On the 2nd to last day that my Mum and Nanna were in Brisbane we went for a drive to the coast to Manly Beach (yes! there is a Manly Beach in Brisbane, as well as the more famous one in Sydney, who knew??). There is a large playground at the beach that the kids had a good time on.
As a coincidence there was a small fair at Manly on the day we were there. Mum bought both kids pinwheels to play with, which were a spectacular success, and both kids had their first rides on a full sized merry-go-round.
On Mum and Nanna's last night in Brisbane there was time for some last minute present swapping. Callum unwrapped an early birthday present from his Aunty Shari and Alison unwrapped her birthday present from her Nandi (ie. my Mum).
Before Mum and Nanna left, there was one last opportunity for a visit to a playground (I told you there was a lot of playground action during this trip!). Ali's very dirty face is as a result of playing in the chip bark that covers the ground at many Australian playgrounds (don't ask, I have no idea why either).
Guess what we did the day after Mum and Nanna left? Yes! A playground trip!
The next day we went for a drive up to Mt Tamborine, where there just happened to be a brewery and a cheese factory - I was excited about one of these and Jen was excited about the other, can you guess which was which? We had a very nice lunch and I can highly recommend a stop if you are in the area and like good craft beer or locally made cheese!
After our big day exploring Mt Tamborine, we had a quieter day and hit Lollipops Play Cafe, which is essentially a giant indoor playground for kids with a cafe that serves drinks and food built in.
Later in the day, Shari was nice enough to babysit Callum so Jen and I could take the tour at the XXXX Brewery (that's pronounced 'four-ex' for those non-Australian's reading this). I have never been a big fan of these guys' beer, but the tour was actually pretty good and I even found a couple of beers during the tasting that were not too bad.
During the tour the guide asked the question "Does anyone know why it is called XXXX?", to which I quickly responded with "Because Queenslanders don't know how to spell beer!" which of course is the absolute correct response if you grew up in any state apart from Queensland. Apparently I was not the first smart-ass to give that response based on the "Oh please" look on his face. I still stand by it though.
OK, that's enough for this post. Believe it or not, we have almost 5 more days to cover in Australia.
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