Time to head home

Our bags are almost packed ready for the off tomorrow. The time has gone quickly and although we haven't done much in the way of tourist stuff it's been lovely catching up with everyone one way or another.

More pics of our activities.

We had a drive out to see if we could see the whales another day and this time everyone saw them breaching while looking through the binoculars but all I saw was a tail :) Just my luck. We stopped at this cafe for a bite to eat and a drink on the way home. Lots of ibis hanging around - the Aussies call them bin chooks.

A day at the mall getting a few essentials we older citizens had need of. We girls decided to have a bit of pampering so went and had our eyebrows waxed and left Bob to wander for a half hour.

Another day we went for a walk around Queen's Gardens and had our pic taken under this enormous Banyan fig tree.

And visited the Orchid House. Not a lot flowering but still lovely to see.

I  packed up four of these cute wee koalas and sent them off to all the great grandkids.

Yesterday friends picked us up and took us up to Eungella National Park for lunch. A two hour drive. We stopped at a viewing platform over a creek and were lucky enough to see several platypus and some turtles. One of the turtles had a baby on its back and they were lying in the sun getting warm. They were too far away to get a decent photo though. And a large goanna ran across the road in front of the car as we were leaving.

This Giant Golden Orb-weaving spider was on a wall nearby while we were eating lunch. It was big.

And a hand for size context. The hand belongs to a big six foot man.

So we have had a good holiday just enjoying people's company. This time tomorrow we'll just about be in Auckland.

So until next time, blessings,

Diana