Ice Skating in Brisbane?

Yes, we went ice skating over Easter.  I wanted to do something "Canadian" with the kids over the holidays.  I looked into it and there are 2 Ice World's in the Brisbane area.  One is only about 15 minutes outside the city.  So, we checked into the public skating, packed up the warm coats and mitts, and headed out!!  We all had such a great time.  I'm really glad we went.  It just felt like home!  It's funny because we love all that Australia has to offer - a wonderful way of like, kangaroos, palm trees, amazing beaches, koalas, geckos....all the good stuff, but I have to say, the skating felt good!  And the cold air was great!  Hmmmm, we are definitely going back.  Shamus has asked twice already if we could go again.  It was really great.  But, renting skates is horrible!  The blades are super dull and they are NOT comfortable.  May have to get our skates sent over!

 

Lace'em up Dad!

The only bummer was that you had to be 3 to get to skate so B didn't get to participate.  She was very disappointed at first but got over it quickly.  She cheered Shamus on.  And loved wearing her warm clothes.  She didn't want to take anything off after we left the rink..and it was 25 degrees outside!

Look out Canada, here comes Outback Shamus!

Actually, some of the kids were pretty good skaters.  And there is a Can-Skate for kids and a hockey league.  And curling!  So, we may see about skating for the kids.  Buying equipment is crazy expensive here so I'll have to look into it first.

Shamus was pumped.  He really enjoyed it.  And he did quite well.

The Cheerleader.

Darryl and I had a chance to go off on our own to do some skating and it was really nice.  Again, the skates are crap but it was really enjoyable.

And no day of skating is complete without hot chocolate.

And then we finished the afternoon with some Air Hockey.  Shamus thought it was awesome.  Damn, it is a fun game!!

So, that was one of our Easter highlights.  Of course Darryl's birthday was another.  And we had a big Easter dinner at our place on Sunday.  We had Nick, Mariana, Clo, Rej, and Kate over.  Clo made some amazing appetizers so we all had full bellies before the dinner even came!  Great company and too many deserts!