20th May - Lillydale, Vineyard to Gold Coast

We will be checking out of Lillydale today at 10am and drive towards Gold Coast. But before that, we have and want to do our last morning feed to all the farm animals. And finally, we get to see the donkeys of the farm - Pedro & Lucy. They refused to walk nearer to the farm so we have to pass through the fields where the cows graze and their dungs, before having a chance to feed them their favorite carrots and take a picture with them. Before we checked out, we took another family picture in the room before biding farewell. Thanks Farmer Doug and Aunty Trin for the great hospitality. We really enjoyed our stay.

Next destination - O'Reilly Vineyard as recommended by Lillydale. With the help of the GPS in the car, we finally reached there in time for lunch. We bought a bottle of wine to go with the cheese platter set we ordered.And seeing that its still early to drive towards Gold Coast, we had a little picnic at the Vineyard. Mummy drank a bit too much, had a little snooze....while Daddy, Uncle K and me tried climbing up the tree. And before we set off, we kids have a race in the vineyards....so fun!

And after a good 2-hrs drive, we finally reached Gold Coast and to Hi-Ho Beach Apartment located at Queensland Ave, Broadbeach where we wil be staying for the next 7 days. This apartment is near the beach and it costs only A$900 for 7 nights for a 2-bedroom apartment. The condition of the room is not fantastic but its location is perfect...near beach, nice restaurants, playgrounds etc etc.

After settling down, we headed out for dinner which is just a mere 5mins walk, followed by grocery shopping at Woolworths for the next few morning breakfasts. Athena & Irvin came over to our room to play for a while before retiring to sleep at 10pm. Tomorrow gonna be a busy day for us....stay tuned.