Week One (first half)

Wow what a whirlwind week it has been. We have been kept out of mischief by some really busy schedules.

We arrived in Brisbane on Sunday morning to be whisked away to our hosts homes. I was staying with a young family called the Rebgetz's who had three young children. We were thrown in the deep end with our first (unknown to us) presentation which we delivered at Springbrook World Heritage Centre in the Numinbah Valley. Once we finished the presentation we were greeted by an 8ft carpet python which was dangled around our necks (i'd love to say it was wild but it was tame). They told us it was on a diet and hadn't eaten for six months which made us slightly apprehensive but I was shown up by a four year old and relented. We then visited a Natural Arch which was home to glow worms which light up the cave at night. A sight to behold and much more impressive than I expected.

Next day (still no jet lag!) we were taken to the Gold Coast City marina where were wowed by the size and variety of boats. We were then taken to the Yatala brewery (they know us so well) where we got to see some behind the scene (and bar action!)

On Tuesday we had a strenuous day cruising down the broadwater in a russian millionaires boat (no I'm not kidding!) It had more bedrooms than my house! The weather was lovely and the company was not bad either.

On wednesday we had a bit of a change in pace because we actually had some work to do. A breakfast meeting and presentation to give meant we were up before six. We then went to a Property development site where we were shown around the show homes. We were allowed inside one of them (they obviously didn't know of our reputations or the fact that between the five of us we couldn't afford one!) It cost $4.2 million and was pretty spectacular. We also bought tickets in a raffle to win one (fat chance).

I know we are a bit behind but it is so difficult to find time to sit at piece for five minutes because there is so much going on. I will update more asap (ok mum!) but other people need to use the computer. I promise I have actually done some school stuff (honest)