Friday of my holiday started slowly. Mum and Dad slept in and I watched a couple of episodes of The walking Dead series 3 on my iPad. We went grocery shopping for dinner and other things. The girls would be arriving that afternoon and I was cooking dinner. It’s been such a long time since I’ve cooked them dinner. They each love salmon so that was a natural choice. Bro41 was coming over with his three kids too so I had ten to feed.

At lunch time Mum and Dad introduced me to one of their staples, Knackwurst on toast. Given recent snag stand adventures, a snag on a Friday seemed to make sense.

Knackwurst with barbecue sauce on toast.

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Friday afternoon grew dark with rain clouds.

Dark rain clouds.

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It didn’t take long for it to rain.

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Between Mum and me, we made coleslaw, a simple lettuce and tomato salad, sausages, salmon, eggs and prawns. The sausages were mainly for my nephew and nieces who can be a little particular.

My plate. The girls loved dinner and having Dad cook for them. They loved the salmon.

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There is not much better than an old fashioned bowl of vanilla ice cream with chocmint ice cream magic and a chocolate wafer.

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Saturday morning arrived and we made ready for a day at Dreamworld in Coomera in the Gold Coast.

We had a left over baguette from Friday night and I made the girls vegemite bites.

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We got to Dreamworld and the first ride we wanted to ride was the Buzz saw.

This is a pretty good ride.

If you want to follow where we went feel free to check out my Foursquare history at https://foursquare.com/garydlum/history

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Not quite Yummy Lummy

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The Cyclone roller coaster

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The Rocky Hollow Log Ride is always fun and a great way to get wet on a hot day.

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Lunch was a pretty ordinary double cheeseburger.

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I don’t post many images of my girls.

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Escape from Madagascar roller coaster. A slightly more gentle ride.

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The Claw gives you a really strong sense of weightlessness.

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The Thunder Valley Rapid Ride is quite gentle but a good way to get soaked.

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A much more fun ride if the Mick Doohan’s Motocoaster.

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I also captured some videos and posted them to YouTube.

http://youtu.be/9BrW3wFUiDk

The Tower of Terror II. You go up backwards and come down face first. It’s great.

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http://youtu.be/SQDxf8w2J-I

The Giant Drop takes you high up the tower and then drops you. It is an amazing feeling to almost free fall.

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http://youtu.be/DoXZw2z7P08

The Claw is a very special ride. It certainly gives you a strong sense of weightlessness and it worth the long queue to get on.

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http://youtu.be/QdgKXxVF_dw

The tigers at Dreamworld are a great attraction. Here is a short clip of two of them having a little fun with each other.

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The gates closed at Dreamworld at 1700 AEST. We went and had another go of the Tower of Terror II.

After Dreamworld we checked into the Mantra Broadbeach on the Park. We reserved a two bedroom apartment. It is a well set out apartment and we’re very comfortable.

For dinner I’d made a reservation at Hog’s Breath Cafe Broadbeach.

I promise I ate with my mouth closed.

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I asked for a steak. It was fantastic.

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Miss15 asked for a barramundi burger. She reckons it was perfect.

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We then asked to share a Hoggies’ Rocky Road Sundae. It was massive.

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At the bottom is solid chocolate brownie.

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According to our server we finished in record time.

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This fine piece of public art is outside our apartment’s restaurant, viz., Moo Moo.

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It’s been a great day and we’re off to sleep.

These are the images from Dreamworld’s cameras. Please click on each for the description.

Places and things described in this post

Dreamworld
http://www.dreamworld.com.au/
Google maps http://goo.gl/maps/kLVA5

Hog’s Breath Cafe
http://www.hogsbreath.com.au/
Google maps http://goo.gl/maps/v7Ufr

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