Holiday at Mermaid Beach part 2

We sure had a wonderful over 5 days up at Mermaid Beach and this final record of events deals with a great day we had at Dreamworld at the northern end of the Goldcoast. It is one of those fun parks which has heaps of scary rides but of other amusing things to do. The kids did some of the not scary rides and had great fun, but we also did things like pit put golf. Let's look at some pictures of what we did starting with the enticing entrance.

This is first of scary rides that caught my - with riders strapped in the rotating ring at the end of the pole. 

The children were greeted by some colourful characters you may have seen on television.

Here's Flynn about to ride on a sort of roundabout whose seats rise and fall as it spins around.

They then spun around on horseback with me behind them rising and falling in a fixed rhythm.

The next rides were great fun as Ella and Flynn drove vehicles crashing into each other. If recall correctly, even Emily had a go!

Then it was time to ride antique cars. Drivers couldn't steer them because they ran on rails, but they could increase or lower speed as they negotiated bends.

If I read the actors correctly in this picture, Flynn is taking Emily for a ride!

Amongst the other amusements, kids could cuddle wildlife whilst being photographed. Here are Ella and Flynn each cuddling a Koala!

Then they were off to ride down an icy slope. That was strange as the temperature must have been about 20 C (68 F)

I was rather sad to see that I was wanted ... hopefully ... alive for horse threats. Fortunately I left Dremaworld before I could be arrested!

Here are Ella and Flynn posing with some metal creatures that fortunately didn't run after them.

I did take some videos of the kids on a couple of wild rides but alas I don't seem to be able to upload videos. That doesn't matter! They, their parents and we two grand-parents had a great time. I finish with one picture I took at the end of our stay. It shows a massive moon soaring above the Pacific Ocean!

I hope you have had fun reading about our trip to the Gold Coast. It's well worth a visit!

AS