Aqua Parks and Noosa!!

Elke, myself and our girls 

After Liz left, the rest of us stayed on the Gold Coast for another couple of days. We revisited some of out favourite theme parks and also had a great afternoon out at "Aqua Splash."
An inflatable water park full of slides, trampolines, rope swings, walls to climb and platforms to jump off of. 

Gold Coast Aqua Splash 

From here we packed up and drove back up to Eumundi to let Elke and the girls explore the famous "Eumundi Markets" before heading to Noosa for a few days of fun in the sun!

Dad playing along with a local musician

 
Noosa beaches are just stunning. We spent the first day driving around checking them all out before settling in at our favourite for the afternoon.

Noosa 

Look out over with views of the Noosa River Mouth 

Having seen some photos of our fun at Aqua Splash, my sister in-law Shiralee messaged me to say that there is a even bigger water park just down the road at Coolum!
So on the Thursday we all headed here. Wow... This one was huge and had everything a big kid like me could of possibly dreamed a inflatable water park should have!!!
Unfortunately I may have gotten a little too excited... As I had barely been on it more than 2 minutes when I slipped and badly sprained my ankle.. Ouch!!!!
Doing my best to ignore the pain I still managed to have a great time! Huge slides, giant rope swings, towers to climb, hamster wheels, wall climbs and my favourite... The Giant Blob!! We had a great time laughing as we launched each other off the end of this giant pillow!  After our 50mins was up the girls even asked to head back out for another turn! Who was I to say no? ;) 

Family :)

After returning to dry land, that's when I noticed that my ankle hurt a little more than I realized.. (I think the cool water may have numbed it!)
By the next morning it had well and truly swelled up and I couldn't walk on it. Not wanting to miss out on the days events, I visiting a local Op shop where I managed to pick up a pair of crutches!
For the next two days I hobbled around with the family and got more than a few laughs from people as I negotiated the soft beaches with my crutches! 

Beach days :) 

Ella and Imogen ;)

Scarlett and Tori

Mum and Dad :)

Typical QLD... Sunny one moment... Huge storms rolling in the next!! 

On the Sunday it was time to say goodbye to Elke, her girls, Mum and Dad. With Elke flying home in a few days, Mum and Dad heading south towards NSW, and us headed back up to Cairns for Xmas!
It was sad to see them all leave, and felt strange after traveling on and off with Mum and Dad for quite a few months now to realize we would not be bumping into them for quite some time now.. Maybe not even before we arrive back in Adelaide!

Next stop for us... Inskip National Park and onto the beautiful Fraser Island!!

Xx