The Dreamworld & the Hard Rock coma

I was so excited that morning waking up knowing we were finally going to spend a day at a theme park. I’ve been so keen to try out Dreamworld for so long now. You could have easily mistaken me for an outgrown child judging by the excitement that took over me when  arrived there. I must admit I'm a total adrenaline junkie, so picking the most fastest rides to go on first was well expected. Tim and I pretty much covered most of the more extreme rides they had there, but of course if it weren’t for the massive queues that day I knew I would have went on most of those rides more than once. Unfortunately for us that day, we just happened to pick a fairly bad time to go to Dreamworld since it was a Saturday during the Easter holiday and students were on school holidays, there was no surprises how long some of the wait was for the more popular rides. But at the end of the day I'm pleased that I was able to conquer my most anticipated and now favourite ride 'The Tower of Terror'. After lining up for almost over an hour for the ride it was very worth the few seconds I was on that thing haha. Seriously just insane! The amount of g-force from that ride was just exhilarating. 

So after such a long day at Dreamworld, Tim and I got back to the hotel to rest our feet a little before setting out for a stroll along the busy streets of Surfers Paradise then it was time to grab a big dinner after such an eventful day. We decided to check out Hard Rock Café for a few good drinks and a very naughty greasy meal. However after over indulging on such greasy food, by the time we went back to our hotel, we both ended up lazing around in the hotel unmovable with massive food comas - far too lethargic to do absolutely anything! So, trying to force and snap ourselves out of the situation a quiet night in our hotel with a bit of R&R was all we needed. Aroma therapy, chill out music, spa, wine and sitting on our veranda just chit chatting was the perfect spontaneous decision we made that night.

Foot long hot dogs!

Juvenile behaviours

Wet my panties! haha, no really, the River Rapid ride made it look so

Making our way into the Tower of Terror ride. Best ride ever!

About to board the Tower of Terror

Hard Rock Cafe, Surfers Paradise!

Super Naughty Cheesy, Bacon Potato Skins with Sour Cream

Mmm, Margaritas!

Wine indulging with my favourite

Coolest Spa... time for some R&R

Bazaar Gold Coast

So after our first stop over at Port Macquarie, Tim and I had set off once again early next day for another six hours on the road, this time making our way directly to the Gold Coast in Queensland. The whole fun of the idea was to drive along the scenic route of the Australian coastal outback. The things we saw along the way were just breath taking. It’s the moments while being on the road is where you find that you would appreciate the adventure of driving rather than flying directly interstate. I never knew how much more I was missing out on by taking the easy route going by air. 

This time round we were driving during the day so it gave us the opportunity to do plenty more stop over’s. Our first pit stop was by a Survivor Reviver camp in a town just past Coffs Harbour called Woolgoolta, before I took over the next shift in driving until we hit another small town along the way called Woodburn, where Tim and I took the time to grab fish and chips for lunch by a sunny riverside. The climate difference was definitely beginning to pick up when we stopped there, it was so warm! The fish & chips we had was astonishingly so fresh and delicious that I dare say, could rate as probably one of the best fish and chips I’ve ever had.

Back on the road once again Tim took the final shift and before you know it, we finally crossed over in Queensland – yay, we made it! The climate was just perfect, such a lovely warm breeze; pulling up we were happy to finally check ourselves into the ultra swanky designer hotel, QT Hotel. Highly recommended for young adults… this hotel was just screaming classy youth!

Collapsing into our gorgeous executive suite we were just so proud of ourselves for actually making the journey there by car that it eventually felt rather surreal for the both of us that we were actually interstate at the time. 

Just in time for dinner, after a good moment of settling in and prepping up we decided to try out the chic restaurant located within our hotel called ‘Bazaar’. Now if there was anything I haven’t mentioned just now, is that this hotel really is ultra trendy that even their ‘interactive marketplace’ style restaurant was just creatively decorated. Food and service was right up to top notch standards, which made the experience and the accomplishment of arriving in the Gold Coast far more pleasant.

After a bottle of white Tim and I, thought we’d also try out a few good cocktails at the stylish bar also located within our hotel called ‘Stingray’. Next thing you know, after one too many drinks it turned into shots before we realised it was time we had better hit the hay before we both started to feel extra unco-ordinated. Plus with another big day ahead of us next morning, a hangover was the last thing we wanted.

I love that even just being with and spending time with only Tim, we would always have so much fun together drinking and running a muck as if I was out with my mates on a rowdy night… who said you had to do the boring couply stuff while on vacation with your partner?

Port Macquarie. The view across the road from our hotel - just breath taking!

Awkward turtle

 

 

 

Papparrazzi moment caught by Tim haha.

Best fish and chips probably... ever!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazing hotel!

 

We hood Sydney kids, haha!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naughty Naughty plate filled sweets!

 

 

Mojitos, our fave!

 

An extremely drunk couple by the bar at this point haha