Tamborine Mountain

After a wonderful stay with my Mum and Dad in Bundaberg and the creation of a superb vegetable garden (a post coming about this soon!)... we headed to the Gold Coast.

I have had a very serious change of heart about the Gold Coast. My experience with it in the past was mainly of Surfers and they weren't glowing memories.

This trip, Stu, EJ and I stayed at Burleigh and adventured around the area. There are some absolutely awesome spots and the whole feeling on the coast in the areas we stayed was very friendly, family oriented and forward thinking. It's lovely to be surprised by a place, especially with all my pre-conceived ideas of how tasteless it was.

Here are some of the shots from our journey..

A sunset from Tamborine Mountain. Glorious :)

We've taken to checking out Botanical Gardens, and Tamborine Mountain's was stunning.
The volunteers that look after it do a wonderful service. Lots of meandering paths, flora and fauna and plenty of space to stretch.







There is nothing like the act of journeying for the opportunity to be shown things that I may need reminding of.

One thing for me that keeps being made abundantly clear is the perfect timing of everything. Not my timing. Oh no, if I had my way on our day trip up the mountain, we would have been home by four, bub would have had his sleep on time, we could have been home and making dinner... and so on. Travelling with a baby means for a lot of 'allowing' and 'letting go'.

So because Elijah fed and didn't feel like getting in the car when we did, we had an extended play... and so when we drove along the road with the spectacular view, it was at the perfect time to watch the sun set and I was able to take photos of my boys that I will treasure always.

Bundaberg's Botanical Gardens

After leaving Mackay we headed to Bundaberg to visit with my parents.

It's been a wonderful to be able to stop and recharge after the whirlwind that was February.

We've been working on the creation of Mum and Dad's organic veggie garden (by we, I mean Stu ;) ), playing at the beach and enjoying the beautiful Botanical Gardens. It is well worth a visit with lizards, turtles, ducks, geese, lots of walkways, a train that runs on the weekend and a thousand other things that are fascinating for young and old.

These three geese were like characters out of a fairy tale.

Strutting onto the shore in a row, their waddling adventures were delightful to watch.

Elijah is loving being able to stand, squat and dream of walking :)

Elijah is delighted to have lot of adoring fans, namely Grandma Deedee and Grandpa Geoff.

Having discovered Grandma's nose the previous day, it is now being found all the time :)

The ducks were not concerned about people and happily ate and chattered about with us nearby.

Beautiful Japanese gardens and a lovely area dedicated to Bundaberg's Japanese sister city.

Hundreds of birds live on the islands in the middle of the ponds.