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I don’t have to tell you how awesome I think LEGOLand is. But one of the cooler things they do is decorate it for the holidays, and special events. Here’s some of the  stuff you might see if you go to the park in October.

Here are some pictures from our time in Cairns. We did the great barrier reef. Then we did the Karunda railway, which is an excellent day long trip. You take the train to the rain forest, there’s a zoo, a butterfly garden, aboriginal shows and plenty of deadly plants and animals along the way.

More pictures here
(sorry they aren’t in order, will have to figure that our before our next vacation)

Our Next stop in Australia was Kirra Beach, which was about an hour or so away from Brisbane. I can’t say enough good things about this resort. The view from our room was great, the staff at the resort were wonderful, and the town was full or cool laid back people. There was the greatest little fish & chips place there called Psari (pronounced like sorry, which caused some confusion at first), anyway, here’s a coupe of pictures of the beach. (literally across the street from the resort), and Dream World amusement and wildlife park.

Here are some of the pics from our trip to Australia (Sorry for the delay)
We’ll start with some pics from the hop on hop off bus tour. It was really cool. I highly recommend you try it, wherever you go. I’ve enjoyed it in every city we’ve used it.

Then there’s some pictures from Sydney Aquarium

Some pictures from Featherdale Wildlife Park

And lastly a few pics from our tour of the Blue Mountains.

Here are some pictures from the dedication of Los Angeles’ new fireboat, way back in April of 2003.

Here are some pictures from a drive I took up to Santa Cruz. Driving the 101 is always a scenic, (and traffic filled) drive.

Here’s a few things to do if you’re ever in Santa Cruz; The Mystery Spot, plenty of surfing, plenty of wharfs, and a great boardwalk to go to. Or drive up to Monterey and see the aquarium.
If you’re driving up the coast you can visit. Solvang, Hearst Castle,or The Winchester mansion.

Here are some pictures from the cruise we did for Mom’s 50 birthday. (but you’re still not allowed to ask how old she is)

This is where the post about the first vacation goes or at least it will when I start posting about vacations . . .