Start with an early morning wake up call in Sydney (3:45 a.m.).
Hop on a plane to Cairns, which arrives about 10:00.
Now, don't schedule the next flight out to Guam until midnight.
So, how do you spend from 10 until midnight? Petting more kangaroos! We decided to rent a car and drive back up to Kuranda for the day. We just took our time playing in the park, eating lunch, shopping, and petting the kangaroos. Then, after everything shut down around 4:00, we drove back into Cairns to play at Muddies some more. The girls played on the playground; we ate some dinner; and then we watched all the parrots return to roost (changing places with the bats). Then, we strolled through the night markets again, but we didn't buy anything.
It was a nice, relaxing day . . . until . . . about 6 or so, the girls were DONE. We still had about 3 hours to kills since Continental didn't open until 2 hours prior to flight departure. So, we just drove around the town. The girls fell asleep at times, but Olivia started complaining about feeling sick and her ear/throat hurting. We had some medicine, but we needed to find some more. Dad kept post in the car with the two screaming girls as Courtney hunted for pharmacies. Yikes!
The plane ride home was tough too. Any red-eye flight is hard, but with two little girls, just pour lemon juice in my paper cut! Olivia only had one meltdown. Katelee only had a couple. We came straight home, got in bed about 5:30 this morning, and we all slept until about 10:30.
So, today is about unpacking, re-settling, and getting the house back in order. Whew! What a fabulous vacation!!! It has been a blast. Although the girls won't remember most of it, we have pictures to show them how awesome of parents we were for them when they were little!
So, when they are 16 and want to take the car out, and we say no, we can tell them: "Listen, we took you to Australia; what more do you want?!!!" Will this plan work? Maybe not, but we'll stick with it for now.
2 comments:
it didn't work with you and i took you to bull creek!!! lol WOW! thanks so much for taking the time to share your fun with all of us. great great pics and memories forever. and i wish you would quit throwing the girls up so high.. you still aren't too big to spank! well,,, glad you all are home safe and sound.. see you in aug! i have a sheep rented but can't find any hot choc cups... love to all four!!!
shoot do like I did...just give them the car and you walk back n forth to work lol! Your vacation pics were wonderful!! Glad you are home safely though! Hope the girls are both feeling better now!
Love you guys
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