Next we went to my grandpa’s college roommate’s house in Terranora. That’s a town near the Gold Coast. His name is Bo and his wife’s name is Katherine. They told us to go to a animal sanctuary called Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary. It had a bunch of amazing and weird animals like the Cassowary bird. They also had a wombat that was laying on its back with its legs sprawled out. It had somehow covered its upper body with a towel. It looked ridiculous! I got to hold a koala and Decker got to pet it. He would have held it but he was too short 🙂 We got to feed and pet the kangaroos. The sanctuary also had a wildlife hospital where they take in hurt animals and do surgeries. On some of the operating rooms there was a giant glass wall where you could see in and see what they were doing. They were working on a bird and doing a check up on a koala.

After we got back from the sanctuary, Bo took us to the beach at Rainbow Bay. Decker and I boogie boarded and Decker tried to surf. He stood up once! The water was warm and the waves funny. They would go in every direction. They would go forward and backward and left and right. When one wave going toward the beach hit another wave going sideways it would make a huge explosion. My dad and I would try to get in the middle of it.

Bo’s dinners were delicious! One night he made bbq Maryland chicken. It was the best chicken I’d ever had. The second night he made amazing steak.

The next day we went to a bookstore and got a book that my new friend Zali from New Zealand recommended called Bad Dad by David Walliams. I already read the whole book and give it 4 out of 5 stars. It is a very funny book and is kind of like a mix between Roald Dahl and Tom Gates. My brother stole it from me and is now reading it 😦