Living the high life (May 1-June 30)

Well it's not really that high I suppose; we are only on the 6th floor of the 77 floor Q1 building, but it is the highest we have ever lived...

We are finally moved into the Q1 and so happy to be here. Clean, modern apartment with ocean views, big outdoor pools, lap pool, fitness room, movie theatre, gym and arcade.. This place does Not suck!

Our view

 77 floors with restaurant/bar/observation deck at the top

Views from the top

 View from the top of the Q1 of CBD (central business district).

Trevor works at the Hilton is the tall curved building in the center of the building.

View to the South of the CBD.

Gold Coast has 446km of canals (9 times more than Venice).

 Trevor whale watching at the top.

 Upper pool and lobby.
 

We do a lot of walking living here as there are miles of beautiful beach and lots of winding canals and parks.

 Taking a walk along one of the canals

 Canopy of trees cover this road on one of the many islands in Gold Coast.

 View of Q1 and the rest of the CBD from Coolangatta

 

In mid-May we were given a one month pass to 3 of our local theme parks - Sea World, Movie World and Wet n' Wild World. Sea World was our favorite and we visited it several times.

Dolphin at Sea World  

 

 Trev's favorite exhibit.. penguins! Some of which were blue-green colored.

 Sharks at Seaworld

Sharks at SeaWorld

Seals getting some sunshine.

Sea-do show at Sea World

 Batmobile at Movie World

 Trevor on the Superman Rollercoaster at Movie World

 Spooky Castle Rollercoaster at Movie World as seen in the Scooby Doo movie.

Scooby and Shaggy in Movie World parade.

Crazy waterslide Trevor went on at Wet n' Wild.
You stand in the tube at the top with your ankles crossed and arms crossed over
your chest until the floor drops out.

We also spent some time exploring the national parks in the hinterland. The hinterland is full of hiking trails, water falls and beautiful views.

 The winding road up into the mountains is only wide enough for one car in some sections.

One lane bridge

 Walking trail to waterfall

 

 

 Natural Bridge

view of Natural Bridge from inside the cave

 Poinsettia

 View of the Gold Coast from the Hinterland

Purlingbrook Falls

 

For Christmas Aunt Viv and Uncle Dave got us passes to Australia Zoo. Australia Zoo is owned and run by the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin's family.

 Robert, Bindy and Terri Irwin in the Australia Zoo Crocoseum

 

 Koala's got an unusual sleeping position

 This Wallaby wasn't a big fan of Trevor's and hissed
at him when Trev tried to give him a scratch.

 Baby Wombat won't get far from mom

 

Wombat out for a walk and some fresh greens 

 Trev and I pet a purring cheetah!

 And than fed the elephants some fruit!

 We visited the Glass House Mountains on the drive home from Aussie Zoo





End to another beautiful day on the Gold Coast...