Zorbing on the Gold Coast

Right, so I’ve been back from Emerald City for two months now. Another overdue entry. It's the same excuse no doubt. I have no idea where my time has gone. Work has been busy as usual and any left over time I have at home is usually spent preparing for my Sunday School lessons, church meetings or catching up on my reading. Oh and I also do the laundry and ironing on some evenings. Geez and I don't even have a kid yet!

I started this entry a month ago so apologies if it’s a little outdated…

Anyhoo, I can't wait to tell you guys what I got Pen for his birthday (on 2 April!). I brought him to breakfast Creek Hotel for his favourite steak and also presented him with a 'Zorb' package. What is zorbing you ask? Quite simply put, it's an activity where you get into a huge inflated rubber ball and roll down a big hill while screaming your lungs out. Loads of fun really. Have a look at some of our pictures and videos below.

We decided to make a whole day of it on the Good Friday holiday since we had to drive to the Gold Coast to zorb. Ooo ooo ooo! And Max Brenner just opened shop at Marina Mirage so I was really excited to get my chocolate fix. After the upside-down harness zorbing, Pen and I felt soooo nauseous that we had to lie down in the car for a while. I tried to vomit but couldn’t…and then I had this sudden urge to eat fries! How odd. This must be how a hangover feels?

Anyway, it was such an unforgettable experience and I’m glad we did it!

Arriving at the Zorb Park...all ready to go!

We're getting ready to go into the ball. This is just the hydro zorb. Ball is filled with some water and we don't actually go upside down.

They're filling up the ball with water!

That's us halfway down the hill.

Arrived at the bottom of the hill after 15 seconds I think? After that, Pen and I did two individual hydro ones.

This is the harness one where we're both strapped to the ends of the ball. We get turned upside down while rolling down the hill. It was so intense! I have to admit I screamed a lot. And it's the first time I heard my husband scream too I reckon.

That's me doing the individual hydro.


And that's Pen.


And this is the upside down one - can you hear my screams?

Back to the present…

Our 2nd wedding anniversary is coming up next week! Pen and I were in the car on Sunday when I exclaimed:

Me: Hey! Next week is June already! Oh my gosh 2 June! It’s our wedding anniversary!
Pen: Oh yeaaahhhh… this one crept up on us hey?
Me: What do you mean crept up on us? You mean you forgot?
Pen: Errr… NOOOOOooo!
Me: Okaay. So what are we doing?
Pen: *silence*
Me: Well, I planned last year so this time it’s your turn to shine.
Pen: Ok. What should we do then?
Me: *thinks what the heck – didn’t I just say it was his turn?* Hmm…dinner somewhere nice maybe?
Pen: Yeah ok. *pause* But can we not do anything on Wed? Coz it’s State of Origin…

*sighs* Oh well… I’m sure that was just a cover up right? I’m sure he has something extravagant planned next week. You think?