Moreton Island (Tangalooma resort)

20-2-2010 (Saturday)
Woke up in our spacious apartment and went out for breakfast. We had breakfast in a nice place on the corner of Queen street and George street. Going out for breakfast is a real treat here, nice hot stuff like pancakes, French toast and eggs. For us French toast with maple syrup works just fine.

We checked out at 11 and drove to Pinkeba, a Brisbane suburb from where the boat to the Tangalooma resort (www.tangalooma.com) on Moreton Island leaves. We checked in our luggage and went on the boat. Felt little like our trips to Schiermonnikoog.

The boat trip was fun, it took 75 minutes on a speedy catamaran. First part is still on the Brisbane river and the bigger part of the trip on open sea, the sea was rough sometimes. On the boat we saw the Australian snowboarder Torah Bright getting her golden medal. Her golden run is big news here. They seem pretty laidback the Aussies but are pretty competitive if it comes to almost everything. For example lot’s of advertising mentions Australian owned or Australian made and the restaurants all have won awards. Very much American.

The island is the third largest sand island in the world, the biggest is Fraser island. Fraser island is more north on the Queensland. Maybe we will go there as well.

The island and resort are beautiful and peaceful. Just like on the Gold Coast only a lot of Asian tourist.
The resort is on the beach. After lunch we played in the very calm sea and finished off with a dip in the pool.

We had dinner on the beach. After dinner we walked to the Jetty were Dolphins were being fed. We will be doing that tomorrow night. Walking back from the jetty we stopped at the bar for Karaoke, Sharon and the kids performed together. After their performance, Sharai stayed on the stage to dance with the next couple of singers.

The movie for tonight is Bee Movie. Ruben went to sit on the balcony with his laptop.