29th October - Seaworld
You can't go to Florida without going to Seaworld, well we came to the Gold Coast in Australia and still went to Seaworld.
The day was awesome, they know how to harbour fun animals these ozzies. We saw the dolphin show twice because they were that good. One of the older guys there was called Sirus and was one of the Flippers back in the 80s. That famous these dolphins. They did back flips, somersaults and ate lots of fish. All round fun.
As Oz is home to sharks the 'Shark bay' was spectacular. The sharks were by far the biggest I'd ever seen, bigger than any other aquarium. There were 4 of them gliding around all over 5m long. There were 2 divers in the tank cleaning it armed with chainmail, one to clean and one to keep lookout with a massive shock stick. We took some photos of the sharks doing swim-bys and they were nearly twice as big as the divers. Awesome.
The polar bears did not fail to impress either. There were 2 youngsters playing, though again the biggest bear I've seen of any species. They were playing in the water, rolling around and fighting and stuff. They are so agile in and out of the water it was amazing for such huge creatures. The best bit was when one of them went to the top of a rock and scratched himself only for the other to come bounding up and push him into the water a couple of metres down. Superb. Then they started doing back rolls off of the underwater glass area and showing off.
There were also some Dugongs, or better known as the Sea cow. Now Amy might start yabbering on about how they are Muntees or Manatees like I did but they aren't. They are Dugongs and I shall get all Discovery channel on your asses and tell you why. Manatees have a rounded tail like a plate, but Dugongs have a tail more like a dolphin with the y shape. So there you have it, a lesson learnt.
The rest of the day kind of blurred around those attractions. We saw a waterski show and a seal show but they were a bit staged and crappy. We went back to the dolphins and then headed for home.
Again we went down the pub and watched a bit of the Arias which are the Australian Brit awards. Quite funny as they got well trashed and the show kind of fell to pieces. Nevermind, good bands to come out of Oz at the moment are Wolfmother and Eskimo Joe. 'They're so hot right now!'
Tomorrow is WRX rallying and Wet n Wild. How will I sleep tonight... poorly, I'm in a campervan!
Laters
Pricey and the newly devoted dolphin trainer.
The day was awesome, they know how to harbour fun animals these ozzies. We saw the dolphin show twice because they were that good. One of the older guys there was called Sirus and was one of the Flippers back in the 80s. That famous these dolphins. They did back flips, somersaults and ate lots of fish. All round fun.
As Oz is home to sharks the 'Shark bay' was spectacular. The sharks were by far the biggest I'd ever seen, bigger than any other aquarium. There were 4 of them gliding around all over 5m long. There were 2 divers in the tank cleaning it armed with chainmail, one to clean and one to keep lookout with a massive shock stick. We took some photos of the sharks doing swim-bys and they were nearly twice as big as the divers. Awesome.
The polar bears did not fail to impress either. There were 2 youngsters playing, though again the biggest bear I've seen of any species. They were playing in the water, rolling around and fighting and stuff. They are so agile in and out of the water it was amazing for such huge creatures. The best bit was when one of them went to the top of a rock and scratched himself only for the other to come bounding up and push him into the water a couple of metres down. Superb. Then they started doing back rolls off of the underwater glass area and showing off.
There were also some Dugongs, or better known as the Sea cow. Now Amy might start yabbering on about how they are Muntees or Manatees like I did but they aren't. They are Dugongs and I shall get all Discovery channel on your asses and tell you why. Manatees have a rounded tail like a plate, but Dugongs have a tail more like a dolphin with the y shape. So there you have it, a lesson learnt.
The rest of the day kind of blurred around those attractions. We saw a waterski show and a seal show but they were a bit staged and crappy. We went back to the dolphins and then headed for home.
Again we went down the pub and watched a bit of the Arias which are the Australian Brit awards. Quite funny as they got well trashed and the show kind of fell to pieces. Nevermind, good bands to come out of Oz at the moment are Wolfmother and Eskimo Joe. 'They're so hot right now!'
Tomorrow is WRX rallying and Wet n Wild. How will I sleep tonight... poorly, I'm in a campervan!
Laters
Pricey and the newly devoted dolphin trainer.
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