Bye Tweed..Hello Brisbane

Today we said good bye to Tweed Heads. We really enjoyed our time in Tweed. Boyd Caravan park was a great place to stay minus the midges. We were so excited the first day at Tweed because we thought we got away from the Yamba mosqitoes. Well we discovered midges that were 100 times worst. All these biting insects seem to love levi and I but not so much Peter and Zac. These pesky little things are about the size of a pin head and have left their little red mark before you even get the chance to squish them. Levi and I look to have chicken pox and have had many restless nights scratching.
Our fishing was not so successful, there are no big catches to report. We resorted to going to a fish and chips shop for lunch. While having lunch on the back verandah, over looking the tweed river, we had some friendly (or so we thought) competition for our lunch. There were numerous signs noting to NOT feed the seagulls. As we flapped our arms around us shooing them away they were very persistant. The kids thought it was hilarious when one seagull swooped by Peter and stole his chip out of his hand. Next thing Zac was just taking a peice of fish to his mouth when another seagull went in for the kill. It grabbed Zacs peice of fish out of his hand scratching his face as he flew by. This, Zac did not find so funny. He sat under the table for the rest of lunch refusing to sit where he could be attacked again.
We have been without TV for 2 weeks now and I am loving it. The kids have not complained and we were very impressed that we THOUGHT they weren't missing it. This was until we were at an OP shop in Brisbane today and could not find either of them in the store. Finally I heard Levis loud laugh. I turned around to find Levi purched up on the lounges and Zac on a stool, making themselves comfortable, watching the Simpsons on one of there old TVs.

I LOVE op shops. Having limited space, if I find somehting I want to buy, I need to donate something out of the van. Zac found a bag of mixed toys with little plastic indian figurines, an army truck and a couple of toy plastic crates to put them in. In the middle of the Vinnes store Zac shouts out to me " Two bucks mum,is that a good price? MUUUUUM I said is two bucks a good price?. I replied "Yes Zac that is fine".
We will be Staying in Brisbane a few days then we will be off to Gympie to catch up with some old friends.
We are very happy with our Goldstream camper and were even happier when we set up in only 15min. A quick set up is soooo important when you have been traveliing for hours in the car with the kids. The quicker the set up, the quicker we can sit down and relax with a nice cold beer.

Thanks for reading!

An activity for a rainy day. Boys blasting out a tune at one of the many toys shops we visited on the Gold Coast.