Christmas Vacation (Part I)

Once again, we were fortunate to have a visit from Gran and Grump, so we made the most of it by visiting the Eastern Coast of Australia.  We spent a week in Port Douglas (north of Cairns) and a week in Surfers Paradise (south of Brisbane).

While in Port Douglas, we visited a wildlife park and held koalas; swam with the fishes at the Great Barrier Reef; visited the oldest rainforest in the world; and celebrated Christmas.  And that was only in the first 5 days...

Grump, Braden and Gavin walking thru Port Douglas

Gran and the koala

Jamie, Mommy and a koala

The boys petting a wallaby

Grump holding a red-tailed cockatoo.

Mommy got pretty seasick while snorkelling, but she did get this pretty picture...

Some pretty clown fish next to a giant clam.

Grump snorkelling

Jamie, Daddy and Mommy snorkelling

Grump and Gran on the boat at the Great Barrier Reef

Braden overlooking the rainforest from the Sky Rail

Mommy and Gavin on the Skyrail 

Jamie Gavin and Daddy on the Skyrail

Gran & Grump on the Skyrail

Everybody on the Skyrail (doesn't Jamie look like a cardboard cutout?)

See next post for the rest of the pictures...