Had a great day at Sea World today! Woke up at about 8am, but Chris was so excited and beat the kids out of bed this morning getting up before 6am. So who knows who is the biggest child. As soon as we arrived just after 9, we walked straight to see the dolphin show which was very impressive, and quoting Lucy, ‘This is the best thing I have ever seen’…
We then wandered around a bit and went in to see some manatees, turtles and a 3D show which was also quite impressive. Then we missioned it right to the other side of the park to see the orca (killer whale) show, which was the thing I was most looking forward to and it was not disappointing.
We then went for a bite to eat before walking to see the otter, sea lion and walrus show.
We then went on a few rides, saw a couple more animals and brought a few souvenirs before heading back to the car.
Well, we had no idea between the 8 of us where we had parked the car exactly, so it was took a while in the boiling hot sun. As soon as we returned to the Villa we all had a splash in the pool to cool down a bit before ordering some pizza.
Got up, had brekkie before going to the pool and then went shopping at the discount mall.
We then had a lovely seafood lunch at Mitchells Seafood Market and then went home and went in the pool again before chilling and having a light dinner.
Then once we returned, took the kids for a late night swim which they absolutely loved!!
I got up had brekkie to discover that all but Chris’ Mum (and myself, of course), had gotten up early and ventured down to the beach for an early morning dip, so had a quiet hour chilling.
Then, once they’d returned we went to the outlet malls, which sells designer clothing at discount rates.
We went back via the Shrimp market and Chris bought 6 pounds of Golf Coast shrimps- huge prawns, which he cooked up and we had a yummy dinner, after lounging around in the pool.
We drove down to the coast and checked in to our lovely apartment, and very quickly went to explore the pool, including the lazy River, where you get in a big ring and float around, very nice and relaxing... We pretty much did this for the rest of the day and had yummy pizzas for dinner.
Such as all the museums and a free bus service (trolley) that runs all the way down King Street between 11:30am and 10pm, which is nice and unexpected.
Once we got back to our hotel we got ready to go downstairs as our hotel offers complimentary wine between 5 and 6 which we made the most of before taking a walk to 'Brabo Tasting Room', highly rated and recommended to us as a cheaper version of the main restaurant next door.
It was well worth the money and we had a great evening sampling the food and supping on wine before taking the trolley back to the hotel.