Australia 01/18 – Gold Coast + Brisbane
Day 4 – Dreamworld
Another case of unfinished business, but definitely not for the coasters.
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Great position.
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Saw the rest of the animals.
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Rode the vintage cars. A real RCT throwback.
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Did the train again.
Walked in and then back out of the Giant Drop queue. Not with that throughput.
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And that was Dreamworld.
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Went for a drive around.
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Up some hills.
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Ended up back at Gold Coast to do the observation deck owned by Dreamworld people. You wouldn’t know it was a tourist attraction as it isn’t really signposted at all. Stumbled across a little car park round the back of the area and walked across from there.
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One of the fastest lifts in Australia or some dumb claim.
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A few views from the top.
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Dreamworld was promoted on signs up here. Movie World was not.
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Withdrawal symptoms kicking in. Better get back to cred hunting tomorrow.
Day 5
Last day in Australia spent in style going a long way for a +1.
The morning drive took us through the middle of Brisbane.
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What is this, Japan?
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What is this, China?
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Aussie World
It was 1000 degrees, so this terrible picture was taken in vampire mode.
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Here we are. The main event.
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A rare no-antenna tyre-lift model.
Also can’t park itself properly.
Are you… scared
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Of spiders!?
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Finally, the first water ride of the trip. Can’t beat a good double down.
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Took a spin on the wheel.
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No sign of that spinner being built yet.
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Developed a fear of large deceptive mirrors.
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What’s in the shed?
Honourable mention to the ride ‘Little Beaut Toot Toot.’
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Golf was fun, though a little on the cheap side. I could have made it onto the hero board, but we were somewhat liberal with the scoring.
And that was Aussie World, a nice little family place. Shame they lost their rare wooden wild mouse.
Found a few more things to look at in the area and on the way back.
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Wild Horse Mountain.
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Brisbane from another mountain.
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Good stuff.
Guess what country comes next.