have many favorite places in Gold Coast. And I will probably have as many more in the coming years as I’ve still only seen a fraction of this incredible place. But one of those places will always be Coombabah Lakelands Conservation Area.
This day’s accumulations are as follows:
- 5 koalas
- 2 tawny frogmouths
- Very few kangaroos
- and a water dragon
Tree Planting Tallebudgera
A couple of weeks ago, the three of us did something really good for the environment, we planted some trees in Tallebudgera Creek. The day was really beautiful, there were so many people from the local community who seemed to be doing this quite a lot. The mood was great, people were laughing, we all were efficient and we were surrounded by countless kookaburras. It was a beautiful morning that did the nature and our souls good.
The rest of the day was spent by the beach, mom took a dip in the ocean on this side of the world for the first time. Glorious with winter bath’s (21C in the ocean), isn’t it 😅
Purling Brook Falls
I moved to Australia because of the beaches, not gonna lie. But the longer I live here, the more I’ve come to love the hinterlands, the Great Dividing Range, where we’ve so far only discovered a tiny part of all the great trails that exists. Out of the countless national parks, we’ve only visited TWO! We need to change that. But Springbrook is really incredible!
Currumbin Widlife Sanctuary
A day at Currumbin Wildlife Sancturay can never be anything but amazing. When we brought mom there, that day was not an exception.
There was the rainbow lorikeet feeding, pelican and eel feeding, Wild Skies bird show, the new rescued radiated tortoises, very active tasmanian devils, an injured bat in the hospital which had an unusual story, lots of wild bats and water dragons as well as Boss Hog up and about showing off his massive 5 metres and 800 kgs.
Coolangatta
While Mikael was busy doing business, mom and I decided to venture down south. The weather was beautiful in Broadbeach, we put on swimmers and went down to Coolangatta, just to get off the bus an hour later where storming winds were raging!
Whales in Burleigh Heads
Before mom’s first weekend in Australia was over, she had already ticked off so many animals on her list. The biggest one, and definitely the most anticipated, didn’t come until Sunday afternoon when we went for a walk in beautiful Burleigh Heads National Park.
Continue readingNatural Bridge and Glow Worm Cave
In one week’s time, Mikael and I have explored Natural Bridge in Springbrook National Park in full. During the day, in the twilight, and in the dark in the company of glow worms.
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