Whitsunday Island is hailed by the Lonely Planet as: “Food for the soul.” It’s enduring image Whitehaven Beach, stretching over six kilometers of pristine white sands, is described as the longest and “finest” beach in Australia. This was the destination of today’s excursion. Accompanied by a potentially annoying gaggle of … Read More
Time to get back to my Australian adventure… Our first mammoth travelling day began with a false start. We’d intended to drive the short distance to Mission Beach and spend some time snorkeling and enjoying the nearby Dunk Island. But we arrived in the pouring rain to find a storm … Read More
Universal studios was much more a park for adults, a pleasant change from Disney. But we arrived late because Dad and Naomi went to a time-share meeting to get cheap tickets so we had to rush it a bit. We brought fast queue passes so we didn’t have to wait … Read More
Day two of our theme park adventure was spent on the water slides at Aquatica. This water park is next door to Sea World and appears to be huge – but a little disappointingly it wasn’t! Some of the slides were good, others a bit of an anti climax and … Read More
I never want to see another child again as long as I live!!! Screaming, wailing, snotty brats! Ok so maybe they’re not that bad but Magic Kingdom was full of them. Magic Kingdom is the part of Walt Disney world designed for the kids – so I guess it wasn’t … Read More
It’s been a while since I last wrote so here is a bit on what I’ve been up to since arriving in America. We had just one day in Miami and chose to head to the Everglades to see if we could have more luck spotting Alligators in America than … Read More
The drive from Miami to Orland was fairly unremarkable. Much of the time I spent sat in the back reading my book listening to Naomi and dad bickering about what way to go! Along the way we stopped off at a traditional America Diner for breakfast. Dad, Naomi and Uncle … Read More
Our Orlando theme park escapades began at Sea World the home of Shamu, the Killer Whale from the film Free Willy. It was only a fifteen-minute drive from our accommodatiom as we arrived we marvelled at the sheer number of car parking spaces available as, being early, we drove up … Read More
Well… It’s been a while. Since returning to England my blogging has suffered somewhat. All these promises to write Australia and catch up from where I left off never materialised. The truth be know I’ve been busy and quite frankly I’ve had better things to do with my evenings. I … Read More
After a fairly comfortable flight we arrived at Miami airport and I got my first glimpse of the country that dominates the world! The first thing I noticed were the yellow taxies outside the airport – just like the New York cabs you see in the movies. Very bizarre. I … Read More