Tue 06 Oct 2026 - Nobbies Centre and Resort Day - Day 12

Tue 06 Oct 2026 - Nobbies Centre and Resort Day - Day 12

Started off nice but rains came in the afternoon

Sleep in

11:00am Brunch

1:00pm scrapbooking with Ally

2:20pm Drive to The Nobbies Centre - centre is closed for renovations, but boardwalk is open. 

Very windy. Walk only a bit of the boadwralk before clouds blow in and it starts to rain.

Head to Penguin Parade Centre, but looks like rain is going to continue. 

3:20pm Drive back to resort.

Play with kids

Watch Parent Trap

6:30pm Dinner - Soph cooks steak

7:30pm Shower

8:30pm Mario Smash Bros

9:30pm Bed - watch Avatar

Mon 05 Oct 2026 - Maru Koala and Animal Park - Day 11

 Sun is out

9:00am Breakfast 

Mon 05 Oct 2026 - Maru Koala and Animal Park - Day 11

9:00am breakfast

10:00am head out to Maru Koala and Animal Park

10:30am Arrive - Soph booked online - JT & I show our senior cards. 

A lot of the animals are up and active. Tassie devil is sunning himself. And Mr Wombat is out roaming his enclosure.

   

Catch the keeper cleaning the echidna enclosure and see the echidna feeding. 

Dingoes, kangaroos - lots of albino kangaroos. Kids feed the animals. Koalas - one is very active.. The sugar gliders are interesting as are the desert rats. Listen to the reptile talk.

If you go early you will miss the bus loads of chinese tourists.

12:30pm have lunch outside.

1:30pm Pirate Mini Golf - 18 holes. 

9th hole and 17th hole were out of order. Soph won. I lost

4:00pm drive to Aldi- more grocery shopping

5:30pm back at resort

7:00pm dinner

8:00pm shower

9:00pm Plate Up with Justin

10:00pm hang up washing

bed watching Avatar

Sun 04 Oct 2026 - Resort Day and Penguin Parade Centre - Day 10

Sun 04 Oct 2026 - Resort Day and Penguin Parade Centre - Day 10

Nice sunny day

Everyone is sleeping in

9:30am  breakfast

Move our stuff into Unit 213

Go for a wanter around the resort. Soph books the pedal karts for 1:00pm- Check out the public laundry and toilets. Take the kids to see the cows in the adjoining paddock.

1:00pm we go pedal karting around the resort

1:30pm Kids play in sandpit

2:00pm Back at the unit for late lunch - 3 min beef pho noodles & chips.

3:00pm Soph orders wings from restaurant

4:00pm take a drive to the Penguin Parade Visitor Centre

5:11pm Drive to Coles

7:00pm dinner

9:00pm dinner

Switch games until midnight - sleep in Ally's room, but she decides to sleep with mum, dad & Zachy

Sat 03 Oct 2026 - Chocolate Factory - Day 9

Sat 03 Oct 2026 - Chocolate Factory - Day 9

Light rain, 13.6 degrees

9:00am breakfast

Play switch with Ally

10:55am Drive to Chocolate Factory. Still raining. Soph pays entry fee. 

Take a walk through the rooms - how chocolate is made. 

Games Alley - win a wooden ball - which they will swap out for a chocolate ball. Zachy manages to win 2 balls, Ally wins 2 and I win 1.

Tour of the processing area - no photos allowed. 

Cafe is crowded and Soph says too expensive. Still raining.

1:30pm back at resort - we have party pies with salad

Play switch games

7:00pm dinner

8:30pm shower

9:00pm Plate up with Justin

10:00pm Mario Party - Ally wants us to sleep over