Dad Mode Activated
After a small but welcome financial windfall the girls and I had a lovely holiday about 10 years ago, spending about two weeks over in Queensland. The second half of the trip was spent with my beloved Auntie and Uncle at the house on the hill in the relaxing wilderness of the Noosa Heads/Tewantin hinterland and we had a wonderful time eating, drinking and bonding. The first half was just as much fun but very different. After a gruelling night on the redeye from Perth we checked into a high rise hotel in Burleigh Heads and slept it off all morning. For the rest of the week it was our home base for spending every day at the Gold Coast theme parks (Movie World, DreamWorld, etc). Now, if you spent any time with me when I was a kid or a teenager you'll know I was a bit of a wimp. I didn't like horror movies, my hand puppet of The Count from Sesame Street gave me nightmares so badly we eventually had to get rid of it and I certainly never liked roller coasters. When Australia&