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Date: 30th June 2020 Hi, It’s Kimi again . Now I’m going to tell you about my adventure at SEALIFE Mooloolaba QLD. This is me and my brothers lining up in the longest line I’ve ever been. But we made it to the end of the line and got our tickets and started our journey. First, we went to the touching bay, I touched 3 starfishes and 1 sea cucumber but we weren’t aloud to touch the fish. Remember this is not a sea horse it’s a sea dragon, sea dragons don’t have a curly tail like a sea horses. Next, we took a picture of this, and when Hafi took the boy one I didn’t want to be the girl so Aydin was the girl and I was in the middle. Before we went in the tunnel my mother took a picture of this Great White shark🦈 and it can rip it’s prey apart.    This thing here is a giant stingray, stingrays have barbs that has serious poison ☠️.  But they won’t hurt you unless you disturb them. This is a Goliath Grouper, Goliath Grouper have giant mouths to swallow its prey and it was comin...

A view of the township of Laidley from above. Date: 26 January 2019 Location: 50 Mountain Road, Laidley, 4341 QLD, Australia. Every time we travel from Toowoomba to Brisbane or Gold Coast using the Warrego Highway, we will definitely notice the brown signboard to Cunningham's Crest Lookout. We made plenty of plans to check it out one day - and finally, that day is... not today, but last January! (The speed of updating this blog is declining LOL) Once you exit Warrego Highway, it will take 12 minutes to reach the lookout. Therefore, expect about 45 minutes of detour - this includes exploring the place. The viewing platform is not pram/wheelchair friendly, but definitely an easy climb. Keeps the kids busy for a couple of minutes =) Nice view of the plains! A couple of picnic tables available if you prefer to have a lunch stop here.  The weather was perfect!

Date: 27 November 2016 We revisited Wellington Point for the second time, picnicking by the beach with Adam, Lin, Farah and Muzammail. Before that, we made our first trip to Kidspot's Baby and Kids Market at Nudgee, bought a few toys for the kiddos and feeling a bit disappointed that most of the clothes on sale were pinkish-girlish. Oh well, looking at the bright side, it's a good way to control our expenditure! But then, we went to DFO and grabbed myself another Skechers... So to date, I have 3 Skechers shoes which I don't wear as often as I should. Not feeling very proud of myself... *shakes head in despair* Anyway, enough about shopping - the topic for this post is King Island. I was very determined to walk to King Island this time around, even if I have to do it on my own! So that means, Hasben had to entertain the kiddos with their sandcastles and sea-splashing, alone! Bye boys! I walked along the sand pathway, only visible during low tide and was not sure ho...

Date: 8 October 2016 Happy birthday Hasben! Let's go for a romantic island getaway... with the kids... which means, just an island getaway.. =p Coochie, a short ferry ride from mainland Brisbane, cost $9 return per adult - is one of the cheapest island trip in Moreton Bay. So there's a big chance for us to revisit Coochie. The only downside is that camping is not allowed - so a day trip it is! We arrived at Victoria Point Jetty at about 10am and bought the tickets once we boarded the ferry. 10 minutes later, we arrived in Coochie. We planned to cycle around the island by renting bikes from the local company there. However, due to some new safety regulations, only adults' bikes were available. That was quite a bummer. There is no way in the world we could drag the kids on a bicycle adventure. So plan B was to let the kids swim in the beach for about half an hour... while I just enjoy the view, sitting down. Not the adventure I was looking for, but ...

Date: 7 August 2016 Since Hasben had a new mid-year resolution to spend most of his time in the office to complete his PhD, he promised to dedicate his weekends for short travels. A few weeks ago, we drove to Melaney, Sunshine Coast (maybe I will write about this later) and last Sunday, I Googled for the best beaches in Brisbane for kids, and Wellington Point is highly recommended. The cosy town of Wellington Point looked very lovely as we passed by but we didn't have the time or energy to explore it. We went straight to Wellington Point Recreation Reserve, located at the tip of a little cape. The right side of the cape was exposed to the open water of Moreton Bay and the wind was very strong here. We were shivering as we walked on the dock. It may be a good spot for fishing as there were many people hanging out along the dock with their fishing rods. On the left side, it was much less colder with a view of Brisbane across the water. The tide was low so we can actually wa...

Date : 20 March 2016 This trip occurred about 1 month ago. Back then it was still summer, none of this waking up to chilly mornings. (I am under the blanket right now). We missed the opportunity to visit a cotton field last year, while celebrating Anzac Day at Jondaryan Woolshed. This year, however, we had Adam who was working on that part of Toowoomba to inform us that it was finally cotton season! I was not sure where the exact location was since there were not many information about cotton fields in the Internet. Using Zana's tips, we used the alternative Toowoomba-Dalby route, passing through Jondaryan Woolshed. This takes an extra 30 minutes to reach Dalby as calculated by GPS. After driving unsurely, we saw the fluffy whites of cotton and stopped by the road side for some pictures, wishing no one shoots us for trespassing. After feeling satisfied with the pictures, we went to Dalby town, had a bit of a walk in the CBD, shopped at Target Country (Target for rural a...