Happy, Happy Holly-Days

2007 will now be known as the year of holidays. this one has been on the cards for a while but the destination that we have all been waiting to find out with bated breath is now known. for ferret's mum's (mrs ferret) 60th birthday in august, we will be celebrating her actual birthday with a 3 day stopover in steak & kidney and then spending a luxurious 8 days in port douglas in north Qld.

i vaguely remember a childhood trip up there, where 2 things stand out in my mind:

1. i ate a mussel that tasted like mud and nearly vomited.

2. we were with a rich family friend and he wanted to shout us a night at the sheraton mirage (a very ritzy hotel) and my then-poor parents wouldn't accept. in my mind i was shouting at them 'ACCEPT DAMN IT, LOOK AT THE MASSIVE OCEAN-LIKE SWIMMING POOL AND SLIPPERY SLIDE!'.

during my recent research on port douglas and it's surroundings, i discovered that the sheraton mirage has 5 ACRES OF POOLS.

scarred for life.