Wet and Wild

Wet and Wild is the best and last theme park of our Gold Coast trip and I think its name also aptly describes our holiday in the gist. There was rain almost everyday during our 5 days there, varying just by the amount. Wild is the word you'll use to describe most of our thrill rides.

Luckily, on the 'Wet and Wild' day, the weather was relatively good. The rain held for most of the day and thus it wasn't too cold. Unfortunately, since we're most of the time wet, this means not many photos as the camera stays dry inside the locker. The 2 photos you see here were taken with my handphone until the lifeguard stopped me.

KK enjoyed himself thoroughly here, trying almost every slide, except for the Tornado, which he missed the height requirement by a little. XX is more disadvantaged, he only got to get into the water playground and the wave pool (and he panicks when the waves start to form). Oh, there was the Cyprus River, which he could sit on me as I sink into a donut float and drifted down the streaming water. That was quite nice.

I also managed to get onto quite a few slides, thanks to Hubby who volunteered to look after XX as he naps. By that day, XX had either gotten smarter or he's so tired that he doesn't push himself anymore and naps even in the middle of all actions.

I'm ok with most of those slides that comes down sitting on a float, either 2 by 2 or as a group of 4. I find security in that ring of rubber and air around me. The only problem is you have to drag that giant float up slopes and flights of stairs, some of them about 5 storeys high, before you swoosh down in less than a minute. Great exercise cos you're panting like crazy by the time you climbed up.

There was one "Aqua Racer", which you have to slide down on a foam mattress, head first. I thought at first that I'll skip it but in the end, I gave it a go to accompany KK. It was quite fun and at the humps, you get to experience a bit of flying. We were all supposed to line up and go at the same time (it's a race and they actually give you your ranking at the end) but KK got a false start as he's so light that his mattress got carried off by the water before he could even lie flat. We couldn't do anything to 'save' him, so down he went sitting on the mattress like a flying carpet. Luckily the boy's quite brave and he held onto his foam mattress for life.

The last day of our holiday was marred by the incessant rain. KK followed my brother to the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary while our parents and us drove to Tweed Heads, crossing over to New South Wales before strolling the beach at Coolangatta. We met up again at Surfer's Paradise for a little last minute shopping. It was also Hubby's birthday that day. I tried to get a cake but could only find 2 last slices of chocolate ones at Gloria Jeans. We bought some chinese takeaways home while brother and Cas contributed gelato and Baskin Robbins ice-cream and had a mini-celebration at home. After that, it was time to pack and get ready for the flight back to Melbourne.

Ice-cream and cake party