Well last time I blogged I was looking forward to Christmas, travel, and time off from work. I've been away from work for a couple of weeks now and I must say I am thoroughly enjoying the holiday break!
The plan a few weeks ago was to spend our Christmas as a family by ourselves here in Darwin before heading off on our roadtrip adventure on Boxing Day. As the time neared closer however, we were put on cyclone watch and were preparing for a cyclone to hit on Christmas Eve.
Fearing we'd be cut off by floodwater and stuck in Darwin we didn't want to take any chances of our plans being ruined. So with half a day's notice to leave, I took the rest of the day off work and came home to start packing. We left home at 0500h the next morning, 23 dec.
The plan was then to make it to mum and dad's house in Brisbane by Christmas night and spend the last hours of Christmas with the family.
It was a long, but (mostly) enjoyable three days in the car, and Santa managed to make it to the motel room we were staying on Christmas Eve (Good ole' Santa!) so the kids were still excited and had presents to take in the car with them.
We finally finished the drive and got to Brisbane at about 1800h Christmas night and had a great Christmas dinner.
We spent the night there and the next 9 nights at an apartment in Spring Hill right near the Brisbane CBD. Hubby, the kids and me had a great time in Brissy, shopping, Going to Dreamworld (3 times!) and White Water World, Surfers Paradise, the Old Petrie Town Markets (whiched I loved!), and playing laser tag against with the family (which was awesome). The kids loved spending time with their Nanny and Poppy, and Hubby and I even had a few nights to ourselves.
It was sad when our time was up and we had to leave again. Again though, the long drive back was enjoyable. There's some great places along the way to stay at and explore. We really enjoyed staying at Barkley homestead, and Mt Isa was a good place to shop.
It was such a great holiday, I'm already looking forward to next years trip. And what's even better is I still have almost 2 weeks off work. It's so nice to spend quality time with the kiddies!
The plan a few weeks ago was to spend our Christmas as a family by ourselves here in Darwin before heading off on our roadtrip adventure on Boxing Day. As the time neared closer however, we were put on cyclone watch and were preparing for a cyclone to hit on Christmas Eve.
Fearing we'd be cut off by floodwater and stuck in Darwin we didn't want to take any chances of our plans being ruined. So with half a day's notice to leave, I took the rest of the day off work and came home to start packing. We left home at 0500h the next morning, 23 dec.
The plan was then to make it to mum and dad's house in Brisbane by Christmas night and spend the last hours of Christmas with the family.
It was a long, but (mostly) enjoyable three days in the car, and Santa managed to make it to the motel room we were staying on Christmas Eve (Good ole' Santa!) so the kids were still excited and had presents to take in the car with them.
We finally finished the drive and got to Brisbane at about 1800h Christmas night and had a great Christmas dinner.
We spent the night there and the next 9 nights at an apartment in Spring Hill right near the Brisbane CBD. Hubby, the kids and me had a great time in Brissy, shopping, Going to Dreamworld (3 times!) and White Water World, Surfers Paradise, the Old Petrie Town Markets (whiched I loved!), and playing laser tag against with the family (which was awesome). The kids loved spending time with their Nanny and Poppy, and Hubby and I even had a few nights to ourselves.
It was sad when our time was up and we had to leave again. Again though, the long drive back was enjoyable. There's some great places along the way to stay at and explore. We really enjoyed staying at Barkley homestead, and Mt Isa was a good place to shop.
It was such a great holiday, I'm already looking forward to next years trip. And what's even better is I still have almost 2 weeks off work. It's so nice to spend quality time with the kiddies!
Great read Amie!!....A whole 12 months to plan and even better trip!! If I eva do a road trip to Darwin....hmm friendly skies would be wise..lol...Ill stay at barkley homestead! Fun was had by all...and great memories!
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you enjoyed your trip!! Hope to do all the things you did!! The pics are great. What did you buy shopping?? You should post up some pics to show meeeeeeeeee :) lol
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