Lightly Toasted

The sunset views from the Q1 tower were really amazing. I was really annoyed that I didn’t bring my tripod along for some good photography. And having come in on a day with clear blue skies it certainly helped see the expanse of the coast much more clearly. They say on a very clear day one could see as far down as Byron Bay. After much deliberation we gave the Buffet at Palazzo Versace a miss for that night and headed to Conrad Jupiters for a scrumptious Buffet. It had been a long and exciting day.

Next day we caught up with our friend Kylie, it has been a while we saw her since she moved up to Gold Coast for good. Sea world was on the cards. That Entertainment book is amazing — a real money saver. In the two months of using the 2008/2009 book we have saved a good $200.00 or more. You guessed it, the book had discount tickets to Sea World. We watched the Water-ski show, followed by the visitation of the Polar bears, reef fish pool. I touched a few star fish… pretty solid but the Sea Urchins seemed slimy… and then onto the Dolphin show and of course the ride on the Bermuda Triangle. Oh it was hilarious — again a must do here… the effects inside the faux mountain are really good. The poor kid sitting in front of me yelled his heart out in scare that he’d be picked up by aliens garbling machine talk in the semi-opaque darkness of the Bermuda Triangle. And us three screaming banshees sitting right behind didn’t instil much confidence in him. In hind site we should have done another round of the Bermuda Triangle. The final jaunt is really good, the boat comes off a 60 degrees incline on tracks that are submerged in water and it makes a splashing final entry before letting the Berumda explorers off — oh the joy and screaming, we were lucky to escape unharmed from Bermuda. Whoever said horse play is bad for your spirit.

If we had time we would have done the cork-screw too but hopefully there will be a next time. There is also the 4D SOS show. It helps people become aware of our depleting nature. Good fun but the movie quality leaves a lot to be desired. I have mentioned before about 3D movies right? I love them except when they make creatures come right at you. A little bit is enough to prove the point of optical illusion but some film makers do get carried away… Sea world did. They had Chimpanzees flying over my head, wild fruits thrown at my face, and then there was this hissing slithering green snake with its fangs open wide ready to dig into someone in the audience but no it was heading towards me…(funny in hind site only I closed my eyes! But just as I did I heard a lot of them jump out of their seats. Ah! I thought to myself… how clever having closed my eyes in time! My short lived joy was interrupted by smoke and then splashes of water and mist…. ah 4D! Look despite my whinge about the optical illusion it was good fun. The best of the day was certainly the Dolphin show and someone telling their kids that a shark was a Dugong as Kylie overheard. LOL. They were all out!!

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