rockhampton on film

While moving house a few months ago I rediscovered a few disposable cameras from about 2 years ago that were expired/expiring, and this gave me an excuse to capture our trip up to Rockhampton this past Christmas & New Years almost solely on film. It was the first time we'd driven up to Rockhampton with the purpose of actually visiting and exploring the little town, as opposed to usually just passing through on our way to and from Cairns. 

Many people were confused when we told them we were spending Christmas in Rockhampton, wondering what the town had to offer apart from great steak. In addition to devouring the juiciest stone grill, we had one of the best days at the Great Keppel Islands, snorkelling, kayaking, cruising into sunset, and trying parrilla grill. A measly waterproof disposable camera from Kmart really doesn't do it justice... Throughout the week we also wandered through the botanic gardens and weekend markets in the city, hiked some easy walking tracks, explored the little beach town of Yeppoon, and dug for gemstones and thundereggs at Mt Hay.

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(North Stradbroke Island)

As usual so much has happened since my last post. Admittedly, I had forgotten about this little corner of the inter-webs of mine. Funny how easy it is to forget something (or someone) that you once spent so much time and effort on. I've been blogging for so many years now... From writing excruciatingly wordy posts that read like personal diary entries, to sharing daily outfit posts and inspirations, to now mostly just sharing travel photos, the nature of my blog has certainly changed.

We will be road tripping to Sydney in a couple of days, so there will be more updates to come! Finally!

deep sea

In a final sprint before the expiration of our annual passes, we visited Sea World again this past weekend- apparently along with every other family with kids (ugh, that love/hate relationship with school holidays...).

The day consisted of: battling with crazed parents for a car park, piling into a theatre and singing along to a 3D Spongebob Squarepants where the average audience age was 8 years old (average ages curve pulled up by our obsolescent selves), waiting for polar bears to go swimming instead of sun-baking, watching seals and seagulls combat in a game of 'Let's-See-Who-Can-Get-The-Fish-First', learning about the creatures of the deep (disappointingly, the presentation only consisted of models and no real animals :( ), being amazed (still) by the dolphin show (even despite the soundtrack of crying babies), being tempted by overpriced hot dogs, snow cones and ice creams, waiting an excessively long time for a ride on the cable cars, and squealing in delight over everything in the gift store.