We had a couple of days in between our two sets of visitors over the school holidays. We took it easy over those days, whilst also getting the house cleaned and ready for round two of our visitors. One evening, I took the kids down to Broadbeach for an impromptu outing, riding their body boards down the sand dunes. They spent a good hour running up and sliding down repeatedly while the sun set. The dunes were created by the cyclone back in March. The beaches on this end of the Gold Coast still haven’t fully recovered from the damage, but the silver lining is that the dunes provide a lot of fun. Once it started getting dark, we went in search of ice cream. My sneaky parent trick is to choose an ice cream shop that’s a 10 - 15 minute walk away, so I can squeeze in a walk, and the kids are happy to comply if there’s ice cream at the end! Of course, this requires careful route planning to avoid passing any closer options, which takes careful planning in Broadbeach! We came across one of th...