Day Eight: Dane and Alyse spent the night on the air mattress they brought with them (this was before we realised that the sofa was in fact a sofa bed - doh!) and we all had some breakfast before driving out to Wet n' Wild.

The weather was a perfect Queensland day and the queue for the water park on a Saturday was understandibly huge! We eventually made it through the gates, put our gear in a locker and headed straight for our first ride - Mammoth Falls!

Saving the best 'till last - The Tornado!

We systematically went through every ride the park had to offer, occassionally chilling out in the relaxing Calypso Beach where you float around on a tube being gently carried by a soft current. Until that is we arrive and all chase each other around the 'river' like idiots! We ended up spending nearly 6 hours at the park and were throughly exhausted by the end of it. The combination of being in the strong sun, chasing each other on rubber rings and walking up endless stairs to the top of huge rides took its toll but it was excellent fun. We saved the best thrill for last as we joined the largest queue to ride the Tornado (bascially the equivalent of White Water World's 'The Green Room').

It was great to spend the time with Dane and Alyse as we didn't get to see them much when there were last in Sydney, hopefully we can catch up with them again soon.

As it was our last night we decided to go out for a nice dinner (we had been mainly eating in as the view from the balcony was too good to waste!) and we found a very nice restaurant near our apartment called Moo Moo's. Obviously this is a serious place for MEAT!!! But Jo was tempted by the Fish of the Day - Salmon on a crab salad with chinese cabbage, garlic gnocci and something else with truffle oil. It was much better than it sounds. I went for the lamb backstrap on pommes lyonnaise with seasonal vegetables - served with a global knife (like we have at home) - excellent stuff.

We then wandered over to Jupiter's (the casino) and Jo was tempted to have a flutter on the roulette table. We looked slightly stupid with our massive collection of eight chips ($20's worth) when most other people were betting $100 each round but we had fun anyway :) We had a nightcap and I turned into my brother for some reason and had a brandy and dry. The week has gone so quickly but we had a great time on the Gold Coast - looking forward to coming again one day.