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Stephen and I stayed with Renae, a teacher I used to work with at Riverside Primary, and her husband, Jason, in Pacific Pine, a really lovely suburb of Surfers Paradise. They have a nice, new home. It seemed so luxurious after all of the hostels. We had our own room, bathroom and fresh towels. We barbecued Friday night and they fed us homemade lasagne for dinner on Saturday and pancakes for breakfast on Sunday. It was so nice to have some home-cooked food!
On Saturday they drove us up to Tambourine Mountain. It has amazing views out over the Gold Coast. We took a walk through a tropical rainforest to a waterfall and managed to spot a mullet skink, the largest of the skinks, and a brightly-coloured parrot (see photos).
After that, we tasted some wine at the local winery and went to a cafe specializing in pies. Stephen was very happy with that lunch option. They even served mushy peas. (For the American blog readers - 'pies' refer to savory variety like shepherd's pie or steak and kidney pie, not your pumpkin or pecan).
We wandered around the shops lining the streets of this Tambourine Mountain village. It reminded me a little bit of Julian. There was an amazing fairy shop where the woman had created an entire enchanted forest with trees that light up, mushrooms, fairies, etc. It was a little girl's dream store....and we bought fudge. Yum! Yum!
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