After our time at O'Reilly's we went to our friends Dick and Liz's apartment in Mooloolaba, which was great since it was right on the beach. There were huge waves there so it was a good thing that we had our boogie boards. We spent a fun day riding waves and playing on the beach. Since we're in the southern hemisphere it's summer here and all the kids are starting their summer vacations so there were lots of people on the beach. Even though the Aussies are on summer vacation, we're not, and Stefan and I have been spending quite a few mornings at "school" before we head out for our activity for the day.

While we were in Mooloolaba we also went to Underwater World, home of many types of marine creatures from all over Australia like sharks, seahorses, seals and more. The first thing we did after looking at some fish and checking out their touch tanks was to go through an underwater tube so we could see all of the fish from under the water. Next we went to the seals and on the way we saw frogs, turtles and more. We have a pet turtle at home, so we always love to see turtles. The other cool things we saw at Underwater World were the otters and seals. They had a great seal show where the seals jumped, ran and even did flips.

But that was nothing compared to what comes next... Australia Zoo, home of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter who passed away a few years ago. The first thing we did there was see the croc show, which although it didn't have Steve in it, was still great.

Next we looked around the zoo and saw all kinds of Australian animals like dingos, Tasmanian devils and lots more crocs. We also went to a koala show and there they fed them and told us all about these animals, including what we can do to help save the koalas.



Well, that's all for now ... 'til next time.