FUN OVER FIFTY DAY TOUR.

Our friends Val and Peter have done a few tours with the Fun Over Fifty tour company and they were invited on a day tour including Christmas lunch and show at a Gold Coast Hotel. Val asked if we would like to accompany them so off we went for another Christmas party. 

We went Gold Class

Today Queensland Government opened our border to other states including NSW and VIC, where there is Covid in the community. In QLD we haven't had cases in the community for months and months and it has been wonderful to be able to enjoy life without too many restrictions or fear. However, even though 90% of us have been vaccinated and people can't come over the border without testing negative, we are still concerned the virus will arrive, especially on the Gold Coast where most of the visitors are heading. So I wore a mask in the bus. It was a tricky decision to open up QLD. We would have liked to stay free of Covid but business was suffering and many Queenslanders were waiting to come home after getting caught in other states when the borders closed, as well as it now allows friends and relatives to visit each other, which means our daughters can come to see us in real life instead of on video link.

There were two bus loads and we stopped in a park for morning tea.

The entertainment was okay but not as good as our previous party at the City Hall, where we paid only $5 compared to today when we paid $130. The meal was underwhelming too but we were with our friends, who are good company.

However, many seniors enjoyed it, dancing in a conga line to the music following one of the tour company's employees.