Fun Weekend

Beach Volleyball....looks fun hey. All weekend long Surfers Paradise hosted a beach volleyball tournament with teams from all over the world and it was even broadcasted on tv! So we might have made australian television! hehe. We worked Friday and Saturday but Sunday we were able to come down and watch a few games. It was raining in the morning and a little windy so we dressed for the weather....like you would in Canada. Five minutes later the sun was blaring 30 degrees and the rain had stopped. I guess that happens a lot here. So it was a very hot afternoon of watching volleyball. The mens final was between Germany and Denmark (I was hoping there would have been a canadian team!) and wow were they ever good. They are all like 6'5 and can jump so high. The girls were ok, but not quite as interesting. They had the coolest guy doing the intermission show, he like did beep boxing or whatever you call it and was so so funny! He made these crazy sounds and sang and I have no idea how he did it. Monday we did not have to work until 4:00pm so we sat out by the pool and suntanned. I think it was the hottest day since we have been here, I wouldn't have been surprised if it was 40 degrees. We did not last very long outside but we defanitly have killer tans now....! Today I had to work from 12:00-4:00 and Tandri had to conveniently work 4:00-10:30 so he is at work right now and I am at home waiting for the Biggest Loser to come on tv. We are so hooked on this tv show and watch it everynight. It is soooo good but I don't think it is being broadcasted in Canada....to bad for you guys. Ohhh some exciting news.....WE ARE GOING ON A CRUISE!!! March 17th we leave Brisbane and travel on for 7 nights! Grandma and Grandpa too bad you guys couldn't come with me again...I know you guys would love this one! We travel from Brisbane to the whitsundays which is supposed to be one of the nicest places in Australia. The beaches look absolutely amazing. The third day is spent in Cairns, which was originally where we wanted to live. So that will be nice to see and explore that town! Port Doulgas is where we spend the fourth day and that is right beside the Great Barrier Reef, so we will get to do some scuba diving! The fifth day we get to see Willis Island, Coral Sea. I have not heard too much about this place so it will be interesting to see what it is like. The rest of the days are spent at sea. I had so much fun three years ago when I went with some family and I am so excited for Tandri to be able to experiance it too! We ended up finding this holiday because we were looking for a trip to the whitsundays but it was just way to expensive and so we started looking at other options. This way we can visit four other places instead of just the one. Talk about the perfect birthday celebration! It saved us so much money too. So until then we are working hard to save up some money and just hang out here. On our walk home the other day we just stopped to look at one of the MANY and I mean many real estate agencies to see what houses are like here. First of all, there are like no houses that we have seen yet. Everyone here lives in apartments/condos. The newest residential tower here is called Q1 and it is right outside of our window. It is the tallest residentual tower in Australia. They were advertising a one bedroom apartment- no furnishings, for $899,000. Can you believe that!?! That is like the price of 8 houses in dauphin! I defanitly like the small town living! So do not worry everyone....we will defanitly be coming home! hehe. I am off to sleep because we have to wake up early for work tomorrow. Good Night everyone!

Tandri and Brittni